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第1页/共10页2016-2017学年七宝中学高二下学期期末试卷II.GrammarandVocabularySectionADirections:Afterreadingthepassagesbelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagescoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.You21thinkyourEnglishskillsaregood,butdoyouknowwhataknowledgenavigatoris?Howabouta:replenishmentcontroller”?Don'tworryifyoudon'tunderstandwhatthesetwojobtitlesare-22wouldmostnativeEnglishspeakers.Butthanksto23UKcompany,weknowthatthesetitlesfromtwojobadvertsmean“teacher”and“shelfstacker（货架整理员）”ThePlainEnglishCampaign(PEC)24(woke)since1979toridtheUKofover-complicatedlanguage.It’saimistomakeEnglishasclearaspossibleformembersofthepublic.Itrewritesandeditsdocuments,suchasgovernmentapplicationformsorjobadvertisements,25(make)themunderstandable.ResearchcarriedoutlastyearbyBusinessintheCommunity,aUKcharity,evenfoundthattwothirdof16-to-24-year-oldsareputoffapplyingforjobs26theydon’tunderstandtheirdescriptions.27“Jargon（专业术语）isdescribingisveryimportant.Itshouldbearticulated（表达）veryclearly,”SteveJenner,PECspokesperson,toldtheBBC.AccordingtotheGuardian,someof28(unusual)workplacejargonincludes“blue-skythinking”-meaningopen-mindedplanning-”touchbaseoffline”-meaningtomeetandtalk29person-and“don’tletthegrassgrowtoolong”-whichisanotherwayofaskingsomeonetoworkfaster.Butit’snotjustdocumentsandworkplacelanguage30thePECtargets.Everyyear,itnominatespublicfiguresforit’s“FootinMouthaward”.Toputone’smouthisaphrasethatmeanstosaysomethingfoolish.Forthelasttwoyears,USpresidentDonaldTrumphasfeaturesonthelist.“Trumpisnotoriously（极度地）generouswhenitcomestoprovidingmemorablenonsense,”thePECwroteonitswebsite.“HeseemedtosaysomethingdafteveryfewdaysduringhiscampaignfortheRepublicationPresidentialcandidacy.”SectionBDirections:Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.第2页/共10页A.thirstB.stoleC.shapingD.heavilyAB.AC.marks第3页/共10页inspirationAD.hitBC.touchingBD.imaginativeCD.reportedlyABC.curisityYoumaystillrememberthe“EightMinutesofTokyo”intheclosingceremonyoftheRioOlympicslastAugust.EveniftheTokyoGameswasn’tgoingtobehereforanotherfouryears,theperformanceofthenewhostsuccessfully31theshow(大出风头)withitsfamousanimatedcharacters–Doraemon,HelloKittyandSuperMario.Itwasawisechoicesincethereisprobablynothingthatshouts“Japan”moreloudlythanthecountry’sanimation,knownas“Japanimation”.Andthisyear32the100thanniversaryoftheveryfirstJapanesecartoon,madein1917.Inthepastcentury,thewildimaginationofJapaneseanimatorscontinuedtofeedour33.Monsters,fairies,robotsandmagicfeatureoftenintheirwork.Ithasalsobeeninspiringfilmindustriesinotherpartsoftheworld.The34storyofDisney’sTheLionKing(1994),forexample,actuallycomesfromJapan’sKimbatheWhiteLion《(森林大帝》，1965).Andthe1999Hollywood35film,TheMatrix,wasalso36influencedbythe1989JapanesemangaGhostintheShell(《攻壳机动队》).“Ilovehisfilms.Istudyhisfilms.IwatchhisfilmswhenI’mlookingfor37,”JohnLasseter,directorofPixar’sToyStory,oncesaidaboutfamousJapaneseanimatorHayaoMiyazaki.Andour38forthisimaginaryworldisonlygrowing.Attheendoflastyear,forexample,thestoryofJapanesecartoonPokemon(《宠物小精灵》，1997-)wasbroughttolifewiththehelpofaugmentedreality(AR，增强现实)technology.PeopleinmanycountriesareoftenseensearchingforPokemoninreallifelocationsthroughthescreensoftheirphones.Theyplayitontheirwaytoschool,towork,andduringholidayoutings.AlthoughPokemonbeganasavideogameayearbeforethecartooncameout,peopleshouldgivetheanimationa“Thanks”forbringingittoawideraudience.Besidesbeingasourceofentertainment,Japaneseanimationisalsoa39forceofourdailylives.Forexample,wearingglassesusedtobeconsideredasuncoolandgeeky(书呆子气的),butafterthe1981TVanimationArale(《阿拉蕾》),inwhichthereisaheavily-nearsighted(高度近视的)girlwithwingsandmagicpowers,glassessoonbecamefashionable.Andthelanguageweuse–thewordmeng(萌),tonameone–isalso40fromJapaneseanimation.Butinterestingly,withalltheimaginationthatissoadmiredbymodernfans,itwouldstillbehardforJapaneseanimatorsin1917tobelievethatthetwo-dimensionalworldsthattheywerecreatingatthetimewouldhavesuchabiginfluenceintoday’sthree-dimensionalworld.III.ReadingComprehensionSectionADirections:ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagetherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,CandD.Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.第4页/共10页Readingtomeisallaboutpersonalgrowth.Growththroughreadingcantakemany41.Itcancomefromseeingtheworldthroughtheeyesofsomeoneelse,thenewtruthorreconnectingwithatruthlong42.Itcanevencomefromanuncontainedguffaw（狂笑）whilereadingahumorouspassage.Growththroughreadingisnotaboutreachingacertainlevelorreadingsomanyminutesaday.Itis43notaboutfindingonetypeofreadingmaterialmorevalidthananother.It’saboutmakingsomethingsuchan44partofyourlifethatyoudon’tfeeltheneedtoquantitywhatyou’redoing.Youshouldreadbecauseyouwantto,notbecauseyouhaveto.Atarecentworkshopitwasarguedthat,asadults,weoftenmakethemistakeof45childrentodothingswedon’tdoourselves.Beforechastising(punishing)yourchildforwatchingvideosorplayinggam