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上外嘉定月考卷含答案

上外嘉定外国语学校月考模拟卷

Ⅱ.GrammarandVocabulary（每题1分，共20分）

SectionA

Directions：

Afterreadingthepassagesbelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.

PISA:

theKeytoSuccess?

Everythreeyears,theOECDteststheskillsandknowledgeof15-year-oldsaroundtheworld.In2015,morethanhalfamillionteenagers.（21）_________（represent）28millionstudentsin72countries,tookthetest,knownasPisa.

ThefirstPisatestwasperformedin2000,butit（22）_______（grow）tobecomeaglobalschoolleaguetable（比赛名次表）sincethen.Itsinfluencecausesfearineducationministries,andcriticismbyacademics.Ifacountrydoespoorly,that（23）_______beacareer-limitingresultforaneducationminister.Ina2014openlettertotheOECD,academicsaccusedPisa（24）_________preventinginnovation,encouragingrote-learningandbeingtoonarrow.

Theproblemisnotwiththetestinprinciple--havingobjectivedatathatshow（25）______educationsystemsaredeliveringthebasicswellisagoodthing--butwiththewayithasbecomethedominantmeasureofsuccess.AssoonasPisabecameaglobalstandard,ministersbegintofocusonworkingtheirwayupitsleaguetable.Intheory,rankingsshouldencourageinnovation;Inpractice,itis（26）_____（easy）tocopytheapproachoftheleagueleaders.

（27）________someEuropeancountriessuchasFinlandandSwitzerland,dowellinPisaresults,Asiancountriestendtodominatetheleaderboard.Thelatestround,in2015,testedstudentsinmaths,reading,science,problemsolving--butitwasthemathsandreadingresults（28）________madeheadlines

In2015,thetopsevenintheratingsintermsofmathswereSingapore,HongKong,Macau,Taiwan,Japan,MainlandChinaandSouthKorea,allof（29）________haveareputationforpushingchildrenhard.Sotheexpertswhoprizehighpositionsintherankingsareturningtoittoachieve（30）_________ends.

Itiseasytomock（嘲笑）officialswhocannotdecideonthespecificresultstheywanttomeasure,butsettinggoalsforaperfecteducationsystemisfarharder.

SectionB

Directions:

Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.

A.bowsB.cracksC.basicallyD.officiallyE.conditionedD.confessedE.marksF.cheatingI.assumptionJ.proudestK.imperfection

Onanotherwiseordinaryafternooninmid-December,theHakatatoTokyoexpresspulledintoNagoyaandathousandpassengerswereorderedoffthetrain.Theburningsmellandunusualsoundturnedouttobe_31_inthechassis（底盘）.

ItwasthefirsttimethattheShinkansen（新干线）,thecountry'ssymbolofindustrialpowerand“madeinJapan"engineeringquality,hasgivenwaytoa（n）___32__called“seriousincident."Onceuponatime,thecrackswouldhavebeenunthinkable;thenation--alongwiththeoutsideworld--haslongbeen__33__tothinkofJapanesemanufacturingasperfect.Butaftersufferingasuccessionofdifferentscandals（丑闻）,Japan'sproblemisthat_34_isfarlessunthinkablethanitusedtobe.

Thebullettrainbreakdown__35__thepeakofmonthsofpublicadmissionsbysomeofJapan’sgreatestnames—includingNissanMotor,Subaru,TorayIndustries,KobeSteelandMitsubishiMaterials—thattheyhaveeitherbeen___36__onqualitytestsorfakingdocumentstosellproductsofalowerqualitythanstated.

DatahavebeenmadeuponmaterialsusedineverythingfromBoeingaircraftandnuclearplantstospacerocketsandUniqlothermalunderwear.FactorieshavebeendeprivedoftheirJapaneseIndustrialStandardscertificationsandchiefexecutiveshavefeltobligedtomakedeep___37___ofapology.Foranindustrialeconomythathasbuilditsglobalnameonitsreputationforquality,thesearenerve-rackingtimes.

NoonethoughtthatJapanesecompanieswerebasicallymorehonestthantheircompetitorsaroundtheworld,saysoneformerToshibaexecutive,buttherewasanassumptionbothinsideandoutsideJapanthateveryoneonthefactoryfloorwasdevotedtotheperfectionofmonozukuri,thecraftsmanshipthatrepresentswhatisarguablythe__38___Japanesecorporateboasts.“That____39___iswhathastakentheheaviestbeating,”hesaid.

WhenHiroyaKawasaki,thechiefexecutiveofKobeSteel,first___40__thatthecompanyhadbeentakingpartindatafalsificationthatdatedbacktothe1978s,hisstatementwasalmostapocalyptic（预示灾难的）.“Trustinourcompanyhasfallentozero,”hesaid.

Ⅲ.ReadingComprehension

SectionA（每题1分，共15分）

Directions:

ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagetherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,CandD.Filleachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.

AbabybornintheWesttodaywillmorelikelythannotlivetobe105,writeLyndaGrattonandAndrewScottofLondonBusinessSchoolintheirnewbook,The100-YearLife.Thatmaysoundlikesciencefiction.____41___,it’sonlycautiouslyoptimistic.

Ifturning100becomesnormal,thentheauthorspredictafundamentalredesignoflife.Wecurrentlylivethethree-stagelife:

education,career,andthenretirement.Thebook__42____thatiftoday’schildrenwanttoretireonlivablepensions,theywillneedtoworkuntilaboutage80.Thatwouldbea__43_tothepast:

in1880s,nearlyhalfof80-year-oldAmericansdidsomekindofwork.

Butfewpeoplewillbeabletobearthe_44__andboredomofa55-yearcareerinasinglesector.Anyway,technologicalchangeswouldmaketheireducationoutdatedlongbeforetheyreached80.Thenewlife-pathwill__45__havemorethanthreestages.

Twonewlife-stagesappearedinthepastcentury:

teenagersandretirees.Nowanotherstageis__46__,sayGrattonandScott:

theyearsfrom18to30,whichpeopleincreasinglyspend__47__fromeducationtofull-timework.Ofcourse,manyoftoday’syounghavenochoice:

theysimplycannotfindgoodjobs.Butthe18-to-30shavealsobeen__48__tounderstandthegiftofextrayears,saytheauthors.Manyyoungpeoplearenowconsciouslysearchingandexperimenting,__49__howtheywanttospendthenextsevenorsodecades.

Theauthorspredictthatmorewilldotwodegrees:

firstageneralundergraduatecourse,whichteachesthinkingskillswithlifelongvalue,andthenamore__50__vocationaldegreethatteachesaspecificsector’scurrentneeds.Afterstudying,theyoungwillspendtimetravelling,exploringdifferentsectors,and__51__aposseoffriendsandacquaintanceswhocansustainthematworkandoutsidefor70years.

Futurecareerswillcontainmanytransformations.Peoplewillhavetomakemore__52__:

nextyear,shouldyouworkhardinyourjob,returntoeducation,ortransitiontoanentirelynewsector?

Therewillbetimetoachieve__53__inmultiplefields.Nolongerwillwomenbe__54__careersbecausetheytookfiveor10yearsouttoraisekids.Thatwillstillleavethem50-plusworkingyears.

Andpeoplewillchangetheiruseofleisure.Whenyoucouldexpecta40-yearcareerfollowedbyfatstateorcorporatepensions,youcouldspendyourfreetimechillingandbuyingstuff.Butthe100-yearlife__55__moresaving.Youmightalsoneedtospendmuchofyournon-workingtimereskillingorexercisingtomaintainyourbodyandbrainforthoseextradecades.

41.A.InparticularB.InfactC.AtmostD.Firstofall

42.A.assessesB.calculatesC.recommendsD.defines

43.A.reviewB.rewardC.returnD.reform

44.A.exhaustionB.interestC.mismatchD.revolution

45.A.astonishinglyB.converselyC.consequentlyD.comparatively

46.A.fallingB.shiftingC.functioningD.emerging

47.A.transitioningB.rangingC.pursuingD.revolutionizing

48.A.theslowestB.thequickestC.themostreluctantD.theleastprepared

49.A.workingoutB.dependingonC.consistingofD.gettingridof

50.A.generalB.specificC.definiteD.peculiar

51.A.reunitingB.assemblingC.equippingD.supporting

52.A.decisionsB.obligationsC.burdensD.benefits

53.A.nothingB.effortsC.masteryD.equality

54.A.deniedB.givenC.withdrawnD.owed

55.A.equalsB.requiresC.generatesD.spends

SectionB（每题2分，共22分）

Directions:

Readingthefollowingthreepassages.Eachpassageisfollowedbyseveralquestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosetheonethatfitsbestaccordingtotheinformationgiveninthepassageyouhavejustread.

（A）

Therun-uptoEasterisabusytimeattheLindt＆SprunglichocolatefactoryjustoutsideZurich,thesortofblendofmodernityandtradition.Asrobotspackcandiesintoboxes--Lindt'sglobaloutputalsoincludes140milliongold-foil（金箔）wrappedchocolaterabbitsayear--themechanicalworkersenjoysweepingviewsacrossadreamyLakeZurich,theairwiththesmellofcocoa.

Butthechocolatemagicmaybemelting.Aroundtheworld,health-consciousconsumersarecuttingbackonsugaryproducts.Steepriseinthepriceofcocoabeansinrecentyearsandcompetitionamonghighstreetretailershavebittenprofitmargins,whileeconomicgrowthinthebiggestmarketshascutsales.Iconsumersarealsoturningtosmall,localcraftmakersofhandmade--robot-made--chocolate.

ThetroublefacedbySwisschocolate-makersisplayingoutacrossthesectorsastastesshiftandthewaronsugarforceseveryonefromwheattraderthemakersofCampbellSouptorethinktheirbusinessmodels.

"TheUS-ledtrendtowardshealthiersnacking,weakmarkets,aggressivepricingbyharddiscountretailers--allthesefactorsaremakinglifelesscomfortable[ForSwisschocolate],"saysJean-PhilipeBertschy,analystsatVonteinZurich.

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