2023届上海市南洋中学高三英语三模英语试题
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、用单词的适当形式完成短文
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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.
Fresh warning sounded on plastics problem
Walk along any beach in the world, no matter how isolated, and you will see plastic of some kind washed up on the shoreline, ____1____(offer) a reminder of the reckless throwaway culture of the present-day world.
Lately, a study ____2____ (sound) a fresh warning on the damage caused to the marine ecosystem due to discarded plastics, which eventually has a bearing on human health due to the seafood we consume.
3tilesIn a paper ____3____(title) “A Growing Plastic Smog” published on March 8, 2023 in the peer-reviewed research journal Plos One, researchers called on governments around the world ____4____(take) sweeping action to address the “unprecedented plastic pollution” of the world’s oceans.
The plastics break down over time into minute particles that cannot be detected by the naked eye, but find their way into the marine ecosystem and into the seafood humans consume. No one knows for certain ____5____ the long-term damage will be to marine life and humans, but the study placed much of the blame on the plastics industry for failing to recycle or design for recyclability. “___6___ eaten, microplastics can severely damage an animal’s internal tissues. Globally, we have reached a situation ____7____ we can no longer ignore the plastic pollution pandemic that is infecting our oceans,” he said.
“This research shows us that beach cleanups and citizen science projects that focus on the environmental fate of plastics have little impact on solving the enormity of the plastic problem. Marcus Eriksen, lead author of the study, said in a statement that the findings wer
e a “stark warning ___8___ we must act now at a global scale”. “We’ve found an alarming trend of exponential growth of microplastics in the global ocean since the millennium, which ___9___(expect) to reach over 170 trillion plastic particles,” said Eriksen, adding that the exponential increase in microplastics across the world’s oceans makes ____10____ necessary to “bring in an age of corporate responsibility for the entire life of the things they make”.
二、选用适当的单词或短语补全短文
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A．hints    B．dominant    C． oriented    D．dulyE. rhyme    F. featuring    G. preservation    H. inheritance
I. symbolizes    J. historically    K. morality   
Huizhou heritage comes to life
It was a natural choice for veteran Huang Yu, after serving in the army and owning a business in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, for years, to go back to his hometown in Xidi village, Huangshan, Anhui province, in 2016. He took over the homestay his parents opened when he was a middle school student.
In 2000, Xidi and the nearby Hongcun village were declared World Heritage sites by UNESCO for their outstanding _____11_____ of rural architecture dating to the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Now, walking along the bluestone streets in Xidi or Hongcun, visitors can appreciate the distinctive Huizhou-style houses, _____12_____ white walls, dark tiles and layered horse-head gables, and feel like they are immersed in a traditional Chinese ink painting.
This level of preservation could not be achieved without the participation of local residents. According to Huang, this awareness is not new - since all streets and alleys in Xidi are paved with bluestone, ____13____, street dealers carrying wares on shoulder poles were forbidden from letting their poles touch the ground in order to protect the bluestone.
A local folk _____14_____ says: “One is not lucky to be born in Huizhou. At 13 or 14 he is kicked out of his hometown to make a living.” It _____15_____ at the struggles once endured by the people of Huizhou. Toward the end of the Ming Dynasty, a group of Huizhou merchants became famous, trading in salt, wood and tea, and working as pawnbrokers (当铺老板) with a reputation for _____16_____ and honesty.
“Some folk customs have been retained and newly _____17_____ toward tourism, offering glimpses into the lives of the ancient Huizhou people.”These customs are revived as a demonstration for tourists, and to maintain the _____18_____ of traditional culture. Zhang Wangnan, director of the China Huizhou Culture Museum in Huangshan says “This ____19____ the combination of intangible with tangible cultural heritage.”