2021上海市杨浦区高三二模英语试题及答案

2021上海市杨浦区高三二模英语试题及答案

杨浦区2021学年第二学期高三模拟质量调研 英语学科试卷

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II .Grammar and Vocabulary Section A

I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in

__21__ 60s. When it was her turn to pay, the cashier greeted her by name and

asked her how she was doing. The woman looked down, ___22___（shake）her

head and said:“Not so good.”My husband just lost his job and my son is up to

his old tricks again. The truth is, I don’t know how I’m going to get

through the holidays.‖

Then she gave the cashier food stamps.

My heart ached. I wanted to help but didn’t know how.（23）______I offer

to pay for her groceries or ask for her husband’s resume?

As I walked into the parking lot, I saw the women ___（24）（return）her

shopping cart. I remembered something in my purse（25）________I thought could

help her. It wasn’t a handful of cash or an offer of a job for her husband,

but maybe it would make her life better. My heart pounded as I approached

the woman.

“Excuse me,”I said, my voice trembling a bit.“I couldn’t help

overhearing what you said to the cashier. It sounds like you’re going through

a really hard time right now. I’m so sorry. I’d like to give you something.”

I handed her the small card from my purse.

When the woman read the card’s only two words, she began to cry. And

through her tears, she said：“You have no idea（26）_______ this means to me.”

I was a little startled by her reply.（27）________（not do）anything like

this before, I didn’t know what kind of reaction I might receive. All left

for me (28)_______（say）was：“Oh. Would it be OK to give you a hug?”

（29）________we embraced, I walked back to my car --and began to cry, too.

The words on the card? “You Matter.”

A few weeks earlier, a colleague gave me a similar card（30）____

encouragement for a project I was working on. When I read the card, I felt a warm glow spread inside of me. Deeply touched, I came home and ordered my own

box of You Matter card and started sharing them.

Section B A. technology B. contemporary C. stretched D. hidden E.

recognized F. discovery G. updated H. extensive I. countless J.

estimated K. definition Most of us learn at primary school that there are

seven continents, but the next generation of kids may be adding one more to

that list.

According to a recent paper published in the Geological Society of

American Journal by a group of researchers,“Zealandia” is a new continent

that’s ___31___ beneath the ocean.

Zealandia is ___32___ to be five million sq km. Most of this massive area

is covered by water, but its highest mountains already have their own name：New Zealand.

The small country is the only part of Zealandia that isn’t underwater,

but the paper’s authors

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want the huge landmass to be ___33___ worldwide as its own continent.

“The scientific value of classifying Zealandia as a continent is much

more than just an extra name on a list,”the researchers wrote in their paper.

Scientists discovered Zealandia all the way back in 1995, then started

___34___ research on the area using underwater and satellite mapping ___35___.

After completing their work, they were finally able to write a report

suggesting that Zealandia be named a continent.

But who decides on what is a continent and what isn’t? There is, in fact,

no official organization that does. Some countries’ schools teach that there

are six or even five continents. This changes depending on where in the world

school is.

Due to their __36__ as a “continuous expanse of land”,some classify

Europe and Asia as the same continent -- known as Eurasia. Schools in Russia

and parts of Eastern Europe teach this. And to make things even more confusing, France and Greece, as well as

other countries, classify North America and South America as simply America.

This argument over how land is defined has even ___37___ into outer space.

In 2021, the International Astronomical Union（IAU）decided that Pluto was no

longer a planet, 76 years after its ___38___ in 1930. Experts argued that it

no longer met the requirements needed to be called a planet alongside the

eight others in our solar system. It was therefore renamed a “dwarf planet（矮行星）”，meaning that ___39___ books, models and museum exhibits all over

the world had to be ___40___.

But will the world take the same notice of Zealandia? The best way to tell

is to keep an eye on our textbooks.

Ⅲ.Reading Comprehension Section A

Good news for awkward teenagers around the world. As time goes by, you

could ___41___ up like a completely different person.