2016上海高三上学期人教版高中英语开学考试

I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, when I was 13. My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to E1 Capitan, （25）______ huge rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew immediately I wanted to climb it. That (26) _______ (be) my life’s passion ever since--- climbing the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my home.

About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of waste, like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. It’s beyond me why visitors started respecting the place (27)________(little) and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.

I tried picking trash myself, but the job was too big. I would spend an hour or two on the job, only (28) _______ ( find ) the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so tired of it that I decided something had to change.

As a rock-climbing guide, I knew (29) ______about organizing any big event. But in 2004, together with some climbers, I set a date for a cleanup. On that day, more than 300 people showed up. Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to accomplish. I (30) _____ not believe the difference we made ---the park looked clean!

I often hear people (31) ________ (complain) about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by doing rather than complaining. We need to teach by example. You can’t blame others  (32)______ you start with yourself.

    For those who are tired doing the laundry, Samsung has found an answer: a washing machine (33)_______can tell you when your laundry is done via a smartphone app(application).

     Strange (34)_______it may seem - "my wife already does that" was a common response among attendees viewing the device when it （35）_________ (introduce) at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week - Samsung is just one of many appliance makers (36)_________ (race) to install (安装) a large number of internet-connected features in machines in an effort to make them "smart".

     Last year, it was a refrigerator that tweeted. This year, it's Wi-Fi-enabled laundry machines and fridges (37)_________ can tell you when your groceries are going bad.

     The washers and dryers, available starting in the spring, connect to any smartphone through a downloadable application. The phone can then be used as a remote control, so the machines can be turned on and off while their owners is at work or on the bus.

     Samsung says it's not just something new - the app connection actually has some practical uses.

     "If you started to dry clothes in the morning and forgot to take them out, you can go to your phone and restart your dryer (38)_______ the time when come home, (39)_______ _______ your clothes are refreshed and ready to go," said spokesperson Amy Schmidt.

     Perhaps, but what they will probably really accomplish is (40)__________ all good technologies do –enable laziness. Rather than getting up to check on whether the laundry is done, users will instead monitor it on their phones while watching TV.

A. energizing   B. contrary       C. valuable       D. upset       E. alternatively

F. schedule     G. recommended   H. available      I. development  J. structured

K. assist

    Teachers always plan down to the minute what their students will be doing. This is good for kids, because it teaches them to stay on task and follow a ___41____. But most homes aren’t run this way. If parents do plan their children’s lives minute by minute, what happens when that child grows up and goes to college? At some point, kids need to learn to manage their own time. This can be one of the___42____ skills you help your kids develop outside of school. But it generally won’t happen all by itself, because there’s a big transition that happens when kids leave the ___43____ school environment and come home.

   If you have kid stay alone at home, think hard about trying to find an adult who can be there and provide the support your child needs. If a supportive adult isn’t___44____, an expert named Martin recommends you find an after-school program led by experienced professionals who will engage them in creative activities,  nourish them with healthy snacks, and ___45____ them with their schoolwork.

If you are at home on the ___46____, to take some break after the guys get started on diversions(娱乐), because it’s hard to stop and do something like homework. “If that little bit of downtime （工作休息时间） is television, good luck ... getting them to do their homework.” says a professor of child ___47____ at California State University, “TV is addictive.” A better way to help your child unwind is with a healthy snack.“Wait until dinner, make a plate full of ___48____ food. You could even dish up part of the dinner you’re preparing a little early for the kids,” she says.

While you’re sharing a snack, you can make a list of what your kids will get to do during their study breaks. The types of breaks ___49____ include shooting baskets, getting a drink, using the bathroom, or even playing a quick card game with parents. Your kids can be the ones to decide which breaks they’d like to take. But, as Freimuth says, your children will have to be honest about what kind of break will energize them and not ___50____ their momentum(动力)

The results of the research, by the name of Longevity Project were released recently, throwing new light on what we can do to live longer. Based on the new information and modern statistics to study participants gathered across eight years, Dr. Howard Friedman exposes the secret to achieving good health and a long life. It was found that worry-free characters, far from being longevity-friendly as traditional wisdom assumed, died younger than the types interpreted as calm and easy-going. There is a connection between happiness and longevity, but the elements of happiness are not unlimited leisure, positivity and absence of stress. In fact, the opposite maybe more contributive. Longevity is far more than genetics, diet, or exercise. It is closely connected with emotions. Staying married happily is the magic key to a long life, especially if you are a woman.

Another factor is our attitude towards health. We assume that modern medical advantages can deliver us from the consequence of our unhealthy act and see no reason to change our careless gestures towards ageing as the years fly by until something, sometimes the terrible disease, wakes us up. But a positive by-product of age blindness is the appetite for work, which remains strong and may even sharpen as we seek ways to keep death in a distance. And the state of being at work --working the hardest-- would appear to enhance the prospect for a longest life.

As for whether economic condition determine how we live and for how long, whose effect on life expectancy is not so evident on current technical level, the study detects some differences in health conditions that at first glance may be caused by the gap that does exercise its influence, but mainly on a person’s self judgment.

On the current stage, one thing can be sure. Various factors work in determining how long we live. Only some of these can be somewhat influenced at a personal level which makes it even more important to know what those facts are, what measure can be taken to extend life expectancy within our power.

(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)

78. Contrary to the traditional belief, longevity belongs to those who are

_____________________________________________________________

79. What is the relationship between working and longevity according to the passage?

_____________________________________________________________

80. In health conditions, _____________ rather than ____________ determines how long we live.

81. Why should we find out factors that can be influenced at a personal level?

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1. 你没有必要易感冒就吃药。（need）

2. 我们期待着尽早收到那些国外学生的来信。（look forward to）

3. 她做梦也没有想到会在这次化学竞赛中获得一等奖。(Little)

4.  一项调查表明老人普遍感到比起收到子女物质上的礼物，他们更需要子女的陪伴。(prefer)

5. 王阿姨致力于关心那些需要帮助的人，人们对她的慷慨帮助的感激之情非言语能表达。(devote)

Clothes play a critical part in the conclusions we reach by providing clues to who people are, who they are not, and who they would like to be. They tell us a good deal about the wearer’s ——___51____, personality, status, mood, and social outlook.
    Since clothes are such an important ___52____ of social information, we can use them to manipulate people’s impression of us. Our appearance assumes particular significance in the___53____ phases of interaction that is likely to occur. An elderly middle class man or woman may be ___54____ by a young adult who is dressed in an unconventional manner, regardless of the person’s education, background, or interests.
    People tend to___55____ what certain types of clothes mean. Young women can easily identify with the ___56____ of girls who wear certain outfits, including the number of boyfriends they likely have had and whether they smoke or drink. Newscasters, or the announcers who read the news on TV, are considered to be more ___57____, honest, and competent when they are dressed conservatively. And collage students who view themselves as taking an active role in their inter-personal relationships say they are ___58____ about the costumes they must wear to play these roles successfully. ___59____, many of us can relate instances in which the clothing we wore changed the way we felt about ourselves and how we act ed. Perhaps you have used clothing to gain ___60____when you anticipated a stressful situation, such as a job interview, or a court appearance.

    In the workplace, men have long had well defined precedents and role models for ___61____ success. It has been otherwise for women. A good many women in the business world are uncertain about the appropriate mixture of “masculine” and “feminine” attributes they should ___62____ by their professional clothing. The variety of clothing ___63____ to women has also been greater than that avail able for men. Male administrators tend to judge women more ___64____ for managerial positions when the women display less “feminine” grooming (打扮)-shorter hair, moderate use of make up, and plain tailored clothing. As one male administrator confessed, “An attractive woman is definitely going to get a longer ___65____, but she won’t get a job.”.

We all know that the normal human daily cycle of activity is of some 7—8 hours’ sleep alternation with some 16—17 hours’ wakefulness and that, broadly speaking, the sleep normally coincides with (与一致) the hours of darkness. Our present concern is with how easily and to what extent this cycle can be modified.

　　The question is no more an academic one. The ease, for example, with which people can change from working in the day to working at night is a question of growing importance in industry where automation calls for round-the-clock working of machines. It normally, takes from five days to one week for a person to adapt to a reversed routine of sleep and wakefulness, sleeping during the day and working at night. Unfortunately, it is often the case in industry that shifts are changed every week; a person may work from 12 midnight to 8 a.m. one week, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. the next, and 4 p.m. to 12 midnight the third and so on. This means that no sooner has he got used to one routine than he has to change to another, so that much of his time is spent neither working nor sleeping very efficiently.

The only real solution appears to be to hand over the night shift to a number of permanent night workers. An interesting study of the domestic life and health of night-shift workers was carried out by Brown in 1957. She found a high incidence (发生率) of disturbed sleep and other disorders among those on alternating day and night shifts, but no abnormal occurrence of theses phenomena among those on permanent night work.

This latter system then appears to be the best long-term policy , but meanwhile something may be done to relieve the strains of alternative day and night work by selecting those people who can adapt most likely to the change of routine. One way of knowing when a person has adopted is by measuring his body temperature. People engaged in normal daytime work will have a high temperature during the hours of wakefulness and a low one at night; when they change to night work the pattern will only gradually go back to match the new routine and the speed with which it does so parallels, broadly speaking, the adaptation of the body as a whole, particularly in terms of performance. Therefore, by taking body temperature at intervals of two hours throughout the period of wakefulness it can be seen how quickly a person can adapt to a reversed routine, and this could be used as a basis for selection. So far, however, such a form of selection does not seem to have been applied in practice.

66. By saying “The question is no more an academic one”, the author want to say______.

 A. many people like to change the cycle of sleeping and working

 B. sleeping normally coincides with the hours of darkness

C. automation calls for people to change their sleeping habits

D. changing people’s sleeping and working pattern is not easy.

67. The main problem of the round-the- clock working system lies in ___________.

A. the inconvenience caused by the automation to the workers

B. the disturbance of changing the cycle too frequently

C. the lack of working efficiency on night shifts

D. the difficulty finding a number of good night workers

68. The best remedy for the disorders among the alternating working-time workers seems to be__________.

A. changing the round-the-clock working system

B. allowing the night-shift workers to sleep more efficiently

C. employing people who work on night shifts only

D. making a more flexible working schedule for night workers

69. Which of the following statements can conclude the passage?

A. The change of body temperature as an indication of a worker’s performance.

B. The possible solutions to the problems of the round-the-clock working system.

C. Easy ways to adapt the body temperature to the changes of the night shifts.

D. Less disturbance to those who alternate day and night shifts at a longer interval.

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70. What taxi services can a tourist to Singapore have according to the passage?

    a. specially-tailored tours around Singapore

    b. transfers between the terminals at the airport

    c. personalized tours beyond Singapore

    d. transfers between the airport and the city

    e. hourly private Singapore taxi service

    f .airport&city goods delivery

    A. a, d,e         B. a,b,f           C. b,c,e          D. c,d,f

71. If a tourist goes to the airport in a MaxiCab at 5 a.m. and pays by credit czrd, he/she has to

pay______________

A. $7  B. $38.5   C. $55  D.$51.7

72. If a tourist group intends to book one of the suggested tours in a 6-neater MaxiCab, it_____

    A. has to register at www.citycab.com.sg

    B. can choose the time and place to collect the group

    C. may apply to the Singapore Tourism Board

    D. must first pay at least $105 as deposit

73. Which of the followings is NOT true according to the passage?

    A. Maxicab driver can stop on me way on request with extra charges,

    B. The cabby tour can show you around Singapore in the night time.

    C. A MaxiCab taxi tourist guide isn't allowed to add scenic spots en route.

    D. Specially-trained taxi drivers operate various tours around Singapore.

The Man in Black and His Saving Grace

In the mid-80s, Johnny Cash and June Cater Cash often appeared together in public. The man always in black had craggy face and piercing eyes a daunting way of turning aside reporters’ questions with a look or a curl of his lip. But all that changed with one disapproving glance from June. Where the Cashes were concerned, Johnny may have been large, but June was in charge.

Their long sometimes beautiful, sometimes harrowing relationship throughout the late 1950s and mid-60s is the focus of Walk the Line, an Oscar-winning biopic. But it also explores the dark moments, as Johnny spiraled into drug addition, Cash himself had laid bare his demons in his two autobiographies. He had to go through his own hell to reach redemption, and his saving grace was June. “I’m kind of cynical about married people singing together,” admits Joaquin Phoenix, the actor who portrays Cash in the film. “But it was truly magical when they did it. They just looked into each other’s eyes.”

Writer-director James Mangold’s script for Walk the Line is based on Cash’s two autobiographies as well as interviews with Johnny and June over several years at the couple’s cabin in the Tennessee woods. “We went to their house for breakfast. It was a very powerful experience. They said a beautiful grace before breakfast, and they sang a song together.” Mangold’s wife recounts her first meeting with the iconic couple. Actually it was a familiar scene at the Carter-Cash household. June enjoyed conducting her interviews during breakfast at that same log cabin while frying eggs and bacon, and she’d interrupt the conversation to ask, “John, you want another egg?” or, “John Cash, you don’t need any more bacon.”

In the heady times of the late 1950s, fans in Texarkana could see Johnny and the Tennessee Two on the same bill. At the time, Cash wasn’t the onstage powerhouse of his peers. “I think that when John started out, he didn’t expect a grueling tour schedule,” Phoenix said. “I had a book listing the gigs that they played back then, which was unbelievable.”

Old-time Nashville stars and insiders are protective of the couple that acted as encouraging benefactors to so many. Duane Allen, lead singer of the Oak Ridge Boys and a friend of the Cashes, said, “There were no boundaries for Johnny and June. They appealed to everyone, and they treated everyone like family.” Their friendship smoothed the Grammy-winning group’s rocky transition from gospel to the country mainstream in the 70’s. Decades later, the Oak Ridge Boys sang for Johnny at June’s funeral, Allen said. “It was the most soul-wrenching thing I’ve ever done.” Cash died a few months later in 2003, walking one last line behind his beloved June.

74. What does the underlined word redemption (para. 2) mean?

A. The paradise created by Gods.

B. The state of being saved from evil.

C. The destination a traveler hopes to reach.

D. The ambition a person desires to achieve.

75. Which of the following statements is Not True?

A. Johnny was once addicted to drug.

B. Joaquin Phoenix played the role of Johnny in Walk in Line.

C. June was rude for she often interrupted her husband.

D. Johnny and June usually sang together before breakfast.

76. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. In the late 50s, Johnny was the best musician among his peers.

B. Johnny was always dominant both at home and on the stage.

C. The Oak Ridge Boys succeeded partially due to Johnny’s help.

D. The Oak Ridge Boys were unwilling to sing at June’s funeral

77. What is the article mainly about?

A. The selfless action of Johnny and June to help others.

B. The great passion Johnny and June showed for music.

C. The most gentle and sincere love between Johnny and June.

D. The wonders Johnny and June created in the musical world.