2017届浦东区高三二模作文范文解析

2017年高三二模作文题汇编黄浦区27．随着国门打开，经济发展和文化交流的不断增强，现代生活方式层出不穷；传统生活方式面临种种挑战，人们处于难以抉择的境地。

对“传统生活方式面临种种挑战”的现象谈谈你的看法。

要求：（1）自拟题目；（2）不少于800字。

写作提示：立意做加法：“现代生活方式”；解构后建构。

王小波：这个世界永远在惩罚那些一成不变的人。

嘉定区26.有人说，中国人之间几乎没有辩论，只有争吵。

这是因为“中国式辩论”忽略了辩论的两个最基本要素：事实和逻辑，而专注于姿态与声势。

“中国式辩论”中的常见问题如：偏离论点、情绪激动、攻击对方人品、滥用比喻、使用嘲笑和反问句等等。

对此，你有怎样的思考？请自拟题目，写一篇不少于800宇的文章。

写作提示：混淆逻辑：法律问题用道德来解决（辱母杀人案）；对人不对事（成都女司机被打）；以爱国的名义砸车等2015年5月3号下午，成都市三环路娇子立交桥附近发生一起打人事件，卢女士在驾车前往三圣乡途中，因行驶变道原因在娇子立交被张某驾车逼停，随后遭到殴打致伤。

事件视频在网络上发布后，人们先是对男司机张某下手之狠表示震惊。

然而，当张某行车记录仪的视频出来以后，舆论又转而谴责女司机卢某开车太没规矩、太危险。

她先是在几秒钟的时间里连续变道两次，直接从张某的车前切了出去，又压着实线下了主路，明显是违章驾驶。

几乎所有的“暴民”都有一个共同的特点，没有独立思考的欲望和能力。

他们普遍喜欢在智力上偷懒，喜欢接受现成的结论，不愿意自己寻找答案。

静安区27.阅读下面的文字，请自拟题目，写一篇不少于800字的文章（不要写成诗歌）。

一位先哲说，人的一生应努力追求这样的境界：为人如山，处事若水。

写作提示：方与圆；刚与柔；伸与屈等闵行区28.阅读下面材料，根据要求作文。

中华老字号是中国商业对民族品牌特有的称谓，它们从形成到发展大都经历了几十年甚至数百年的时间，因此被人们称为“活文物”。

但随着网购的迅速普及和扩展，中华老字号受到巨大冲击，它们大多前景黯淡，有的甚至倒闭。

2017上海高三二模作文范文（一）“霍金热”的冷思考65一年前，霍金在新浪开通微博,并对中国人发布了问候之语,不到一天的时间，他就成了网红.“网红"顾名思义就是在网络上倍受关注的人，那么霍金为什么会有这么大的吸引力呢？首先是因为我国对霍金事例的普及吧.各中小学的语文教材里想必总有提及霍金的地方，高中教材中不还有篇《邂逅霍金》吗?先不论这些文章中是否有神化霍金之嫌,单从提高其“知名度”功用来看，如此庞大的粉丝量就显得理所当然了。

其次,抛开可能在霍金头上的光环，人们关注霍金，是否也体现了在这个科技高速发展的时代，人们对科学，对科技更为重视了呢？这应是件值得欣慰的事。

科技带给我们生活的影响是巨大的，我们也逐渐意识到了它的巨大影响力。

对于“未知"我们选择探索，而非像从前那般“闭关锁国",这应是我们的一种进步。

我想,之所以在语文教材中提及霍金,也是想让大家重视科学，当然，还要注重科学背后的那份严谨和冷静。

最后,将目光聚焦于霍金本身，或许他成为“网红”是人们出于欣赏他的意志品质的缘由。

至少大多数人眼中的霍金，大概就是教材中那样的，坚强、执着.他的那种不畏艰难的、勇往直前的精神,是很少有人能做到的,所以许多人景仰他，所以关注他。

然而，即使有无数多的原因使霍金成为网红,但似乎也仅此而已了.到了今年，霍金的粉丝数依然可观，可谁知道其中有多少“僵尸粉”呢？仅仅关注而已，就再没了后文，或许更甚者，都已经忘了自己关注过这个人了.那么这样的“热”，是否名存实亡呢？况且，随着这“冷"，我们也不免开始思考之前的“热”是否真的是“热”.先前提及国人对科学的关注有所提高，然而若只是关注一下便没了后文,这提高似乎又有些苍白无力了。

说句玩笑话，这或许还要怪罪到霍金没有发一些浅显易懂的传播科学的文字上.但玩笑过后，更多的“罪罚”还应加诸于大众身上.关注但不去了解，那这关注又算是什么呢？盲目追捧紧跟“潮流"？还是说关注一个霍金会使自己显得很有学识？思想很有深度？既然这样，不如再动动手指,去了解《时间简史》《果壳中的宇宙》黑洞理论等相关知识，了解课本之外的霍金，也了解一下我国的宇宙科学的发展状况，将这种种冲动关注变为开阔眼界，似乎也是一件不错的事呢！去年，霍金成了网红,今年或者明年后年等，霍金能否成为人们心中真正的“网红”呢?科学能否渗透进千家万户，飞入寻常百姓家？拭目以待吧。

【作文题目】阅读下面的材料，根据要求写一篇不少于800字的文章。

《诗经》有言：“文王有声，遹骏有声。

”这实在是在点醒人：人是有名声的。

一个好名声，抬你一辈子；一个坏名声，砸你一辈子。

一辈子都完不了呢，周文王的好名声流传了几千年了。

名声两个字，真叫人一则以喜，一则以惧。

要求：综合材料内容及含意，选好角度，明确文体，自拟标题；不要套作，不得抄袭。

【思路点拨】通览整则材料，我们可以把它分为三个层面来理解和分析：一是人是有名声的，如《诗经》所言；二是名声对人的作用，可抬你，亦可砸你；三是名声给人的感受，或喜或惧。

无疑，材料中的关键词是“名声”，写作时应围绕着这个关键词而展开，既可以谈好名声对人的正面影响，也可以谈坏名声对人的负面影响；既可以谈人对于“名声”的态度，也可以谈面对“名声”不同人的不同做法。

思维逻辑：（1）名声的内涵（是什么）。

名声，顾名思义指名誉声望，一般指在社会上流传的评价。

脚踏实地的以一颗坚定的心，去提升自身的修养，是获得一个好名声内在的源泉；而虚名属于比较空洞一时的“美名”，不具有长久的生命力。

（2）名声的作用（为什么）。

名声实为重要，它如人生标签一般紧伴我们左右。

好名声似顺航行的风，助推我们的帆船渐行渐远，指引着我们走向前方的光明；坏名声似逆航行的浪，阻碍我们的人际交往，让我们堕入黑暗的深渊。

（3）名声的来源（怎么做）。

名声记录着一个人一生的功过，标志着一个人生命的价值。

名声需要行动，少说空话，多做实事。

以自己辛勤的汗水，一点一滴地打造出自己的一番天地，干出一番事业，好名声随之而来，水到渠成。

美名成就不朽崔雯《诗经》有言：“文王有声，遹骏有声。

”可见一个好名声可以流芳千古，被人敬仰。

在漫长的一生中，我们应当用美名来成就不朽，而好名声的换取，则需我们投入全身心的精力。

何谓名声？从大方面说来，是我们所做之事带来的名望与声誉；而从细小处说起，则是我们日常生活中每个人所表现出的人品特质与修养，在他人谈及时能够体现一个人的评价。

浦东新区2016学年度第二学期教学质量检测高三英语试卷2017.4II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20%)Section Asay,amandfor the future, according to the paper’s own 2020 report __31__ on Tuesday.―While the past two years have been a time of significant innovation, the pace must speed up,‖ the authors wrote in the opening of the re port. ―Too often, digital progress has been accomplished through workarounds; now we must tear apart the barriers. We must __32__ between mission and tradition: what we do because it’s essential to our values and what we do because we’ve always done it.‖The report indicates how far the paper has come in __33__ itself to the digital age while also pointing out what needs to be done.The areas that need __34__ are focused on the newsroom, particularly in the tools and internal structures that journalists must deal with to produce their work.Many of the report’s recommendations are __35__ to anyone who closely follows the Times or newspapers in general: A(n) __36__ away from print’s outsized importance on the newsroom’s operations, better ways to include multimedia in stories and a renewed effort at creating a more diverse newsroom with a variety of skills.The paper has an ongoing goal that started in 2016 of doubling digital revenue to $800 million by 2020. ―To __37__ our future, we need to expand considerably our number of subscribers by 2020.‖The report also calls into question the formats on which the Times—and most other newspapers—rely, namely a mix of news stories and features that are text heavy. ―Too much of our daily report remains __38__ by l ong texts.‖ the report states.The report stresses that the Times should do more to educate readers. ―Our readers are __39__ for advice from The Times. Too often, we don’t offer it, or offer it only in print-centric forms.‖ the report states. Perhaps the most interesting part of the report comes at the very bottom in the form of comments from the paper’s own journalists. Reporters said they would like to see __40__ in choice of how to tell certain stories, and some disagreement about what kind of tone the Times should embrace going forward.III. Reading Comprehension (45%)Section AHave We Reached Peak Trade?Globalization is usually defined as the free movement of people, goods and capital. It’s been the most important __41__ force of modernity. Until the financial crisis of 2008, global trade grew twice as fast as the global economy itself. __42__, thanks to both economics and politics, globalization as we have known it is developing fast.The question is: Have we reached peak trade? If you think of it in terms of the flow of digital data and ideas, no—it’s actually __43__. Indeed, the cross-border flow of digital data—e-commerce, web searches, online video, machine-to-machine interactions—has grown 45 times larger since 2005 and is __44__ to grow much faster than the global economy over the next few years.There’s no doubt globalization has increased wealth at both global and national levels. But free trade can also widen the __45__ gap within countries, in part by creating concentrated groups of economic losers. Free trade has made goods and services cheaper for Americans—think of all the inexpensive Chinese-made goods at Walmart—but it hasn’t always __46__ their job prospects. From 1990 to 2008, the areas most __47__ to foreign competition saw almost no net new jobs created. That’s one reason the new generation of Americans is on track to be _-48__ than their parents.The gains of free trade do not always __49__ the losses. This realization that the tide of __50__ doesn’t raise all boats has fed into the anti-free trade movement. And companies themselves are __51__ globalization.Nevertheless, there is one reason to be __52__ about the future of globalization—at least, the new information-based kind. McKinsey data estimate that the companies responsible for the jump in flows of digital goods, services and information will include a much higher proportion of small businesses than in the past. An estimated 86% of tech-based startups surveyed by McKinsey now do some cross-border business-- __53__ before the arrival of the Internet, when globalization was dominated by super powers. That means that more of the wealth generated by globalization could flow down to the 80% of the population that hasn’t __54__ as much as it should have.If those individuals feel they are being empowered by open borders and freer trade, it could help swing the political pendulum（钟摆）back toward globalization in some form. Despite its laws, it has been an economic force that has lifted more people out of __55__ than anything else the world has ever known.41. A. political B. cultural C. economic D. natural42. A. Otherwise B. Hence C. Moreover D. Yet43. A. depressing B. increasing C. approving D. operating44. A. projected B. tracked C. signaled D. needed45. A. price B. welfare C. pension D. wealth46. A. ruined B. helped C. foreseen D. reversed47. A. resistant B. suited C. exposed D. inaccessible48. A. happier B. healthier C. wealthier D. poorer49. A. outweigh B. balance C. suffer D. substitute50. A. materialism B. modernization C. globalization D. consumption51. A. withdrawing from B. counting on C. profiting from D. insisting on52. A. confused B. concerned C. optimistic D. curious53. A. adaptable B. accessible C. affordable D. impossible54. A. striven B. consumed C. benefited D. digested55. A. fear B. poverty C. frustration D. embarrassmentSection B(A)Dear Cutie-Pie,Recently, your mother and I were searching for an answer on Google. Half way through entering the question, Google returned a list of the most popular searches in the world. At the top of the list was ―How to keep him interested.‖It surprised me a lot. I scanned several of the countless articles about how to be sexy and sexual, when to bring him a beer versus a sandwich, and the ways to make him feel smart and superior.And I got angry.Little One, it is not, has never been, and never will be your job to ―keep him interested.‖Little One, your only task is to know deeply in your soul—in that unshakeable place that isn’t upset by rejection and loss—that you are worthy of interest.If you can trust your worth in this way, you will be attractive in the most important sense of the world: you will attract a boy who is both capable of interest and who wants to spend his one life investing all of his interest in you.Little One, I want to tell you about the boy who doesn’t need to be kept interested, because he knows you are interesting.I don’t care if he can’t p lay a bit of golf with me—as long as he can play with the children you give him and revel in all the glorious and frustrating ways they are just like you. I don’t care if he doesn’t follow his wallet—as long as he follows his heart and it always leads him back to you. I don’t care if he is strong—as long as he gives you the space to exercise the strength that is in your heart. I couldn’t care less how he votes—as long as he wakes up every morning and daily elects you to a place of honor in your home and a p lace of respect in his heart. I don’t care about the color of his skin. I don’t care if he was raised in this religion or that religion or no religion.Little One, if you come across a man like that and he and I have nothing else in common, we will have the most important thing in common: You.Because in the end, Little One, the only thing you should have to do to ―keep him interested‖ is to be you.Your eternally interested guy,Daddy56.What shocked Daddy when he was surfing on the Internet?A. Girls’ knowing nothing about trusting themselves.B. Girls’ giving priority to finding ways to please boys.C. Girls’ bringing foods and drinks to boys from time to time.D. Girls’ being upset by being rejected constantly. 57.Father thinks what is of primary importance to his daughter is to _____________________.A. keep the boy interestedB. know she deserves a boy’s interestC. attract a boy willing to invest all in herD. find a boy who can please her(B)Self-driving CapabilitiesSensor and camera-equipped models from Audi andV olkswagen, among others, don’t just automaticallybrake to prevent minor accidents; they can actuallynavigate （行驶）around highway traffic and intogarages without a human at the wheel. Attractive Dashboards In addition to Ford’s new Sync system, which better understands voice commands, Apple and Google have partnered with automakers to create interfaces （界面）as user-friendly as the ones on your smartphone.Smarter HeadlightsAudi’s and BMW’s ultra -bright laser headlights candetect oncoming cars and dim slightly to avoiddisturbing their drivers. One problem: they’re notyet legal in the U.S.Self-parking Skills The new model of BMW’s all -electric can find its own spot in a parking lot, then send signals via a smart-watch app to contact its drivers.60. In terms of Self-driving Capabilities, what makes Audi and V olkswagen stand out?A. Braking when sensing red lightsB. Going into garages without a driverC. Stopping other cars on highwayD. Taking photos with a camera61. Which of the cars can adjust the headlights in order not to upset drivers in oncoming cars?A. Ford and V olkswagenB. Audi and BMWC. Audi and V olkswagenD. BMW and Ford62. In which section of a car magazine does the article most probably appear?A. First DriveB. Cars For RentC. Instrumental TestsD. Smart Tech(C)On the occasional clear-frost autumn night, I was hiking through the dark forest with my GMO wolf. Yes, my best friend is a genetically modified organism（转基因生物）; deliberate selection has produced the blunt-toothed, small-pawed wonder that walks by my side.Our world is changing rapidly. In the last five decades, global population has fully doubled, with 3.7 billion hungry mouths added to our planet. During this same time span, the amount of land suitable for agriculture has increased by only 5%. Miraculously, this did not result in the great global famine（饥荒）one might have predicted.How do scientists modify a plant so that it makes more food than its parents did? We could treat each harvest like a litter of wolf pups and select only plants bearing the fattest, richest seeds for the next season. This was the method our ancestors used to engineer rice, corn and wheat from the wild grasses they encountered.During my childhood, advances in genetic technologies allowed scientists to identify and clone the genes responsible for repressing stem growth, leading to shorter, stronger stalks that could bear more seed—the high-yield crops that feed us today. The 21st century has brought with it a marvelous new set of high-tech tools with which to further quicken the process of artificial selection. Plant geneticists can now directly edit out or edit in sections of DNA using molecular scissors. We can minimize a plant’s weaknesses while adding to its strengths, and we don’t have to wait for seasons to pass to test the result.It is the transformative potential of these techniques to quickly supply the next-generation crops required for upcoming climate change that has led me to believe in the safety and function of GMO plants in agricultural products. We need more GMO research to feed the world that we are creating.I love the quiet forest that stands between my lab and my home. But I know that as a scientist, I am responsible first to humanity. We must feed, shelter and nurture one another as our first priority, and to do so, we must take advantage of our best technologies, which have always included some type of genetic modification. We must continue as before, nourishing the future as we feed ourselves, and each year plant only the very best of what we have collectively engineered. I keep the faith of my ancestors each night when I walk through the forest to my lab, and my GMO wolf does the same when she guards my way home.63. Why does the author mention the wolf in the 1st paragraph?A. To advise people to keep wolves as petsB. To persuade readers to welcome the new technologyC. To change people’s attitude towards wolvesD. To introduce a technology used to hum ans’ advantage64. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?A. GMO technology will help weatherproof future crops.B. With GMO technology, famine has been eliminated.C. Artificial selections make high-yield plants possible.D. The author believes technology should contribute to future generations.attocity of Boston, the other to Philadelphia. According to his instruction, a portion of the money could not be used for 200 years.While Franklin’s gifts lay in wait, the tradition he established evolved alongside the young nation. 68. ________ Often far less famed men and women have played a cr itical role in philanthropy’s evolution. One of my personal heroes is Julius Rosenwald, who helped construct more than 5,300 schools across the segregated（种族隔离）South and opened classroom doors to a generation of African-American students.69. ________ The answer is not just to benefit others. Tax reduction, for one, encourages the rich people to give. And philanthropy has long helped improve the public image of everyone from immoral capitalists to the new tech elite. More troubling, however, are the foundational problems that makephilanthropy so necessary. Just before his death, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, ―Philanthropy is praise-worthy, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthro py necessary.‖Franklin’s gifts represent a broader principle. We are guardians of a public trust, even if our capital came from private enterprise, and our most important obligation is ensuring that the system works more equally and more justly for more people. 70. ________ America’s greatest strength is not the fact of perfection, but rather the act of perfecting.IV. 71. Summary Writing (10%)Every year, more and more parents complain to their children’s schools about PE. They believe that their child ren shouldn’t have to participate in physical activity if they don’t want to . Supporters of PE, however, believe that it is a crucial element of all-round schooling and our society’s well-being. They insist PE in schools remains one of the few places by which the youth can be forced to participate in aerobic exercise.Firstly, they believe that participation in sport promotes health. In fact physical education is a springboard for involvement in sport and physical activities throughout life. Government is, or should be, concerned with the health of its citizens. Encouraging physical activity in the young through compulsory PE fights child obesity and contributes to forming lifelong habits of exercise. This doesn’t have to be through traditional team sports; increasingly schools are able to offer exercise in the form of swimming, gymnastics, dance, etc.Besides, physical education helps to develop character and the mutual（相互的）respect required to succeed in an adult environment. Playing team sports builds character and encourages students to work with others, as they would be expected to do in most business or sporting environments. Sport teaches children how to win and lose with good grace and builds a strong school spirit through competition with other institutions. It is often the experience of playing on a team together that builds the strongest friendships at school, which endure for years afterwards.Finally, the pursuit for national sporting achievement begins in schools. If schools don’t have compulsory PE, it is much harder to pick out, develop and equip athletes to represent the country on a wider stage. However, it’s much easier to find suitable individuals with a full sports program in every school.V. Translation (15%)72. 正巧这几天有空，去公园散步如何？(happen)73. 一副油画赠予了该美术馆，以纪念两个城市间的珍贵友谊。

IV. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.How Safe Is Your Bed?Do you consider your bed a safe place of rest and calm? Do you sink into a mattress (床垫) after a hard day’s work and feel tension and stress drain away as you rest your weary head on a soft pillow? Well, you might not feel so relaxed if you knew that tiny pests were hiding there! It seems that beds may not be such a good place for our health and happiness ---- they could actually be making us ill!Recent studies have shown that bacteria, fungi and dust mites (螨虫), some smaller than the diameter of a hair, live in our bedding. When we move around in our sleep, we disturb them and they are bounced up into the air -- which we then breathe in as we sleep. According to the American Lung Association, four out of five households in the United States now have high levels of dust mites, although it’s not the mites themselves that cause the problems, but their droppings. These are “highly allergenic(致敏的)” according to Dr William Berger, a fellow with the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. “Even if you aren’t allergic… they can still irritate you, the way pepper would if it blew into your nose and eyes.”Brendan Boor, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, who carries out bed research, also found that bed dust in the air leads to allergies -- causing watery eyes, sneezing, coughs and asthma. He has recommended ways to limit our exposure to these boring allergens: Firstly, he suggests vacuuming your mattress regularly –weekly, or even daily. He also recommends doing away with carpets and washing floors. Using allergen-proof bed covers, he says, can reduce the risk of getting allergies. In addition, washing bedding and pillows frequently can help, as can a portable air cleaner placed near the bed.If you do as Brendan Boor suggests, you will breathe in cleaner air as you sleep … or will you? Is it really safe for you to go back in your bed?IV. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Moustache（胡子）for Cash“Movember”, as the annual event is known, sees men in countries including the UK, US and Australia grow out their facial hair while collecting sponsorship money from friends, family and colleagues, with the money going to cancer charities.The month of no shaving began unofficially in 2003, when a pair of men from Australia persuaded their family to join them in growing a moustache in order to encourage men to get themselves checked for cancer, which is seen as distasteful by some males. A year later, the group decided to set up the Movember Foundation, asking friends and colleagues to offer donations of money to support their efforts, and raised a massive A$54,000 which was shared between a number of health projects. With thanks most likely to social media, Movember soon went global and the foundation now operates worldwide, having raised over ￡440 million since 2004. The effects of the fundraising are wide-reaching, which had made a significant discovery in the treatment of cancer.The issue of some men being too self-willed to visit their doctor for a checkup, or perhaps being raised in a culture of “tough it out”, has led some males to neglect their health, which may mean it could be too late if something potentially deadly did develop. However, Movember is helping to break down the shame of male health by making it more accessible, meaning that men are more likely to visit their doctors. They found a way to appeal to men in a way that other campaigns just don’t – with a sort of blokey① jokiness.①blokey: behaving in a way that is supposed to be typical of men , especially men enjoying themselves in a group.IV. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Every year, more and more parents complain to their children’s schools about PE. They believe that their children shouldn’t have to participate in physical activity if they don’t want to .Supporters of PE, however, believe that it is a crucial element of all-round schooling and our society’s well-being. They insist PE in schools remains one of the few places by which the youth can be forced to participate in aerobic exercise.Firstly, they believe that participation in sport promotes health. In fact physical education is a springboard for involvement in sport and physical activities throughout life. Government is, or should be, concerned with the health of its citizens. Encouraging physical activity in the young through compulsory PE fights child obesity and contributes to forming lifelong habits of exercise. This doesn’t have to be through traditional team sports; increasingly schools are able to offer exercise in the form of swimming, gymnastics, dance, etc.Besides, physical education helps to develop character and the mutual（相互的）respect required to succeed in an adult environment. Playing team sports builds character and encourages students to work with others, as they would be expected to do in most business or sporting environments. Sport teaches children how to win and lose with good grace and builds a strong school spirit through competition with other institutions. It is often the experience of playing on a team together that builds the strongest friendships at school, which endure for years afterwards.Finally, the pursuit for national sporting achievement begins in schools. If schools don’t have compulsory PE, it is much harder to pick out, develop and equip athletes to represent the country on a wider stage. However, it’s much easier to find suitable individuals with a full sports program in every school.IV. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.HopeNothing in my life had prepared me for what I had to do. Choosing my words carefully, and fighting to stay calm, I told my 4-year-old daughter that her grandmother had suffered a stroke（中风），that she was unconscious, and that the doctors said she would probably never wake up. As she moved closer to me, Amelia looked at me, eyes bright, and said,“Maybe Grandma will be okay.”“Maybe she will,”I said, keeping back the tears, But I knew better. I was flying up to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, from our Florida home in the morning to say good-bye to my mom.The rest of that awful week, I joined my brother and father sitting by my mother’s side in the hospital room. I held her hand and talked to her. I told her that we still needed her. I told her that it wasn’t time to leave yet. I told her how much I loved her. And I told her that her little granddaughter, Amelia, believed that she’d get better. The doctors, with all their years of training and experience, offered no hope for recovery. The damage was simply too extensive.Then, a couple of weeks later, an odd thing happened. Mom woke up. She regained consciousness. Persevered through a long and tough recovery, during which she had to learn to walk, read, and write all over again, and eventually returned home to Dad. The only one who wasn’t shocked was Amerlia. The doctors couldn’t explain it. Amelia didn’t need to. Hope came as naturally to her as breathings.So why are we so afraid to hope sometimes? Maybe it’s because over the year, life’s disappointments can turn us to disillusionment（理想破灭）. How many times have you heard someone say:“Hope for the best, expect the worst”?That’s not really hope at all.Hope is being able to look at our world with all of the joy and wonder of a child.IV. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Meet The Member Who Quit SugarWhen I was 15, I weighed 100 kg.I was a size 20+ and hated the way I looked. I was a serial big eater and quite depressed. I would sit in front of the fridge, eat something, move to the cupboard, eat a packet of chips, and move back to the fridge.It was a heartbreaking cycle of hate and food. I didn’t feel confident, pretty, or worthwhile.Shopping made me cry, I avoided mirrors, and my social life came to an end. I actually lost friends because they told me I was antisocial. It became so bad that I wanted to abuse myself; my skin and my mind became my enemy.But then, I turned my life around. I quit sugar.It started with my mum. She staged an intervention(干预) that made me cry. I wanted to change - I needed to change - and she could see how unhappy I was.She put me onto a diet that mostly aimed to schedule meals, and - to my shock horror - cut out all processed sugar. It was so hard at first. I remember the shame of sneaking chocolate and candies when the three o’clock hunger hits.But the weeks kept coming and it just got easier. I stopped eating sugar, and I stopped loving it; simple as that.I substituted chips and biscuits for fruit and nuts, and had cup-of-soups after school when I was hit by the desire. I also had more energy, having a 20-minute walk with my dog into my everyday routine; I began to love that personal time.Cutting out sugar gave me so much more control over my body, and my outlook on life improved. So many people are intimidated by the words “quit sugar”. It’s not true. Fruit, honey, et cetera are natural sugars, and believe me, they fuel you better than chocolate bars ever could.Now I’m 17, turning 18, and I weigh 70 kg. I still struggle with my weight, but this is w here I sit naturally, and I am very proud of myself. I never thought I would be confident enough to wear dresses or skirts, and take leadership roles to put myself out there and develop my social skills.I could never have done it without the support of my friends and family, and I urge everyone who wants to do right by themselves and change their diet - quitting sugar or otherwise - to share their decision with people. Develop a support network, online or offline, which can offer you advice or pick you up when you’re down. And I can assure you, from my own personal experience, your body will thank you, and you will thank yourself too.IV. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.There are various means consumers can do if they find that an item they bought is faulty or in some other way does not live up to the manufacturer’s claims. A simple and common method used by many consumers is to complain directly to the store manager. In general, the “higher up” his or her complaint, the faster he or she can expect it to be settled. In such a case, it is usually settled in the consumer’s favor, assuming he or she has a just claim.Consumers should complain in person whenever possible, but if they cannot get to the placeof purchase, it is acceptable to phone or write the complaint in a letter.Complaining is usually most effective when it is done politely but firmly, and especially when the consumer can demonstrate what is wrong with the item in question. If this cannot be done, the consumer will succeed best by presenting specific information as to what is wrong, rather than by making general st atements. For example, “The left speaker does not work at all and the sound coming out of the right one is unclear” is better than “This stereo does not work”. The store manager may advice the consumer to write to the manufacturer. If so, the consumer should do this, stating the complaint as politely and firmly as possible. If a polite complaint does not achieve the desired result, the consumer can go to a step further. She or he can threaten to take the seller to court or report the seller to a private or public organization responsible for protecting consumer’s rights.IV. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Why do we read poetry? First obvious one: because we enjoy it. The only other reason is for academic purposes, and that's not why this is here.Many of us read poetry simply because we often feel depressed and hopelessly lost, and in poetry we see how beautiful and strange everything is. So in that way poetry calms our anxiety.There are many different kinds of poems. They are not all calming. Some poems make me anxious, angry, scared, and sad, which is why I value them. As a reader, I want a full meal, not just dessert. I want the sweet and the bitter. Often, I read poetry when I’m already relaxed. In fact, I read more when I'm not stressed out.Here are the main reasons I respond to poetry, as far as I can tell. Metrical (格律的) poems are about setting up rules and then bending them. Usually this is done by setting up a rhythm and then breaking it or almost breaking it, and then returning to it again. This satisfies my desire for order and also my desire for testing boundaries.Poetry plays with language and often puts words together in surprising ways, which is thrilling the way that food can be, when the chef has paired ingredients you never thought would taste good together but somehow do.Many poems are dense. Words mean two or three things at once and lots of suggestions are packed between the lines. This is intellectually inspiring and it allows me to read the same poem over and over, always finding new things in it.And, of course, there’s the subject matter. It interests me ju st as it would if the same subject was explored in a story or essay. Not all poems interest me in this way, but then not all stories and essays do, either.IV. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Wearable technology can reportedly tell you a lot more than just the number of calories you’re burning or how many steps you’ve walked… That clever smartwatch can actually tell that you’re about to get a cold, days before you start feeling poorly. As New Scientist reports, researchers at Stanford University in California have discovered that wearable tech can now detect when you’re about to fall prey to (感染) a frightening winter bug, simply by tracking your vital statistics.After monitoring 40 smartwatch users for up to two years, the team has demonstrated that the devices can be used to detect the first signs of coming illness. The particip ants’ pulse and skin temperature were continuously monitored throughout the period, with the scientists noting that their smartwatches recorded unusually higher heart rates and skin temperatures up to three days before the volunteers began displaying symptoms of cold or flu.Study leader Michael Snynder said: “Once these wearables collect enough data to know what your normal baseline readings are, they can get very good at sensing when something goes wrong. We think that if your heart rate and skin temperat ure are elevated for about two hours, there’s a strong chance you’re getting sick.” “Continuous tracking of your vital signs is more informative than having a doctor measure them once a year and comparing them with population averages,” he added.The team now hopes to create an algorithm (算法) that will let smartwatches notify you when you’re about to get sick. Well, at least that might give us the chance to stock up on vitaminsand wrap up warm before the germ attacks!IV. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Fun Offices Make Workers Happier?In order to make their employees happier, companies around the world have been busy installing play equipment in the workplace. Table football, computer games and action figures have become common in some workplaces.Despite all this effort, unfortunately, work still makes people unhappy. According to a study by the London School of Economics, the place where people feel most miserable is work.To proceed with an emphasis on being happy, however, other emotions are crowded out. Anger, sadness, anxiety and uncertainty all become a no-no. Such a ban on negative emotions can be emotionally bad for employees. A number of studies have shown that being able to express a range of positive and negative emotions is important, particularly when people are dealing with difficult experiences.Besides, being constantly on the lookout for happiness may actually drive happiness away from us. Scientists have found that when we talk about how important happiness is, we become less likely to find it, even when we have experiences that usually make us happy.Wanting to be happy at work is fair enough, but being forced to be happy at work can be troubling. If companies were genuinely interested in making their employees happy, they would perhaps look at some more “down-to-eart h” interventions (务实的干预). A simple step would be to stop interrupting workers with all sorts of pointless demands such as long emails and unnecessary forms. A study by Harvard Business School found workers felt most satisfied on days when they were able to focus on a piece of work and make meaningful progress on it.In short, if companies really want to make their employees happier, they should think long and hard before pointless restructuring.IV. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Chaco Great HouseAs early as the twelfth century A.D., the settlements of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico in the American Southwest were notable for their "great houses," massive stone buildings that contain hundreds of rooms and often stand three or four stories high. Archaeologists have been trying to determine how the buildings were used. While there is still no universally agreed upon explanation, there are three competing theories.One theory holds that the Chaco structures were purely residential, with each housing hundreds of people. Supporters of this theory have interpreted Chaco great houses as earlier versions of the architecture seen in more recent Southwest societies. In particular, the Chaco houses appear strikingly similar to the large, well-known "apartment buildings" at Taos, New Mexico, in which many people have been living for centuries.A second theory contends that the Chaco structures were used to store food supplies. One of the main crops of the Chaco people was grain maize, which could be stored for long periods of time without spoiling and could serve as a long-lasting supply of food. The supplies of maize had to be stored somewhere, and the size of the great houses would make them very suitable for the purpose.A third theory proposes that houses were used as ceremonial centers. Close to one house, called Pueblo Alto, archaeologists identified an enormous mound formed by a pile of old material. Excavations of the mound revealed deposits containing a surprisingly large number of broken pots. This finding has been interpreted as evidence that people gathered at Pueblo Alto for special ceremonies. At the ceremonies, they ate festive meals and then discarded the pots in which the meals had been prepared or served. Such ceremonies have been documented for other Native American cultures.Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.For thousands of years , people have sailed across the oceans to trade , explore and transportgoods . However , not every ship arrives at its port of destination . Weather ,war , navigation mistakes and bad luck have caused many ships to sink to the bottom of the ocean. These shipwrecks , which are estimated to number more than three million , have long fascinated us . In addition to being historically important , they sometimes contain great riches.Historical research is a key motivator for shipwreck hunters . Ships carrying documents and artifact can teach us about ancient civilizations and important events . For instance , in 1997 the Pandora , which sank in 791, was discovered off the coast of Australia . The findings from the ship helped us understand the events surrounding the famous mutiny (暴动) on another ship ----- the Bounty . Another important discovery off the US coast in 1996 is widely believed to be the Queen Ann’s Revenge , the flagship of the private Blackbeard.Profit is another motive for shipwreck exploration ,as companies use advanced sonar , robots and retrieval equipment to find treasure ships . One such firm is Odyssey Marine Exploration . The company has found hundreds of ships , including , in 2007 , a Spanish sailing ship containing 500,000 silver coins. The ship , which sank 200 years ago in the Atlantic Ocean , carried a treasure estimated to be worth $500 million . Soon after the discovery , a long legal battle over ownership rights took place between the company and the Spanish government . Cases like these are part of an ongoing debate about protecting historically important ships from treasure hunters.Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Moving My CurfewFor some time now , I have had an 8:00 p.m. curfew ---the time by which I have to be at home , even on weekends. When I was younger , I didn’t really complain . But now I have reached an age when this curfew is no longer suitable . For several reasons , it is clearly time to move my curfew to 10:00 p.m. on weekends.First of all , I ’m soon going to be an adult , like all teenagers , I need practice handling the greater freedom that goes along with being an adult . When teenagers don’t get practice handling freedom , they often make many serious mistakes. For example , some teenagers go away to college and suddenly they don’t know how to handle it , and they get into trouble . I上海市各区2017届高三英语二模试卷题型分类专题汇编：摘要写作Summary Writingbelieve it is better to increase freedom gradually . That may the teenager learners how to handle freedom responsibly . I believe I could handle a later curfew without making serious mistakes in judgment.A later curfew is also important to me because I’m an active student . As you know , I am often on the committee in charge of running extra-curricular activities .Because of my present curfew , I have to finish school activities over an hour before they are over. Others students must take over for me when I leave . A 10:00 curfew would allow me to stay until the end of school functions and give me enough time to get home without rushing .Finally , I am a teenager who can be trusted to handle a 10:00 p.m curfew . I know that many teenagers cannot handle much responsibility . However , I am clearly not that kind of teenager. I have proven myself to be a very responsible person . For example , I have never been in serious trouble , either at school or in the company . I also hold a part-time job and still manage to maintain a “B” average in school . In other words , I am a person who uses my time wisely , meets responsibilities an stays out of trouble .11。

2017上海高三二模作文-视吾家之所寡有多年前，一句“视吾家之所寡有”，震荡了历史烟尘，令人心动，接着便是焚券市义的美谈不胫而走，似乎冥冥之间道出了不证自明的真理，即我们尚未拥有之物决定了个体生命的富有程度。

“富有”一词，在现代语境下往往被滥用，被曲解，被化为炫耀的工具手段，人们固执地将富有的定义局囿于金钱名利等已得之物，殊不知古典理性的告诫。

何谓之富有？顾名思义，富有指向丰盈与饱满。

所得之物，固然带来了物质上的富足，但沉静沉淀之后，心灵却只落得空虚寂寞，那叮叮当当的黄金声，嬉笑喧闹的歌声，仿佛印证了莎士比亚的话，充满了声音与狂热，里面却空无一物，得之物终究是过眼云烟。

过度执迷沉溺反而让我们一无所有。

真正使心灵富有的是吾家之寡有者，它启迪我们缺少什么？应该求索追寻什么？不同人目力所及，所思所想的“吾家之所寡有”断然不同，某种程度上像面镜子映射了你的生命形态。

登高而望，志士仁人痛拍栏杆，思国之未复，中原之未收；而多情女郎望极春愁，思佳人之未回，天伦难叙。

当然，每一种生活形态都无可厚非，但我以为热血方刚的我们，理应把生命交给更高的存在，思道之未复，天地之心未得，仁义之未行，生民之命为立，诸如此类。

我们不该将自己束缚在物质享受的果壳中，而应追求我们所尚未拥有的金刚本性，自性恒常。

我们要成为赫尔曼黑塞笔下对生命有更高要求的一群人，对自己的粗野与鄙陋不甘心。

当我们认清了我们尚未拥有之物，并将其化为意志不断追求时，那些尚未拥有之物反过来深化了我们的生命形态。

海子一生都在追求至纯至真至善，他用诗寻找隐在社会中的太阳，最后他经历了一次美妙的变幻，死于太阳，并进入了太阳。

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2017届上海16个区县高三二模范文最全汇总2017届静安区高三二模考作文【作文题目】一位先哲说，人的一生应努力追求这样的境界：为人如山，处事若水。

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【高分作文】如山若水，成就圆融之美一位先哲说，人的一生应努力追求这样的境界：为人如山，处事若水。

山仁，水智；山静，水动。

山，非山，而是一种沉稳厚重，坚毅不拔的人格态度与心灵的安静；水，非水，而是一种忍耐包容，圆润柔和的处事方式与变化的灵巧多端。

为人如山，处世若水，岂不善哉？你可曾记得山涛？曾是竹林七贤之一的他，并没有像其他诸君一样，在与权贵的斗争中，在与世俗的纠缠中被现实磕得头破血流。

他选择了妥协。

他选择如水一般在新的现实中继续他兼济苍生的人生理想，匡扶黎民。

他又用他山一般的意志，使自己的心不受权贵的侵扰。

虽然其余几位竹林“六贤”的精神也值得我们佩服，但我们不禁扼腕叹息：世间再无嵇康的《广陵散》了……其实：山涛进一步便是嵇康，嵇康退一步便是山涛。

老子《道德经》云：上善若水，水善利万物而不争，处众人之所恶……说的不正是山涛？他既有水的圆融又有山的坚毅，成就了圆融之美。

“名乎利乎道路奔波休碌碌，来者往者溪山清静且停停。

”这是清代著名学者李渔为“且停亭”拟就的亭联。

李渔经历宦海沉浮之后，晚年在山中专心于修复花木，烹茶煮酒，获得了内心的平静。

事实上，每个人都会经历起起落落。

奋斗与挫折，如山一般沉静，如水一般保持心的灵动。

且行，且停，才能找到自己的平衡点。

《论语》有云：小不忍则乱大谋。

南怀瑾先生在他的书中曾这样解释：忍，对人，是包容；对事，是果断。

从中，我不免得到很多启示，我将其引申为：对人，我们要像山一样，行“仁”，包容；对事，我们要如水一样拥有果敢的行动力，一往无前，这样，以圆融之力，方能取得成功。

苏轼曾云：人生如逆旅，我本亦是行人。

人生的漫漫长路上，时而引吭高歌，时而辗转低迷，这些都是人生的常态。

2017上海高三二模作文范文（二）成长（60分）一棵树的繁茂，一个人的成长，乃至于每一个生命的奇迹，都是风霜雨雪和阳光雨露共同作用的结果。

正如锤子的打击造就了宝剑的锋芒，而溪水的欢歌却使鹅卵石臻于完美。

我们原是茫茫人海中最平凡的一块铁石，一路走来，沿途的荆棘那些艰难的挑战，那不曾断绝过的挫折，无一不是锤子的打击；而路旁的风景，那些细致琐碎的爱与关怀，那不曾消逝过的善意与温柔，又何尝不是溪水的欢歌。

正如童年时代的川端康成，亲人的相继离世，邻里的恶语相向，日复一日地如铁锤般打击着他的心灵，让他日渐强大，日渐成熟。

彼时的他，却又对别人给予他的细微善意充满感恩，服务生的一个微笑，湖畔少女的温柔回眸，无一不是溪水的欢歌，润泽着他坚硬的心房，也正是这样多重的经历与情感，这种严酷与温柔地交织，让他的作品保持着一种典雅婉约的力量，让《伊豆的舞女》成为旷世经典。

人们总是习惯于那句“宝剑锋从磨砺出，梅花香自苦寒来”，诚然，璞玉不经打磨永远无法闪耀出最夺目的光辉，崎岖与坎坷的道路是实现自己、完善自我的必然代价。

但假使一块璞玉只是经过了打磨，而未曾有人将它捧在手心里养护、关怀，那么它的价值，也就止于此。

溪水的欢歌不仅只是一时的点缀，或是锦上添花，它，又何尝不是一种打磨？铁锤的敲打，打出了百折不挠，打出了铮铮铁骨，打出了所向披靡，但锋芒过甚，一如竹过刚易折，未尝不会扎伤了别人，碰伤了自己。

而溪水的欢歌，却足够温和，足够圆润，足以在年复一年的滋养与冲刷中，抚平刺人的棱角，抚平积蓄的戾气，让宝剑的光芒更加耀目，只剩刚强，不见粗粝。

所谓外柔而内刚，亦是如此。

恰如《血战钢锯岭》的男主埃德蒙斯，战场之上的他英勇无畏，作为军医，“救一个，再让我多救一个”，这是他不变的宗旨。

他用坚毅与顽强拯救了数十伤兵的生命，那奇迹背后的人性光辉，是他的信仰与所爱，经久不衰地滋养的结果。

打磨的方式有很多种，锤子的打击是，溪水的欢歌亦是。

不要忽视生命里那些看似平淡的微笑与温柔，柔的力量润物细无声，亦是以柔克刚。

142017届上海市浦东区⾼三英语⼆模试卷（作⽂有范⽂）浦东新区2016学年度第⼆学期教学质量检测⾼三英语试卷2017.4说明：（1）本场考试时间为120分钟，总分140分；（2）请认真答卷，并⽤规范⽂字书写。

I. Listening Comprehension (25%)Section ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. In a supermarket. B. In a drug store.C. In a department store.D. In a car repair shop.2. A. 20 minutes. B. 45 minutes.C. 25 minutes.D. 65 minutes.3. A. Professor and student. B. Director and actor.C. Writer and advertiser.D. Hostess and guest.4. A. She picked up the book from the bus stop.B. She can help the man out.C. She’s also in need of a chemistry textbook.D. She will help the man to find the right person.5. A. Take the test in three weeks.B. Call to make inquiries about the test results.C. Be patient and wait for the test results.D. Inquire about the date when the results will be released.6. A. He set fire to the building.B. He parked his car beside the building.C. He was trying to clear the road with the help of some other people.D. He found out what was going on.7. A. He’s going to the theatre. B. He’s just returned from a job interview.C. He’s just visited his tailor.D. He’s dr essed up to have his photo taken.8. A. Registering for courses. B. Studying engineering and art history.C. Buying literature books.D. Going to the registry office.9. A. The Jenkins made a wise investment.B. It is not sensible to make such an investment.C. The Jenkins should buy the stocks later.D. It is essential that the Jenkins should move out.10. A. It is not a good timing to build it. B. It should have been built earlier.C. She is curious about this plan.D. She doubts how long the plan will take.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. South Korean Women. B. American citizens.C. People in industrialized countries.D. People with economic improvements.12. A. High premature deaths.B. Overweight citizens.C. A lack of public health care.D. A shortage in new medical technologies.13. A. More facilities should be established.B. Additional pressure should be put on pensions.C. People should retire at an earlier age.D. People should be provided with more payments.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Because of the security of the job.B. For a promotion to the Executive Director.C. To inspire the folks in the community.D. To enrich others and her own lives.15. A. The speaker graduated in law and used to earn generous salaries.B. Spelman is a non-profit institute which turns out social workers.C. The audiences are regarded as beautiful because they all belong to Spelman.D. Public service is rewarding both in a spiritual and material sense.16. A. Urging classmates to get involved in public service.B. Expressing gratitude to the audience for their volunteer work.C. Delivering a speech to the graduates from Spelman College.D. Illustrating how to help others as one climbs his career ladder.Questions 17 through 18 are based on the following conversation.17. A. May 19th. B. May 20th. C. May 23rd. D. May 16th.18. A. Three meals a day. B. Train fare.C. Competition entrance fee.D. Floor space.19. A. The entrance fee is 16 euros this year.B. College basket teams abroad can enter for the game by phone.C. It is the 80th anniversary of the Tampere Student Game.D. The game will end with a ceremony in the last evening.20. A. Students can enjoy a reduced rate during that period.B. All the basketball teams live in that hotel.C. It will provide three meals to the players living there.D. It is close to where all the matches are held.II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20%)Section ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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.Over the past sixteen years of my life, I have grown to be a very independent person. This can be both good and bad in the sense that I am able to do things (21)______ my own, yet at times struggle with taking advice from others. Sometimes, hearing what other people have to say can be one of the hardest things to do. However, getting advice from (22)______ cares about you can impact your life in great ways. Because of this, I began realizing that my mom’s guidance throughout my life has never steered me wrong. This is why I believe you (23)______ always listen to your mother.This belief has not been easy (24)______(realize). It has taken endless amounts of time in which I decided to go against what my mom had to say, and later discovered that she was right. I think we can all agree that (25)______ (admit) your mom was right is always a hard thing to do. But what else are you supposed to say (26)______ you are standing outside in the freezing cold, shaking because you did not wear that extra jacket you (27)______ (tell) to wear?When I was twelve years old, I had the experience of a lifetime. However, I would have missed out if it hadn’t been for my mom. She had been planning a trip to Turkey for work, (28)______ (offer) to bring my sister and me along with her. When I first heard about this opportunity, I was terrified. Never had I been out of the country before. I thought to (29)______, “Is she crazy?” My mom then began to say, “(30)______ is known to all, one needs to step out of his comfort zone and try something new in order to encounter larger-than-life ideas.” After going back and forth with my own thoughts, I decided to go on the trip. And boy, she was right. Going to Turkey will forever be one of my greatest memories and I am thankful I got to visit that amazing country.Section BThe New York Times has changed a lot in the past 10 years, embracing digital subscriptions and growing into online videoand specialty areas like cooking. It has not been enough to prepare the company for the future, according to the paper’s own 2020 report __31__ on Tuesday.“While the past two years have been a time of significant innovation, the pace must speed up,” the authors wrote in the opening of the report. “Too often, d igital progress has been accomplished through workarounds; now we must tear apart the barriers. We must __32__ between mission and tradition: what we do because it’s essential to our values and what we do because we’ve always done it.”The report indicates how far the paper has come in __33__ itself to the digital age while also pointing out what needs to be done.The areas that need __34__ are focused on the newsroom, particularly in the tools and internal structures that journalists must deal with to produce their work.Many of the report’s recommendations are __35__ to anyone who closely follows the Times or newspapers in general: A(n) __36__ away from print’s outsized importance on the newsroom’s operations, better ways to include multimedia in stories and a renewed effort at creating a more diverse newsroom with a variety of skills.The paper has an ongoing goal that started in 2016 of doubling digital revenue to $800 million by 2020. “To__37__ our future, we need to expand considerably our number of subscribers by 2020.”The report also calls into question the formats on which the Times —and most other newspapers —rely, namely a mix of news stories and features that are text heavy. “Too much of our daily report remains __38__ by long texts.” the rep ort states. The report stresses that the Times should do more to educate readers. “Our readers are __39__ for advice from The Times. Too often, we don’t offer it, or offer it only in print-centric forms.” the report states. Perhaps the most interesting par t of the report comes at the very bottom in the form of comments from the paper’s own journalists. Reporters said they would like to see __40__ in choice of how to tell certain stories, and some disagreement about what kind of tone the Times should embrace going forward.III. Reading Comprehension (45%)Section 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.Have We Reached Peak Trade?Globalization is usually defined as the free movement of people, goods and capital. It’s been the most important ___41___ force of modernity. Until the financial crisis of 2008, global trade grew twice as fast as the global economy itself. ___42___, thanks to both economics and politics, globalization as we have known it is developing fast.The question is: Have we reached peak trade? If you think of it in terms of the flow of digital data and ideas, no —it’s actually ___43___.” Indeed, the cros s-border flow of digital data — e-commerce, web searches, online video, machine-to-machine interactions — has grown 45 times larger since 2005 and is ___44___ to grow much faster than the global economy over the next few years.There’s no doubt globalizati on has increased wealth at both global and national levels. But free trade can also widen the___45___ gap within countries, in part by creating concentrated groups of economic losers. Free trade has made goods and services cheaper for Americans —think of all the inexpensive Chinese-made goods at Walmart —but it hasn’t always___46___ their job prospects. From1990 to 2008, the areas most ___47___ to foreign competition saw almost no net new jobs created. That’s one reason the new generation of Americans i s on track to be ___48___ than their parents.The gains of free trade do not always ___49___ the losses. This realization that the tide of ___50___ doesn’t raise all boats has fed into the anti-free trade movement. And companies themselves are ___51___ globalization.Nevertheless, there is one reason to be ___52___ about the future of globalization —at least, the new information-based kind. McKinsey data estimate that the companies responsible for the jump in flows of digital goods, services and information will include a much higher proportion of small businesses than in the past. An estimated 86% of tech-based startups surveyed by McKinsey now do some cross-border business — ___53___ before the arrival of the Internet, when globalization was dominated by super powers. That means that more of the wealth generated by globalization could flow down to the 80% of the population that hasn’t ___54___ as much as it should have.If those individuals feel they are being empowered by open borders and freer trade, it could help swing the political pendulum(钟摆)back toward globalization in some form. Despite its laws, it has been an economic force that has lifted morepeople out of ___55___ than anything else the world has ever known.41.A. political B. cultural C. economic D. natural42.A. Otherwise B. Hence C. Moreover D. Yet43.A. depressing B. increasing C. approving D. operating44.A. projected B. tracked C. signaled D. needed45.A. price B. welfare C. pension D. wealth46.A. ruined B. helped C. foreseen D. reversed47.A. resistant B. suited C. exposed D. inaccessible48.A. happier B. healthier C. wealthier D. poorer49.A. outweigh B. balance C. suffer D. substitute50.A. materialism B. modernization C. globalization D. consumption51.A. withdrawing from B. counting on C. profiting from D. insisting on52.A. confused B. concerned C. optimistic D. curious53.A. adaptable B. accessible C. affordable D. impossible54.A. striven B. consumed C. benefited D. digested55.A. fear B. poverty C. frustration D. embarrassmentSection BDirections: Read the following three passages. 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.(A)Dear Cutie-Pie,Recently, your mother and I were searching for an answer on Google. Halfway through entering the question, Google returned a list of the most popular searches in the world. At the top of the list was “How to keep him interested.”It surprised me a lot. I scanned several of the countless articles about how to be sexy and sexual, when to bring him a beer versus a sandwich, and the ways to make him feel smart and superior.And I got angry.Little One, it is not, has never been, and never will be your job to “keep him interested.”Little One, your only task is to know deeply in your soul —in that unshakeable place that isn’t upset by rejection and loss —that you are worthy of interest.If you can trust your worth in this way, you will be attractive in the most important sense of the world: you will attract a boy who is both capable of interest and who wants to spend his one life investing all of his interest in you.Little One, I want to tell you about the boy who doesn’t need to be kept interested, becauseI don’t care if he can’t play a bit of golf with me —as long as he can play with the children you give him and revel in all the glorious and frustrating ways they are just like you. I don’t care if he doesn’t follow his wallet —as long as he follows his heart and it always leads him back to you. I don’t care if he is strong —as long as he gives you the space to exercise the strength that is in your heart. I couldn’t care less how he votes —as long as he wakes up every morning and daily elects you to a place of honor in your home and a place of respect in his heart. I don’t ca re about the color of his skin. I don’t care if he was raised in this religion or that religion or no religionLittle One, if you come across a man like that and he and I have nothing else in common, we will have the most importantthing in common: You.B ecause in the end, Little One, the only thing you should have to do to “keep him interested” is to be you. Your eternally interested guy,Daddy56. What shocked Daddy when he was surfing on the Internet?A. Girls’ knowing nothing about trusting themselves.B. Girls’ giving priority to finding ways to please boys.C. Girls’ bringing food s and drinks to boys from time to time.D. Girls’ being upset by being rejected constantly.57. Father thinks what is of primary importance to his daughter is to ______________________.A. keep the boy interestedB. know she deserves a boy’ interestC. attract a boy willing to invest all in herD. find a boy who can please her58. According to the passage, what does the underlined word “revel”mean?A. feel depressedB. become puzzledC. look aroundD. enjoy himself59. What’s the main purpose of this letter?A. To advise his daughter to trust her worth.B. To inform his daughter how to keep others interested.C. To show his daughter how to find her true love.D. To help his daughter find someone with common interests.(B)Self-driving CapabilitiesSensor and camera-equipped models fromAudi and V olkswagen, among others, don’tjust automatically brake to prevent minoraccidents; they can actually navigate(⾏驶)around highway traffic and into garageswithout a human at the wheel.Attractive DashboardsIn addition to Ford’s new Sync system, whichbetter understands voice commands, Apple andGoogle have partnered w8ith automakers tocreate interfaces(界⾯)as user-friendly as theones on your smartphone.Smarter HeadlightsAudi’s and BMW’s ultra-bright laserheadlights can detect oncoming cars anddim slightly to avoid disturbing theirdrivers. One problem: they’re not yet legalin the U.S.Self-parking SkillsThe new model of BMW’s all-electric i3 canfind its own spot in a parking lot, then sendsignals via a smart-watch app to contact itsdrivers.60. In terms of Self-driving Capabilities, what makes Audi and V olkswagen stand out?A. Braking when sensing red lightsB. Going into garages without a driverC. Stopping other cars on highwayD. Taking photos with a camera61. Which of the cars can adjust the headlights in order not to upset drivers in oncoming cars?A. Ford and V olkswagenB. Audi and BMWC. Audi and V olkswagenD. BMW and Ford62. In which section of a car magazine does the article most probably appear?A. First DriveB. Cars For RentC. Instrumental TestsD. Smart Tech.(C)On the occasional clear-frost autumn night, I was hiking through the dark forest with my GMO wolf. Yes, my best friend is a genetically modified organism(转基因⽣物); deliberate selection has produced the blunt-toothed, small-pawed wonder that walks by my side.Our world is changing rapidly. In the last five decades, global population has fully doubled, with 3.7 billion hungry mouths added to our planet. During this same time span, the amount of land suitable for agriculture has increased by only 5%. Miraculously, this did not result in the great global famine(饥荒) one might have predicted.How do scientists modify a plant so that it makes more food than its parents did? We could treat each harvest like a litter of wolf pups and select only plants bearing the fattest, richest seeds for the next season. This was the method our ancestors used to engineer rice, corn and wheat from the wild grasses they encountered.During my childhood, advances in genetic technologies allowed scientists to identify and clone the genes responsible for repressing stem growth, leading to shorter, stronger stalks that could bear more seed — the high-yield crops that feed us today. The 21st century has brought with it a marvelous new set of high-tech tools with which to further quicken the process of artificial selection. Plant geneticists can now directly edit out or edit in sections of DNA using molecular scissors. We can minimize a plant’s weaknesses while adding to its strengths, and we don’t have to wait for seasons to pass to test the result. It is the transformative potential of these techniques to quickly supply the next-generation crops required for upcoming climate change that has led me to believe in the safety and function of GMO plants in agricultural products. We need more GMO research to feed the world that we are creating.I love the quiet forest that stands between my lab and my home. But I know that as a scientist, I am responsible first to humanity. We must feed, shelter and nurture one another as our first priority, and to do so, we must take advantage of our best technologies, which have alwaysas we feed ourselves, and each year plant only the very best of what we have collectively engineered. I keep the faith of my ancestors each night when I walk through the forest to my lab, and my GMO wolf does the same when she guards my way home.63. Why does the author mention the wolf in the 1st paragraph?A. To advise people to keep wolves as petsB. To persuade readers to welcome the new technologyC. To change people’s attitude towards wolvesD. To introduce a technology used to human s’ advantage64. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?A. GMO technology will help weatherproof future crops.B. With GMO technology, famine has been eliminated.C. Artificial selections make high-yield plants possible.D. The author believes technology should contribute to future generations.65. What can be learned about modifying a plant?A. It takes scientists seasons to know whether their selection is correct.B. One way for ancestors to change a plant was to clone some genes.C. Modern techniques help speed up the artificial selection by altering DNA.D. The general public show strong faith in GMO plants.66. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. GMO Technology —Turning Wolves into the Best PetsB. Engineered Food —Feeding Future GenerationsC. Engineered Food —To Be or Not To BeD. GMO Technology —A Driving Force in World PeaceSection CDirections: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.Charity —Humanity’s most kind and generous desire— is a timeless and borderless virtue, dating at least to the dawn of religious teaching. Philanthropy(慈善⾏为) as we understand it today, however, is a distinctly American phenomenon, inseparable from the nation that shaped it. From colonial leaders to modern billionaires like Buffett, Gates and Zuckerberg, the tradition of giving is woven into the national DNA.67. ________ Benjamin Franklin, an icon of individual industry and frugality(节俭) even in his own day, understood that with the privilege of doing well came the price of doing good. When he died in 1790, Franklin thought to future generations, leaving in trust two gifts of 1,000 lb. of sterling silver —one to the city of Boston, the other to Philadelphia. According to his instruction, a portion of the money could not be used for 200 years.While Franklin’s gifts lay in wait, the tradition he established evolved alongside the young nation. 68.________ Often far less famed men and women have played a critical role in philanthropy’s evolution. One of my personal heroes is Julius Rosenwald, who helped construct more than 5,300 schools across the segregated(种族隔离) South and opened classroom doors toa generation of African-American students.69. ________ The answer is not just to benefit others. Tax reduction, for one, encourages the rich people to give. And philanthropy has long helped improve the public image of everyone from immoral capitalists to the new tech elite. More troubling, however, are the foundational problems that make philanthropy so necessary. Just before his death, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, “Philanthropy is praise-worthy, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic inj ustice which make philanthropy necessary.”Franklin’s gifts represent a broader principle. We are guardians of a public trust, even if our capital came from private enterprise, and our most important obligation is ensuring that the system works more equally and more justly for more people.70. ________ America’s greatest strength is not the fact of perfection, but rather the act of perfecting.IV. 71. Summary Writing (10%)Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Every year, more and more parents complain to their children’s schools about PE. They believe that their children shouldn’t have to participate in physical activity if they don’t want to. Supporters of PE, however, believe that it is a crucial element of all-round schooling and our society’s well-being. They insist PE in schools remains one of the few places by which the youth can be forced to participate in aerobic exercise.Firstly, they believe that participation in sport promotes health. In fact physical education is a springboard for involvement in sport and physical activities throughout life. Government is, or should be, concerned with the health of its citizens. Encouraging physical activity in the youngexercise. This doesn’t have to be through traditional team sports; increasingly schools are able to offer exercise in the form of swimming, gymnastics, dance, etc.Besides, physical education helps to develop character and the mutual(相互的)respect required to succeed in an adult environment. Playing team sports builds character and encourages students to work with others, as they would be expected to do in most business or sporting environments. Sport teaches children how to win and lose with good grace and builds a strong school spirit through competition with other institutions. It is often the experience of playing on a team together that builds the strongest friendships at school, which endure for years afterwards.Finally, the pursuit for national sporting achievement begins in schools. If schools don’t have compulsory PE, it is much harder to pick out, develop and equip athletes to represent the country on a wider stage. However, it’s much easier to find suitable individuals with a full sports program in every school.V. Translation (15%)Directions:Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72. 正巧这⼏天有空，去公园散步如何？(happen)73. ⼀副油画赠予了该美术馆，以纪念两个城市间的珍贵友谊。

2017上海二模英语作文With the rapid development of technology, its influence on various aspects of our lives has become increasingly profound. In the field of education, technological advancements have brought about significant changes, transforming the way we learn and teach. This essay will explore the impact of technology on education, focusing on both its advantages and potential drawbacks.Firstly, one of the most notable benefits of technology in education is the accessibility it provides to a vast array of information. Students can now access a wealth of knowledge through the internet, which was unimaginable a few decades ago. Online resources such as educational websites, e-books, and digital libraries have become invaluable tools for research and learning.Secondly, technology has also facilitated more interactiveand personalized learning experiences. With the help of educational software and applications, students can engage in self-paced learning that caters to their individual needs.This personalized approach can help students to better understand complex concepts and improve their learning outcomes.Moreover, technology has made collaboration easier and more efficient. Students and teachers can now communicate andshare ideas through various digital platforms, which canenhance the learning process. For instance, online discussion forums and collaborative projects can foster a sense of community and encourage peer-to-peer learning.However, despite these advantages, there are also concerns about the over-reliance on technology in education. One of the primary issues is the potential distraction it can cause. The constant presence of smartphones and social media can divert students' attention from their studies, leading to a decrease in concentration and focus.Additionally, there is a risk that technology may widen the gap between students who have access to advanced technological resources and those who do not. This digital divide can lead to disparities in educational opportunities and outcomes, which is a pressing issue that needs to be addressed.In conclusion, technology has undoubtedly revolutionized the field of education, offering numerous benefits such as increased accessibility to information, personalized learning experiences, and enhanced collaboration. However, it is crucial to be mindful of the potential drawbacks, including distractions and the digital divide. As educators and students, we must strive to harness the power of technologyin a balanced and responsible manner to ensure that it serves as a tool for enhancing, rather than hindering, the educational experience.。