上海市徐汇区学年高三第二学期学习能力英语诊断卷.docx

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上海市徐汇区学年高三第二学期学习能力英语诊断卷

徐汇区

2017学年高三第二学期学习能力诊断卷

（满分140分，考试时间120分钟）　　　　　　　

II.GrammarandVocabulary

SectionA

TravelingFrogStimulatesReflection

Afreemobilegameaboutatravelingfroghasbecomeahitin,（21）________beingavailableonlyinJapanese.

Called“Tabikaeru:

TravelFrog”,themaincharacterofthegameisafrogthatgoesonadventuresaroundJapan.Playerscollectclovers（四叶草）thatgrowinthefrog’sgarden（22）________________theycanusethemtobuysuppliesforthefrog’sjourneys.Inturn,thefrogsendsplayerssouvenirsandsnapshotsfromitstravels.Userscannotcontrolwhenthefrogchoosestogoonitsadventures.

Whilenewsofthegame’sappealamongmobilephoneusersonthemainlandwasfirstreportedonbylastweek,itspopularityhasn’tdecreasedinanywaysince:

“TravelFrog”onMondaywasstillrankedfirstonalistofthemost（23）__________（download）gamesfromApple’sappstoreinChina.Itisbeingwidelydiscussedonsocialmedia,（24）__________userspostphotosoftheirfrogs’adventures.

BehindthecrazeisJapanesegamedeveloperHit-Point,whichwaspreviouslybest-knownforcreatingthepopularcat-collectinggame“NekoAtsume”.Eventhough（25）__________isdifficulttopinpointwhathasdriveninterestamongmainlandusersin“TravelFrog”,localmediaoutletsreportedthatthegame’sslownaturewaspartofitscharm.

Thegamewaspopularasit“tappedthetrendamongyoungergenerationsinChinatosearchout‘Zen-like’activities”,ChinaDaily,（26）_________（add）thatthoseusersweretakenwithits“Buddha-stylegameplay”.

Butnoteveryoneisthrilledabout“TravelFrog”.InapostonsocialmediaplatformWeibolastweek,thestate-runPeople’sDailysuggestedthatpeople（27）__________aimtoenrichthemselvesand“avoidbeingalonelyfrog-raisingyouth”.

Asanindicationofthepopularityofthe“TravelFrog”,ApplehasalreadyhadtoremovefromitsstoreanappthatappearedtobetheChineseversionoftheoriginal,theSouthChinaMorningPost.Thatversionofthegame,which（28）__________（create）byadevelopercalledSongYang,chargedusers30yuan（$todownloadthegame.OnMonday,anotherfree-to-downloadappavailableontheappstoreclaimeditofferedstrategiesandguidesinChinesethatplayerscouldadopt（29）___________（improve）gameplay.

WhileHit-Pointhasnotrespondedtoinquiriesabout（30）_________itintendstodevelopversionsofthegameinotherlanguagesornot,thecompanydidputoutanEnglishupdatefor“NekoAtsume”in2015.

SectionB

Directions:

Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.

A.alarmingB.propertiesC.revealedD.invasiveE.rescueF.instrumental

G.householdsH.documentI.concernedJ.amateurK.initiatives

Beforesciencebecameprofessionalizedinthe19thcentury,__（31）__naturalistswerecollectinginformationandhelpingusunderstandthenaturalworld.A2009studyfoundthatnearly50%ofUK__（32）__feedwildbirds.Thehasmorethan,and60,000activevolunteershelpingtoprotectthecountrysideaswellashistoric__（33）__.Now,withourenvironmentarguablyundergreaterthreatthaneverandspeciesdecliningata（n）__（34）__rate,volunteersareonceagainattheforefrontofeffortstolimitthedamage.

Volunteersandenthusiastscanbepowerfuldriversforbigchanges.OntheIsleofMan,morethan8,000people（nearly10%ofthepopulation）areinvolvedinregularweekendbeachcleans.Atonerecentevent,123volunteersturnedupandremoved183bagsoflitterinjustacoupleofhours.Thanksto__（35）__suchasthis,thestatuswiththeGalápagos,YellowstoneintheUS,UluruinAustralia,andhundredsofothersites.

Recreationaldiversaremakingarealdifferenceunderwatertoo.Theymonitorthespreadof__（36）__species,andrecordhownativespeciesrespond.Diversalso__（37）__levelsofmarinelitterandotherhumanimpacts.Volunteerdivershaveplayedanimportantroleincollectinginformationaboutmarineconservationzones.Volunteershavealsomadeavitalcontributiontotheconservationofbaskingsharks.TheworkofacitizenscienceBaskingSharkProjectinthe1980sand90swas__（38）__ingettingthesesharksontheprotectedspecieslistintheUK,whilesatellitetagging__（39）__thefirstrecordedtransatlanticcrossingbyabaskingshark.

Volunteersandenthusiastscanbepowerfuldriversforbigchanges.Noonecanknowbetter,orcaremoreabout,ourmostspecialplacesthanthepeoplewholiveinthemandgiveuptheirfreetimetolookafterthem.Asagroupofdiversand__（40）__residentswholivedontheshoresofthebay,theytooktheircampaignontonationalandinternationalstagesandcontinuetoinspirepeoplewhomightotherwisefeelpowerlesswhenfacedwiththreatstotheplacesthatmattertothem.

III.ReadingComprehension

SectionA

Deliberatepracticereferstoaspecialtypeofpracticethatispurposefulandsystematic.__（41）__regularpracticemightincludemindlessrepetitions,deliberatepracticerequiresfocusedattentionandisconductedwiththespecificgoalofimproving__（42）__.

Thegreatest__（43）__ofdeliberatepracticeistoremainfocused.Inthebeginning,isthemostimportantthing.Butafterawhilewebegintocarelessly__（44）__smallerrorsandmissdailyopportunitiesforimprovement.Thisisbecausethenaturaltendencyofthehumanbrainisto.__（46）__,whenyoufirstlearnedtotieyourshoesyouhadtothinkcarefullyabouteachstepoftheprocess.Today,aftermanyrepetitions,yourbraincanperformthissequence__（47）__.Themorewerepeatataskthemoremindlessitbecomes.

Mindlessactivityisthe__（48）__ofdeliberatepractice.Thedangerofpracticingthesamethingagainandagainisthatprogressbecomes__（49）__.Toooften,wethinkwearegettingbettersimplybecausewearegainingexperience.In__（50）__,wearemerelyreinforcing（加强）ourcurrenthabits—notimprovingthem.

Claimingthatimprovementrequiresattentionandeffortsoundslogicalenough.Butwhatdoesdeliberatepracticeactuallylooklikeintherealworld?

Thefirsteffectivefeedbacksystemis__（51）__.Thisholdstruefor,,,andanyothertaskthatisimportanttous.Itisonlythroughmeasurementthatwehaveany__（52）__ofwhetherwearegettingbetterorworse.

Thesecondeffectivefeedbacksystemiscoaching.Oneconsistentfindingacrossdisciplinesisthatcoachesareoftenessentialfor__（53）__deliberatepractice.Inmanycases,itisnearlyimpossibletobothperformataskandmeasureyourprogressatthesametime.Goodcoachescantrackyourprogress,,andtodeliveringyourbestefforteachday.

Deliberatepracticeisnotacomfortableactivity.Itrequiressustainedeffortandconcentration,butifyoucanmanagetomaintainyourfocusand__（55）__,thenthepromiseofdeliberatepracticeisquitetempting:

togetthemostoutofwhatyou’vegot.

41.A.SinceB.WhetherC.WhileD.As

42.A.awarenessB.performanceC.enjoymentD.intelligence

43.A.equivalentB.ambitionC.challengeD.appeal

44.A.overlookB.insertC.detectD.implement

45.A.transportB.translateC.transplantD.transform

46.A.ForexampleB.OnthecontraryC.AsaresultD.Ontheotherhand

47.A.carelesslyB.accuratelyC.instantlyD.automatically

48.A.outcomeB.enemyC.sourceD.substitute

49.A.distractedB.imposedC.assumedD.noted

50.A.realityB.despairC.contrastD.return

51.A.encouragementB.complimentC.measurementD.management

52.A.motivationB.proofC.troubleD.concern

53.A.resistingB.eliminatingC.definingD.sustaining

54.A.accountableB.opposedC.addictedD.parallel

55.A.existenceB.commitmentC.dignityD.perspective

SectionB

（A）

Haveyoueverhadtheexperienceoftalkingtosomeoneandyouthinktheyarelying?

Well,youarenotalone.We’veallhadthatfeeling.Butdidyouknowthatthereareseveralthingsyoucanlookfortoseeifyouarebeingliedto?

Sometimesyoucantellifapersonislyingbyobservingwhattheydowiththeirbody.Whenpeoplearelyingtheytendnottomovetheirarms,handsorlegsveryfarfromtheirbody.Theydon’twanttotakeupverymuchspacebecausetheydon’twanttobenoticed.Sometimesapersonwhoislyingwillnotlookyouintheeyes.Othertimespeoplewholietrytolookatyouinastrongwaybecausetheywanttoconvinceyoutheyaretellingthetruth.

Liarsalsousedeflection.Forexample,ifyouaskaliarthequestion“DidyoustealFatima’sbag?

”,theymayanswerwithsomethinglike“Fatimaismyfriend.WhywouldIdothat?

”Inthissituationthepersonistellingthetruth,buttheyarealsonotansweringthequestion.Theyaretryingtodeflectyourattention.Liarsmayalsogivetoomanydetails.Theymaytrytoover-explainthings.Theydothisbecausetheywanttoconvinceyouofwhattheyaresaying.

Oftenwhenapersonislying,theydonotwanttocontinuetalkingabouttheirlie.Ifyouthinksomeoneislying,quicklychangethesubject.Ifthepersonislying,theywillappearmorecomfortablebecausetheyarenottalkingabouttheirlieanylonger.Alittlelater,changethesubjectbacktowhatyouweretalkingaboutbefore.Ifthepersonseemsuncomfortableagain,theymaybelying.

It’sveryhardforaliartoavoidfillingsilencecreatedbyyou.Heorshewantsyoutobelievetheliesbeingwoven;silencegivesnofeedbackonwhetherornotyou’veboughtthestory.Ifyou’reagoodlistener,you’llalreadybeavoidinginterruptions,whichinitselfisagreattechniquetoletthestoryunfold.

Justbecauseapersonisshowingthesebehaviors,it