2023-2024學(xué)年上海市浦東新區(qū)高二（上）開學(xué)英語試卷
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II.GrammarandVocabularySectionADirections：Afterreadingthepassagesbelow，fillintheblankstomakethepassagescoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword，fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword；fortheotherblanks，useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.
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1．Despite the popularity of dieting and exercising，more people are bigger than they used to be．
The US is the （21）（overweight） country in the world．But （22）many people's surprise，China ranks second，with 46 million obese （肥胖的） adults and 300 million overweight．
So why are so many Chinese getting overweight？
According to The Wall Street Journal，China's weight has grown with its economy．With incomes growing，families （23）afford to eat a lot more food---especially fatty foods like meat．From 1980 to 2013，the average Chinese's meat consumption （24）（increase） from 12.7 kg to 60 kg per year．
Unhealthy lifestyles also contribute to China's obesity problems．Many Chinese families are eating more deep-fried and junk food while exercising little．
It is also likely （25）the family planning policy has created a land of little emperors，（26）are spoiled by their parents and not asked to do any labor at home，commented The Wall Street Journal．
The trend could lead to big problems，as obesity can have severe health consequences．According to the World Health Organization，around 2，8 million adults die each year （27）obesity-related diseases such as diabetes（糖尿?。?，heart diseases and cancer．
（28）（encourage） exercise among Chinese，the government is working to increase the nation' public sporting areas to 1.5 square meters per capita by 2015，Xinhua reported．It is also considering adding PE to the national college entrance examination．組卷：5引用：2難度：0.4
Directions:After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word;for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.
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2．The illegal ivory trade （象牙貿(mào)易） has been a major problem in Africa for decades．Poachers （偷獵者） and hunters have killed hundreds of thousands of elephants to obtain this precious material．Now the areas in which they do it are taking action．The International Union for Conservation （保護(hù)） of Nature （IUCN）announced on Dec 3 that key states （29）
poaching takes place have made a promise to stop the ivory trade and protect Africa's elephants．
Recently，top officials and experts from 30 states met to discuss how to protect Africa elephants．The conference，（30）（organize） by the IUCN and the government of Botswana，was held in Gaborone，Botswana's capital city．
In （31）1980s，as many as 1 million elephants across Africa were killed for ivory．The ivory （32）（use） to make jewelry and other items．This continued until 1989，（33）the convention （大會(huì)） on International Trade in Species voted to ban all trade in ivory．Then，elephants' population slowly began to increase．
According to the IUCN，2011 saw the highest levels of poaching and illegal ivory trading in at least 16 years．Around 25，000 elephants were killed in Africa that year．"With an estimated 22，000 elephants illegally （34）（kill） in 2012，we continue to face a critical situation，"said John E．Scanlon，CITES Secretary-General．
At the meeting，key Africa states where elephants make （35）home agreed to develop a"zero-tolerance approach"to poaching．The deal calls for tough sentences for poachers and hunters，and increased cooperation between states where poaching and hunting is a big problem．All participants at the conference agreed to sign the deal．With these states （36）（come） together，there may be hope for elephants．組卷：5引用：2難度：0.4
9SectionBDirections：Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.
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Hamlet is the most （1）A．marriage B．hesitation C．complicated D．happening AB．guilty AC．celebrating
AD．duty BC．performed BD．famous CD．disrespectful ABC．profitedof William Shakespeare's plays．While you read this article，somewhere there is an actor on a stage pouring out his heart to the audience．
The character of Hamlet has a personal，painful quality that still draws readers and playgoers today as it did 400 years ago．The problems he faces，such as what is （2）and how he should respond to events，are ones we all face in our lives．
Hamlet is the young prince of Denmark．At the beginning，he is sad about his dead father．Everyone else around him is（3）the marriage of his mother Gertrude to her brother-in-law Claudius，the new king．Hamlet thinks that the short time between the death of his father and the marriage of his mother and uncle is （4）．
Hamlet is told that a spirit has been walking around Elsinore castle．He meets it and it says that his father was killed，and by his brother Claudius-----it was"murder most horrid （可怕的）"!Now，the ghost instructs him，it is his （5）to avenge （報(bào)仇）．
Hamlet is in a terrible position．He does not know whether the ghost is who he says he is，or a being sent by the devil （魔鬼）．Matters are （6）because Claudius is suspicious of his nephew．There is a cat-and-mouse game played between the king and Hamlet．
Hamlet has a play performed for the king which stages the way the ghost told him of his father's murder．Claudius reacts with horror，proving to hamlet that he is （7）．But Hamlet misses the opportunity to take his revenge．
He tells Gertrude he hates her （8）to Claudius．During their meeting he kills Polonius，who is the father of his love，Ophelia．Then，Lacerates comes back to the court．He's heard that his father，Polonius，has been killed，so he wants to kill Hamlet．
Cunning （奸詐的） Claudius attempts to play Lacerates and Hamlet against each other，and in the final scene it all goes horribly wrong．
One（9）speech in the play begins"to be or not to be"：it is about how Hamlet can't decide whether to get out of his bad situation by killing himself．Hamlet is a thinking man．One who thinks too much in the world where others，like Claudius，show no （10）．組卷：12引用：2難度：0.9
III. Reading Comprehension Directions：ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagetherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA，B，CandD.Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.
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4．For many people today，reading is no longer relaxation．To keep up their work they must read letters，reports，trade publications，interoffice communications，not to mention newspapers and magazines；a never-ending flood of words．In getting a job advancing，the ability to read and comprehend （1）
can mean the difference between success and failure．Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are （2）readers．Most of us develop poor reading habits at an early age，and never （3）them．The main shortage lies in the actual stuff of language itself-words．Taken individually，words have little（4）until they are combined together into phrases，sentences and paragraphs．Unfortunately，（5），the untrained reader does not read groups of words．He read one word at a time with difficulty，often regressing to （6）words or passages．Regression，namely，the tendency to look back over what you have just read，is a common（7）habit in reading．Another bad habit which （8）the speed of reading is vocalization-sounding each word either （9）or mentally as one reads．
To overcome these bad habits，some reading clinics use a device called an accelerator，which moves a bar （or curtain） down the page at a predetermined speed．The bar is set a slightly （10）rate than the reader finds comfortable，in order to"（11）"him．The accelerator forces the reader to read fast，making word-by-word reading，regression and sub-vocalization，practically （12）．At first comprehension is （13）speed．But when you learn to read ideas and concepts，you will not only read faster，but your comprehension will improve．Many people have found their reading skill （14）improved after some training．Take Charles Au，a business manager，for instance，his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute before the training，now it is an excellent 1，378 words a minute．He is delighted that now he can go through a lot more reading material in a（n） （15）period of time．（1） A．quickly B．silently C．thoroughly D．vaguely （2） A．casual B．curious C．efficient D．poor （3） A．a(chǎn)cquire B．cultivate C．kick D．practice （4） A．formation B．meaning C．pronunciation D．transformation （5） A．however B．moreover C．somehow D．therefore （6） A．recite B．reread C．reuse D．rewrite （7） A．horrible B．incurable C．social D．viewing （8） A．a(chǎn)chieves B．gains C．measures D．reduces （9） A．orally B．physically C．quietly D．repeatedly （10） A．better B．faster C．lower D．steadier （11） A．distract B．embarrass C．interest D．stretch （12） A．demanding B．impossible C．reasonable D．useful （13） A．a(chǎn)pplied to B．matched with C．sacrificed for D．substituted for （14） A．dramatically B．hardly C．slightly D．subconsciously （15） A．indefinite B．lengthy C．limited D．set 組卷：24引用：5難度：0.7
V. Translation Directions: Translatethefollowing sentences into English,using the words given inthe brackets.
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12．再次見面時(shí)，他送給我一本新出版的書，里面附有一封感謝信．（enclose）
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13．是在十九世紀(jì)中期，雜志發(fā)展成為公眾流行娛樂的主要來源．（It be…．that）
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