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1/152017届高三年级八校联合调研英语试卷2016年11月(满分140分，考试时间120分钟)第I卷（共90分）II.GrammarandVocabularySectionA(10×1=10分)Directions:Readthefollowingpassage.Fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherent.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword.Fortheotherblanks,fillineachblankwithoneproperword.Makesurethatyouranswersaregrammaticallycorrect.HaveyoueverseenanoldmoviecalledThreeCoinsintheFountain?ItisaboutthreeyoungAmericanwomen(21)_______(search)forpermanentromanceinRomeandtheyallfindit.Far-fetchedHollywood?Well,fromtheworldhistorypointofview,romancedid,infact,setdownitsrootsinRome.ThewordromanceevolvedinLatinfromRomatoRomanicusoftheRomanlanguage,totheOldFrenchromanzescrive,(22)_______means“towriteinaRomancelanguage,”andontotheEnglishromance.TheRomancelanguages(23)____________(compose)ofsevengroupsoflanguagesthatallhaveLatin(24)______theirbasis.TheselanguagesincludeFrench,Italian,SpanishandPortuguese.ThecommonpeopleinancientRomespoke(25)________isreferredtoasVulgarLatin,aninformalspeech,asopposedtotheclassicalLatinofthemoreeducated.MostlanguageexpertsagreethatVulgarLatinisthechiefsourceoftheRomancelanguages.MedievalRomancesweretales(26)__________(write)primaryinFrenchverseaboutbraveheroes.Thenotionofhavingaromancewithanotherpersonisthought(27)__________(develop)sometimeduringtheMiddleAges.Inthelate18thcenturyandonthroughthe19th,aromancewasnotalovestory(28)_________aworkofprosefictionthatcontainedfar-fetched,mysteriousevents.Romancesofthisperiod(29)_________(include)EnglishGothicnovelslikeTheCastleofOtrantobyHoraceWalpole.Whatexactlyisatwentieth-centuryromance?Doesithaveanyrelationshipwiththelively,popularnovelswrittentoday,withtheirfantasticplotsofloveaffairs?OrdidtheplaywrightOscarWildehaveitrightinThePictureofDorianGray:“Whenoneisinlove,onealwaysbeginsbydeceiving(30)_________,andonealwaysendsbydeceivingothers.Thatiswhattheworldcallsaromance.”SectionB（10×1=10分）Directions:Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanbeusedonlyonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.2/15A.astonishinglyB.surroundingC.collapseD.unnoticedE.interruptedF.previouslyG.congratulateH.predictionsI.potentialJ.producingK.propertiesInthewakeofthehistoricannouncementofthediscoveryofgravitationalwavesonFebruary11,2016bytheLaserInterferometerGravitational-WaveObservatory(LIGO),BritishphysicistandblackholetheoristStephenHawkingwasquickto____31___theUS-ledcollaboration,sharinghisexcitementforthehistoricnews.AccordingtoHawking,theseresultsconfirmseveralveryimportant____32___ofEinstein’stheoryofgeneralrelativityanditalsoconfirmstheexistenceofgravitationalwavesdirectly.Asisbecomingclear,thedirectdetectionoftheseripplesinspacetimenotonlyconfirmsEinstein’sfamoustheoryofgeneraltheorybutitalsoopensoureyestoa(n)_33________“dark”universe.Astronomersemploytheelectromagneticspectrum（电磁光谱）tostudytheuniverse,butobjectsthatdonotradiateintheelectromagneticspectrumwillgo___34____.Butnowweknowhowtodetectgravitationalwaves,whichcanhelpusdetectandstudysomeofthemostenergeticcosmicphenomena.“Gravitationalwavesprovideacompletelynewwayoflookingattheuniverseandtheabilitytodetectthemhasthe___35___torevolutionizeastronomy”saidHawking.“Thediscoveryisthefirstobservationofblackholesmerging.Theobserved__36____ofthissystemareconsistentwithpredictionsaboutblackholesthatImadein1970inCambridge.”However,thisdiscoveryalsopresentsapuzzleforastrophysicists.Themassofeachoftheblackholesarelargerthanexpectedforthoseformedbythegravitational__37_____ofastar---sohowdidbothoftheseblackholesbecomesomassive?Thisquestiontouchesononeofthebiggestmysteries___38___blackholeevolution.Currently,astronomersarehavingahardtimeunderstandinghowblackholesgrowtobesomassive.Ontheoneendofthescale,thereare“stellarmass（恒星质量）”blackholesthatformimmediatelyafteramassivestarexplodes,___39____anextremelybrightlight.Andwealsohaveanabundanceofevidencefortheexistenceofthesuper-massivethatliveinthecentersofmostgalaxies.Thereisadisconnect,however.Ifblackholesgrowbymergingandconsumingstellarmatter,thereshouldbeevidenceofblackholesofallsizes,but“intermediatemass”blackholesandblackholesofafewdozensolarmassesare____40____rare,throwingsomeblackholesevolutiontheoriesintodoubt.Onethingisclear,however.Thisisthefirsttimethatwe’veacquireddirectevidenceofablackholemerger.Soit’sgoodtoknowwe’reontherighttrack.III.ReadingComprehensionSectionA（15×1=15分）Directions:ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagetherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,CandD.Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.Cowboyorspaceman?Adilemmaforachildren’sparty,perhaps.Butalsoaquestionforeconomists,arguedKennethBoulding,inanessaypublishedin1966.Wehaverunour41,hewarned,likecowboysontheopengrassland:takingandusingtheworld’sresources,3/1542____thatmoreliesoverthehorizon.ButtheEarthis43agrasslandthanaspaceship---aclosedsystem,aloneinspace,carryingexhaustiblesupplies.Weneed,saidBoulding,aneconomicsthattakesseriouslytheideaofenvironmental44.Inthehalfcenturysincehisessay,anewmovementhasrespondedtohischallenge.“Ecologicaleconomists,”astheyca