2018届松江区高考英语二模

松江区2017学年度第二学期期中质量监控试卷

高三英语

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Aunt Jane is now well over seventy, but she is still a great cinema-goer. The cinema in our town

closed down years ago and sometimes she has to travel twenty miles or more to see a good film. And once

a month at least she goes up to London to see (21)______ (late) foreign films. Of course she could see

most of these films on television, but the idea does not attract her. “It isn’t the same,” she says. “For one

thing, the screen’s too small. Besides, I like going to the cinema!”

However, one thing which has always puzzled us is that (22)______ Aunt Jane has lots of friends and

enjoys company, she always goes to the cinema alone. We discovered the reason for this only

recently—from Mother. “It may surprise you to learn that Aunt Jane wanted to be an actress when she was

young,” she told us. “She used to wait outside film studios all day, just (23)_______ (appear) in crowd

scenes. Your aunt has probably appeared in dozens of films. Sometimes she did not even know the name

of the film they (24)______ (make). Therefore, she couldn’t go to see (25)______ in the film at the

cinema!”

“All the time, of course, she was looking for a small part in a film. Her big chance came (26)______

they started to make a film in our town. Jane managed to meet the director at a party and he offered her

(27)______ role as a shopkeeper. It really was a very small part, but it was an important moment for Jane.

Before the great event, she rehearsed for days. In fact, she turned the sitting-room into a shop! We all had

to help, going to and out of the shop (28)______ she could remember her words perfectly. And

(29)______ the actual day she was marvelous. Jane thought that this was the beginning of her film

career!”

“Unfortunately, in the end, they did not include the shop scene in the film. But nobody told Jane!

When the film first appeared in London, she took all her friends to see it. And of course she wasn’t in it! It

was a terrible blow! She stopped (30)______ (go) to film studios and gave up the idea of becoming an

actress. She still loves the cinema, as you all know, but from that day she has always gone alone!”

Section B

A. parallel B. curves C. dutifully D. guard E. transforming

F. proceeding G. studies H. perfect I. intensely J. move K. randomizes

Whether you’re trying to be good at Photoshop, or step up your tennis game, or master a banjo(班卓琴) song, you’re probably __31__ following the age-old advice that practice makes perfect. However,

contrary to popular belief, doing the same thing over and over again might not be the most efficient way to

learn foreign concepts.

Traditionally, we’re taught using the “blocking” strategy. This instructs us to go over a single idea

again and again until we’ve mastered it, before __32__ to the next concept. But several new

neurological(神经学的) __33__ show that an up and coming learning method called “interleaving”

improves our ability to keep and perform new skills over any traditional means by leaps and bounds.

What interleaving does is to space out learning over a longer period of time, and it __34__ the

information we encounter when learning a new skill. So, for example, instead of learning one banjo chord

at a time until you __35__ it, you train in several at once and in shorter bursts. One of the practical ways you can use interleaving to train your brain to pick up new skills quickly

and effectively is to practice multiple __36__ skills at once.

Whether you’re trying to improve your motor skills or cognitive(认知的) learning abilities, the key

to __37__ how your brain processes new information is to break out of the habit of learning one part of a

skill at a time. The advantage of this method is that your brain doesn’t get comfortable or store

information in your short-term memory. Instead, interleaving causes your brain to __38__ focus and

problem-solve every step of the way, resulting in information getting stored in your long-term memory

instead.

Interleaving doesn’t cut any corners, so your brain is always on __39__. Think of the difference

between blocking and interleaving like a boxer who practices one __40__ over and over again versus a

boxer who practices by sparring in the ring. In the ring, you have to be ready for anything. It makes you

faster and sharper.

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

Since 1960, considerable scientific researches have been done on chimps in their natural habitats.

Astonishingly, scientists have found out that the social __41__ of Chimps are very similar to humans.

Chimps will __42__ in certain ways, like gathering in war parties to protect their territory. But beyond the

minimum requirements as social beings, they have little instinct to __43__ one another. Chimps in the

wild seek food for themselves. Even chimp mothers regularly __44__ to share food with their children.

Who are able from a young age to gather their own food?

In the laboratory, chimps don’t __45__ share food either. If a chimp is put in a cage where he can pull

in one plate of food for himself or, with no greater effort, a plate that also provides food for a neighbor to

the next cage, he will pull __46__ --he just doesn’t care whether his neighbor gets fed or not. Chimps are

truly selfish.

Human children, __47__, are extremely cooperative. From the earliest ages, they decide to help

others, to share information and to participate in achieving common goals. The psychologist Michael

Tomasello has studied this __48__ in a series of experiments with very young children. He finds that if

babies aged 18 months see a worried adult with hands full trying to open a door, almost all will

immediately try to help.

There are several reasons to believe that the urges to help, inform and share are not taught, but

naturally __49__ in young children. One is that these __50__ appear at a very young age before most

parents have started to train their children to behave __51__. Another is that the helping behaviors are not

improved if the children are rewarded. A third reason is that social intelligence __52__ in children before

their general cognitive skills, at least when compared with chimps. In tests conducted by Tomasello, the

human children did no better than the chimps on the __53__ world tests but were considerably better at

understanding the social world.

The core of what children’s minds have and chimps’ don’t is what Tomasello calls shared

intentionality. Part of this ability is that they can __54__ what others know or are thinking. But beyond

that, even very young children want to be part of a shared purpose. They actively seek to be part of a “we”,

a group that intends to work toward a(n) __55__ goal.

41. A. structures B. policies C. behaviors D. responsibilities

42. A. conflict B. cooperate C. offend D. negotiate

43. A. trust B. contact C. isolate D. help

44. A. decline B. manage C. attempt D. oblige

45. A. curiously B. reluctantly C. naturally D. carelessly