2018-2019杨浦区控江中学高二英语第一学期期中试卷Section A (20 Directions: After readi ng the passage below, fill in the bla nks to make the passage cohere nt and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the give n word; for the other bla nks, use one word that best fits each bla nk.(A)Physed (physical educati on) is making a comeback as a part of the school core curriculum( 核心课程),but with a differenee. While group sports are still part of the curriculum, the new way is(21) (teach) skills that are useful bey ond gym class. In stead of lear ning how to climb arope, children are taught to lift weights, balance their diets and build physical endurance( 忍耐力).In this way， kids are given the tools and skills and experiences (22) they can lead aphysically active life for the rest of their life.(23)(con sider) that 15 perce nt of America n childre n aged 6 to 18 are overweight,supporters say more money and thought(24) be put into physed curriculum. In manycases, that may mean not just replaci ng the old gym-class model with fitn ess programs but also(25)start) up physed programs (26) school boards often“ put P.E. on thechopping block (砧板),cutting (27) entirely or decreasing its teachers or the days it isoffered, ” says Alicia MoSgahlberg, the executive director of Actio n for Health Kids. The differe nce in physed programs is partly due to the lack of (28)n ati onal sta ndard.“ Physical education needs to be part of thecore curriculum， ” she added.The wisdom of the new approach has some scie ntific support. Researchers at the Uni versity ofWisc onsin have showed (29)effective the fit-for-life model of gym class can be. Theyobserved how 50 overweight childre n lost more weight whe n they cycled and skied cross-co untry(越野)(30) when they played sports. The researchers also found that teaching sportslike football resulted in less overall moveme nt, partly because some relucta nt stude nts were able tosit on the ben ch.【答案】21. to teach 22. so that 23.Co nsideri ng 24.must/should25.starti ng26. because 27.it28.a29.how30. tha n(B)The problem with much mobile tech no logy is that itdesigntdeollye used whileyou re actually mobile. The human brain can only pay attention to about three things at a timeand concentrate effectively on just one of them. Even though the consequences of smartphone distract ion are sometimes (31)(amuse), they can also be serious.The nu mber of childre n (32)(admit) to hospitals after accide nts in public playgro undsclimbed by about a third in five years, according to NHS data. Experts in both Britain and the US,(33) a similar rise has occurred suggest some of the in crease may be a result of pare ntsbeing too distracted by their phones (34)(take) care of their children properly.And now (35) comes evidenee showing that 11-year-old children are three timesmore likely to be hurt or seriously injured on the way to and from school tha n 10-year-olds, since11 is the average age (36)childre n receive their first mobile phone, six times (37)(likely) to be sending a text whe n it happe ns.A quarter of childre n surveyed admitted that they (38) (distract) by pers onaltech no logy (39) cross ing the road.“ There is, ” the report con cluded,“ a clear connec(40)the use of tech no logy and the time of serious accide nts with childre n.”【答案】31. amus ing32. admitted33. where 34. to take35. comes36. at which37. more likely38. had been distracted 39. while/whe n40. betwee nSection BDirections: Complete the passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used on ce. Note that there is one word more tha n you n eed.A. elimi natesB. differe ntlyC.edgeD. promoteE. riskF. resista neeG.endangeredH. equivale ntI. ext inctJ. trendK. compla inEn glish has become the dominant Ian guage for worldwide com muni cati on bus in ess. For many people this is a convenien ce. In creased use of En glish is regarded as a(a n)41 thatsimply developed gradually over time. Others see the use of En glish quite42. For them,it is a form of economic, social and political domination and control. It is, they argue, a form of imperialism(帝国主义).If English were used only for diplomacy, probably few would43. But it is used formore than international relations. Because the use of English and other world Ianguages is so widespread, especially in schools, the worry is that Ian guages with fewer speakers will be44. Over several gen erati ons, the most useful la nguage 45 the others.Are there ways for speakers of other Ianguages, particularly“ minor ” Ianguages, to oppose thedomination of“ major ” world Ianguages if they so choose? One kind of46 is to work withothers to see that local la nguages are taught in schools. Perhaps there can be meeti ngs of speakers in the same way that there have bee n summits for major Ian