2019-2020 上海市重点高中英语习题（附详解和微信答
疑）
Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
21. With fewer employees asked to accomplish more in a day, many Americans treat lunch not as a break but as another task to _______ into an already over-booked day
A. stretch B. fit C. squeeze D. push
22. Which of the following sentence has the word “account” with the same meaning as that in “It is reported that genes account for about 41 percent of the variations in intelligence.”?
A. Afro-Americans account for 12% of the US population.
B. In English law a man is accounted innocent until he is proved guilty. C. We must account (to our employer) for every penny we spend during a business trip.
D. Please account for your disgraceful conduct.
23. Although many researchers broadly agree that public _______ to raw data would promote science, most are reluctant to post the results of their own labors online.
A. analysis B. access C. process D. approach
24. The report argued _______ the unlimited-growth pathway was chosen, it would require complementary policies _______ the planet’s limited life-support system. A. that whether, preserving B. that if, to preserve C. if, preserving D. whenever, to preserve
25. Children learn languages easily, but this doesn’t mean that _______ exposure
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is enough. They must hear a language quite a bit to understand it -- and use it often to be able to speak it comfortably.
A. maximum B. repeated C. continued D. momentary
26. At the bottom _______ by their teacher explaining how her kids had put the box together and how they supported our efforts in the war. A. was a letter written B. a letter was written C. was writing a letter D. a letter was being written
27. In order to prevent the further spread of the _______, local health officials are posting times and places where residents may have been exposed. A. output B. outlook C. outbreak D. outcome
28. No television program had even taken me so far away from my surroundings _______ this verbal visit to a cold stream in a forest and these animals building a home.
A. that did B. as to C. as did D. as if
29. Although the story involves a politically motivated kidnapping and a supposedly haunted house, the scariest moment is during _______ turns out to be a dream sequence.
A. what B. which C. that D. when
30. It is though that the masks allowed Venetians to hide their identities, allowing the poor to mix with the wealthy, _______ strict social order, _______ only for a brief and controlled period.
A. to break, unless B. breaking, even if C. broke, but D. break, though
31. Which of the following sentence has the word “odds” with the same meaning as that in “The odds are high that you’ve seen a beauty pageant or two in your life.”?
A. Against all the odds she achieved her dream of becoming a ballerina. B. He’s always at odds with his father over politics.
C. You can narrow the odds of a nasty accident happening in your home by being
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more safety-conscious.
D. The hospital’s director has been battling against the odds is improve patient care.
32. Global green leaf area has increased by five percent since the early 2000s , an area _______ to the entire Amazon rainforest.
A. distant B. relevant C. equivalent D. resistant
33. The weaving style _______ vivid, varied patterns and exceptional durability A. is characteristic by B. is characterized by C. characterizes D. features in
34. Since the beginning of the industrial Revolution, for every job lost _______ a machine at least one new job was _______, and the average standard of living has increased dramatically.
A. to, created B. with, cancelled C. for, established D. against, deleted
35. In the past, machines competed with humans mainly in raw physical abilities, while because still had a great advantage _______ machines in cognition. A. on B. over C. of D. against
36. Nature-Deficit-Disorder has gotten a lot of attention since it was first _______.
A. coined B. produced C. created D. manufactured
37. There is _______ for everyone, from snow flying saucer and snowmobile, to mini golf and jungle live CS.
A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing
38. Judging from the current business model, those who can survive are completing the _______ from selling books to selling life.
A. resolution B. connection C. transition D. question
39. Booksellers and authors generally believe that bookstores most develop in the direction of a cultural_______ so that people come here for a lot of money, attending concerts, watching movies, or participating in discussions.
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2020-2021 上海市重点高中英语习题1(附详解和微信答疑)
