上海市格致中学2023-2024学年高三上学期第一次月考英语试题

上海市格致中学学年高三上学期第一次月考英语2023-2024试题学校:姓名班级考号

一、短对话A.She wonderswhich letterto finish.B.She willmake copieslater.C.She willmeet Mr.Brown first.D.She hopesto becomea typist.

2.A.7:

00.B.7:

10.C.9:

00.D.9:

10.

3.A.Eager.B.Regretful.C.Exhausted.D.Satisfied

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4.A.He gavethe womansome wronginformation.B.He putsugar in the glasscontainer.C.He brokethe twocontainers.D.He addedsalt to the coffee.

5.A.He willclean thehouse immediately.B.He doesnthave time to takethe womanhome.C.It shouldbe easyfor the guests to find thehouse.D.He needstimetorelax beforetheguestsarrive.

6.A.She doesntlike the painting.B.She hasntvisited the mans office.C.Shell hangthe paintingon thewall.D.She doesntknow whereto putthepainting.

7.A.He doesntlike tocook.B.He makesvery gooddesserts.C.He isntcareful whenhes preparingfood.together to develop a business planand presentit to a grandgainin-depth knowledgeaboutjury,who willaward the Merck Innovation Cup for the bestresearch and development,to networkplanalong witha cashprize ofEUR20,000plus EUR5,000with top students fromaround thefor the runner-up.world andto buildabusinesscaseA conferencewith alumni of previousInnovation Cuptogetherwith experiencededitionswill beheld on the firstday of the SummerCamp.professionals.Further informationabout the program andhow toWho can apply:apply onlinefrom November1,2021,until January31,Advanced studentsand postdocs2022:in thefields of life science,datahttp://innovationcup.merckgroup.comscience andbusiness administrationLocation:from allover the world canapply:Near Frankfurt,Germany,June20-26,

2022.Sciences:Post graduateTravel,accommodation andfood expenseswill bestudentson theirway towardsa PhDinpaid byMerck.biology,medicine,biotech,bioinformatics,data sciences,biochemistry,chemistry,pharmacy,physics orengineering.Business:Advanced MBAstudentsand recentMBA graduateswith an interest in thepharmaceuticaland chemicalbusiness anda sciencebackground.The InnovationCup willcomprisethe followingteam topics:oncology,immuno-oncology,autoimmunity,drug discoverytechnologiesdigitalization.

60.Whocanapply toparticipate in the eventA.High schoolstudents interestedin lifescience.B.Post-graduate studentsmajoring inmathematics.C.MBA graduatesknowledgeable aboutfinance.D.Exceptional studentsspecializing indeveloping newdrugs.

61.Whats thepurpose ofthis passageA.To deepentopstudents9interestininnovation.B.To attracttalent to the InnovationCup competitionC.To promotethe Merckcompany aroundtheworld.D.To informalumniof an importantconference.

62.Which of the followingis trueabout the eventA.Merck willcover theexpenses oftravel,researchandfood.B.The eventplans toselect50researchers togive presentations.C.The toptwo winners of theCup will be awardedcash prizes.D.Applicants shouldapply onlinewithin aduration oftwo months.Big CitiesNo LongerDeliver forLow-skilled WorkersFortyyears ago,Americans whodidnt goto collegecould moveto cities and getgood jobsinmanufacturing oroffice work.But startingin about1980,these jobsbegan todisappear,thanks in part（离岸夕卜包）to Q//zor2g andautomation.Workers withouta collegeeducation wereincreasingly movedto low-skilled servicejobs.Evenas educationalinequality was growing,geographic inequalitywasgrowingas well.High-skilledc/忧stered（聚集）occupations increasinglyin cities,while low-skilled servicejobs havebecomemore plentifuloutside ofurban centers.At the same time,wages formid-skilled jobslikemanufacturing andoffice workequalized betweencitiesandrural areas-workers in these jobscan nolongerget muchofapay bumpby movinginto town.Thus,a majorroute tomiddle-class prosperityhas been closedoff.Some ofthis canbe explainedby virtueof thetwo basiceconomic reasonsfor citiesto existin aagglomeration（聚集）modern economy—and clustering.Agglomeration refers to the tendency ofbusinessesof alltypes,but especiallymanufacturers,to locatenear each other.This happensbecauseemployers wantto be near toemployees,who wantto benear to the businessesthey workfor andbuygoods from.The resultis acity withlots ofdifferent industries.Clustering on the otherhand,refersto thetendencyof companieswithin asingle industryto wantto benear eachother.Clustering effectsare muchstronger inknowledge-based industrieslike techandfinance,because ideas are theirlifeblood,and workerswho liveneareachother tendto shareideaswith eachother.Clustering alsoarises because of the need foremployers tohave accesstoadeep poolofskilled workers.As theU.S.economy hastransferred manufacturingoverseas or automated it,and as consumershave movedfrom buying more physicalgoods tobuyingmoredigital services,agglomeration hasbecome less important relative toclustering.The smokestack cities of the last century havegiven waytotech hubsand financialcenters.So whatsto be done inorder tohelp mid-skilled andnon-college workerslive decent,middle-class livesAnd howcan theemerging dividebetween smalltowns andbig citiesbe arrestedOneidea is to buildlots morehousing in cities,driving downrents andmaking citiesmore livableforeveryone.Another ideaistouse researchuniversities to revive economicallydepressed regionsbydispersing knowledgeworkers toless-populated areas.But in the end,the governmentmay simplyhave tostep inand interveneon behalfof theservicesclass.Wage subsidies,portable pensionsand variousother incentivesfor higherwages canbedeployed to make todayslow-skilled jobsmore likethe goodoffice andfactory jobsof yesteryear.The alternativemay beto watchnon-college workersand smalltowns fall further behind.

63.Which of the followingis NOTthe reasonwhy morelow-skilled workersare shutaway frommiddle-class prosperityA.The educationopportunities areunequally distributed.B.Low-skilled servicejobs aregradually limitedto thesuburbs.C.Few jobsrelated tooffshoring andautomation arevacant.D.Low-skilled workerscan hardlyget ahigher payin citycenters.

64.is acase ofclustering.A.A centerwhere manycolleges anduniversities gatherB.An areawhere thereare alot ofcomputer companiesC.A landwhere agriculturalproduction ishighly automatedD.A townwhere industriesspecialize inproducing masks

65.In paragraph5,the authormentions thesmokestackcitiesof the lastcenturyto*A.explain whyagglomeration hasbecomelessimportantrelativeto clusteringB.reveal howU.S.economy hastransferred manufacturingoverseas orautomated itC.indicate that we cannotemphasize theimportance ofmanufactures toomuchD.imply thatold industrialcities havebeen transformedinto knowledge-based ones

66.Whatcan weinfer fromthelasttwo paragraphsE.More houseswill bebuilt to make lifeincitiesmore affordable.F.Research needsto bedone inless-populated areastoreviveits economy.G.The governmentplays anirreplaceable role in helpingthose disadvantagedworkers.H.Non-college workersand smalltown haveno alternativebut tofallfurtherbehind.

八、六选四The BitterTruth BehindVanillaVanilla is one of the worldsmost popularspices and an importantingredient inproducts rangingfromchocolate toperfume.However,the wholesaleprice ofvanilla hasreached upto$600perkilogram,when just a fewyears agoit fetcheda tenthof that.What ishappeningMadagascar suppliesmore than80percent of the worldsnatural vanilla.In the19th century,theFrench introducedBourbon vanillato theirAfrican islandcolony.Today,vanilla represents20percentof Madagascanexports,worth around$600million atcurrent prices.However,it is a difficultcrop togrow.A vinetakes threeto fouryears tomature.67Nine monthslater,the greenbeans mustbe（hand-picked whenperfectly ripeto optimizetheir vanillincontent thecompound thatgives vanillaits）（焯水）,flavor.Months of血〃虱炳煮）aromatic（芳香svve andgradual dryingin thesun arethen necessaryto producethe的）spice.Six hundredhand-pollinated blossomsyield aboutsix kilosof greenbeans,which converttoone kiloof driedbeans.The priceof Madagascanvanilla wasonce setby the government.68Madagascars government（体制）.was eventuallyforced toend itsprice-fixing regi/ne Foodgiants suchas Unileverand Nestlealsoincreased theiruse ofsynthetic vanillin,which canbe producedfrom reliablesources,adding tothepressure.For30years,Madagascars vanillafarmers earnedjustapittance,and manyended upleavingthe business.But evenwith fewerproducers,the priceof naturalvanilla stayedlow.It wasnot untilpublic tastesstarted shiftingtowards allthings naturalthat farmers9fortunesrevived.From around2011,some manufacturersbegan focusingonce moreon naturalvanilla.In2015,Nestle announcedplans touse onlynatural ingredientsin fiveyears,and Hersheysfollowed suit.69hoard山囤货）speculate（做投机Extreme weather,weak crop-security,and exporterswho and买卖）on furtherrises have also keptprices high.70To preventtheft oftheir nowrather valuablecrops,farmers havetaken toharvesting thebeansearly,thereby reducingthe overallquality ofthe crop.That forcesthegovernmentto make（处罚）greater effortsto enforce,If itmanages this,Madagascar加仅（垄断）.could yetsavor thebenefits of its nearA.Its expensivebecause itsboth labor-intensive andtime-consuming togrow.B,Demand hastherefore surged,and withit prices-inpartbecause naturalsupplies areinsufficient.（授粉）C.If pollinationis successful,it willtake anothereight tonine monthsuntil theplantmatures.D.This risehas notbeen withoutits challenges.E.The flowersopen forjust oneday ayear,so pollinationis donecompletely byhand.F.But suchwere theprices itdemanded forvanilla thatin the1980s buyersturned theirattention to thecheaper,poor-quality versionavailable elsewhere,in particularIndonesia.

九、概要写作（）

71.Directions:Read thefollowing passage.Summarize themain ideaand themain pointsofthepassage inno more than60words.Use yourown wordsas faras possible.What CausesDeja VuIts a frighteningfeeling:You walkinto aplace youknow youvenever beenbefore butareoverwhelmed bya senseof familiarity-a memoryyou cantquite reach.Has this all happenedbeforeMost peopleexperience thissensation,known asdeja vu,at somepoint in their lives.Ifs ahardfeeling tostudy,though,because ittends toarise spontaneouslyand beshaken offeasily.Deja vumeans alreadyseen“in French,a termpossibly coinedby Frenchphilosopher EmileBoirac.In a2009study,Cognitive psychologistAnne Clearyof ColoradoState Universityand hercolleaguesfound thatviewing thesesneakily similarscenes wasmore likelyto causefeelings ofdejavu thanviewing dissimilarscenes-suggesting thatperhaps there is someenvironmental triggerfbr thebrainto callout,Hey,I recognizethat!”even whenits neverseen thescene before.While Clearysresearch showsthat aslight familiaritycan resultin deja vu,Akira RobertOConnor,a cognitivepsychologist at the Universityof St.Andrews says,in spontaneousdeja vucases,ifs quitepossible that the familiarityfeeling israndom.Supporting thisrandom-misfirehypothesis isthe factthat youngpeople actuallyexperience moredeja vuthan olderpeople.Youngerbrains area littlemore excitable,more likelyto firemore quicklyrather thanholding back,O9Connorsays.（擅长的）Older peoplemay alsobe lessadept fact-checkers whenfalse feelingsof familiarityarise,says ChrisMoulin,a cognitiveneuropsychologist atthe GrenobleAlpes University.Olderadults stillrecognize suchfalse familiarity,Its notperhaps thatolder adultsare notgenerating falsefamiliarity,Moulin says.Its justthat theydont have,anymore,that certaintythat what they,reexperiencing isfalse.（合并）This isa normalpart ofaging,not theconflation ofdejavuwith realitythat peoplewith（老年痴呆症）dementia mayexperience.So enjoythe feelingof havingfelt itall beforewhile itlasts,Generation Z.

十、汉译英（整句）还未体验秋日之美，冬天已悄然来临（汉译英）

72.beforeX原来他人的期望未必就是压力，也可以是使人前进的动力（仇）（汉译英）

73.turn那个移植手术的具体方案已经修改完毕，就等那个外科医生的批准（）（汉译

74.subject英）直到那个替补在场上踢了几分钟后，人们才发现，这支球队缺乏的是活力、配合和

75.积极性（主语从句）（汉译英）Not until;、开放性作文Directions:Write anEnglish compositionin120—150words accordingto the

76.instructions givenbelow.随着网络技术的日新月异，人们的生活正在发生变化如今，人们可以足不出户，云游自然风光；也可以在网上看展，听音乐会有些人非常推崇这种生活方式，而另一些人持不同看法请谈谈你的观点并说明理由D.He cooksfor theSpanish clubquite often.

8.A.She doesntplan tocontinue studyingnext year.B.She wantsto knowabout themans opinion.C.She hasalready toldthemanabout herplan.D.She wonttransfer toanother university.

9.A.Start cleaningsooner.B.Hire acleaning service.C.Take arest beforethe party.D.Have hisparty ata differenttime.

10.A.He hasinvited manypeople todinner.B.He intentionallycooked alot ofsoup.C.He doesntlike leftoverseither.D.He usedleftovers in the soup.

二、短文

11.A.A painting.B.An artist.C.An experiment.D.A disease.

12.A.The weaknessof sight.B.The inabilityto recalla faceonce seen.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题C.The declineof memorywith age.D.The failureto memorizedifferent orders.

13.A.Landscapes areeasier toidentify thanother things.B.Face recognitionskills cannotbe taughtand improvedC.Human brainshandle facesdifferently fromother objects.D.People withsome kindof blindnesshaveaunique brainstructure.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题

14.A.What peoplethink aboutis affectedby culturaldifferences.B.Those inlarge citiescare moreabout themodern wayoflife.C.How peoplemake senseoftheworld is advancing allthe time.D.The youngadopt aninnovative strategyto processinformation.

15.A.The passionfor nature.B.The urgetofindcauses.C.The preferencefor comparison.D.The habits of thought.

16.A.Categorization playsan importantroleinlogical thinking.B.Human beingsdont sharethesamehabitsofthought.C.Rule applicationis universallyacknowledged asessential.D.Mainstream psychologyhas useda wrongresearch method.

三、长对话听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题

17.A.Why peoplefeed oninsects.B.Including insectsin peoplesdiets.C.How insectsaffect humansfood sources.D.Using insectstodevelophealthy eatinghabits.

18.A.Eating insectsis stillconsidered to be somethingunusual.B.Food coloringmade from insects aresafer thanthought.C.Insects canhelp humanbeings tofight againststarvation.D.Britain islooking forways toput insectsinto sensibleuse-

19.A.They didntfind insectsdisgusting.B.They wereused tocooking insects.C.Some typesof insecttasted delicious.D.Finding insectswas easierthan hunting.

20.A.She hasn^eaten awhole insect.B.She hasconquered herfear ofinsects.C.She istrying tomake flourfrominsects.D.She doesntconsider insectsa source of protein.

四、用单词的适当形式完成短文Directions:After readingthe passagesbelow,fill in the blankstomakethe passagecoherent andgrammaticallycorrect.For theblanks withgiven words,fill ineach blankwith the proper form of thewordgiven;for theother blanks,use one word foreach blankthat bestfits thecontext.Science journalsban listingof ChatGPTasco-author onpapersThe publishersof thousandsof scientificjournals havebanned orrestricted contributors,use ofanadvanced Al-driven chatbotamid theconcerns21it couldpepper academicliterature withflawedand evenfabricated research.ChatGPT,a fluentbut flakychatbot developedby OpenAIin California,has impressedordistressed morethan amillion humanusers byrattling outpoems,short stories,essays andevenpersonal advicesince itslaunch inNovember.22the chatbothas proveda hugesourceoffun—its takeon howto freea peanutbuttersandwich froma VCR,inthestyle ofthe KingJames Bible,isonenotable hit—the programcan alsoproducefake scientificabstracts thatare convincingenough tofool humanreviewers.ChatGPTs morelegitimate legaluses inarticle preparationhave alreadyled toit23credit asaco-author ona handfulof papers.The suddenarrival ofChatGPT haspromoted ascramble publishedto respond.On Thursday,Holden Thorp,the editor-in-chief ofthe leadingUS journalScience,announced anupdated editorialpolicy,banning the useoftext fromChatGPT andclarifying thattheprogramcould notbe listedas anauthor.“Given thecraze that has builtup aroundthis,its agood ideatomake24absolutely clearthat wewill notpermit ChatGPTtobe an authoror tohave itstext25use inpapers JThorp said.Leading scientificjournals requireauthors tosign aform26declare thatthey areaccountable27their contributiontothework.Since ChatGPT cannot dothis,it cannotbeanauthor,Thorp says.But evenusing ChatGPTinthepreparation ofa paperis problematic,he believes.ChatGPTmakes plentyof errors,which couldfind theirway intothe literature,he says,and ifscientists come28rely onAI programsto prepareliterature reviewsor summarizetheir findings,thepropercontext ofthework and the deepscrutinyinspection thatresults deservecould belost.That isthe oppositedirectionof wherewe needto goJ hesaid.Other publishershave madesimilar changes.On Tuesday,Springer-Nature,which publishesnearly3,000journals,updated itsguidelines tostate thatChatGPTcannotbe listedas anauthor.Butthe publisherhas notbanned ChatGPToutright.The tool,and otherslike it,can stillbe usedin thepreparationof papers,provided thatfull details29reveal inthe manuscript.Elsevier,which publishesabout2,800journals,including Celland theLancet,has takena similarstanceto Springer-Nature,30guidelines allowtheuseof AItools toimprove thereadability andlanguageoftheresearch article,but notto replacekey tasksthat shouldbedoneby theauthors,such asinterpretingdata ordrawing scientificconclusions.

五、选用适当的单词或短语补全短文Directions:Complete thefollowing passageby usingthe wordsinthebox.Each wordcan onlybeused once.Note thatthereisonewordmorethanyou need.A.present B.features C.concerned D.reportedly E.commercial F.stretches G.overwhelmingH.exceptionally I.routinely J.spared K.broadcasts（杂舌）Modern mediais awashin advertisingclutter L,and whosto blameModern audiencesthathate conventionalfull-length andfull-size ads.Todays consumersdont liketo payfor content,which oughtto createa richenvironment foradvertisers.Yet thesesame consumersare proneto clickor turnaway whena conventionalad appears.The resultisad clutter.YouTube31a combinationof full-length ads,skippable ads,lower-screen bannersand displayadson thepage alongsideeach video.Newspapers thatonce consideredthe frontpage importantnow32run adsthere.（推至肖）Advertisers integrateplugs intocontent tofrustrate digitalvideo recorders,which allowviewersto watchprograms ona delayand skipregular commercials.If youwatch regionaltelecasts ofbaseballgames,the commercialclutter isso33,Ads arevisible on the stadiumwall behindthe（裁半）home-plate umpireU,On-screen graphicsinclude sponsorlogos.And everythingisapaidplug-This calltothecoachs zoneis broughtto youby Verizon.,,According tothe showbizpaper Variety,several streamingservices areabout tointroduce anewtwist:commercials thatstart runningwhenever a viewer pausesa program.Hulu intendsto launchsuchads thisyear.ATamp;Ts DirecTV and U-verse unitswill34use similartechnology totriggerfull-motion commercialswhenever aviewer triesto takea break.（）Theres alot atstake.According toVariety,National FootballLeague NFLTV broadcastsgeneratean estimated$

4.35billion inad revenueduring the17-week regularseason.NFL35are nowloadedwith minicommercials thatpop upwhen thereisabrief pauseintheaction,often in“doubleboxes“that showaviewofthefield inone frameandan36intheother.Interestingly,with no“screen“to workwith,radio isone mediumthathastried forsome timetobuck thetrend.Many commercialstations tradeclutter forclusters—that is,a solidblock ofcommercialsrunning fiveminutes ormore,followed bylengthy commercial-free37of time.But wherevera screenis involved,oraprinted page,adclutteris38everywhere.Programmersand advertiserscant reallybe expectedto limitthis;its afact ofbusiness.Consumers,ontheotherhand,can optfor commercial-free content-if they,re willingto payfor it.But gettinglimitless contentwithout payingwhile alsobeing39heavy advertisingintrusions isimpossible.As mediaenvironment ispermanently cluttered,audiences shouldbe40with whattheywish for.

六、完形填空The GreysAnatomy doctorsare navigatingthe patientsthat havekept themon ourscreens forsome400episodes ofthe show.But inthis episode,forthefirst time,the41tothedrama isthe veryrealissue of climate change.Itsarelatively rareexample ofthe many kinds ofclimate-relatedstorylines thatare typicallymissing from42TV andfilm worlds.Social scientistsargue thatclimate isatopic thatbelongs in manykindsof on-screen stories,not justthe43climate-disaster thriller.But canseeing therealities ofclimate changeaffecting charactersonthescreen helpus relate44totheunfolding climatecrisis-to copebetter,or evenchange ourbehaviorNon-profit storytellingconsultancy GoodEnergy believesit can.It isamong asmall butgrowingnumber oforganizations45far moreTVandfilm scriptsto46climate-related storylines.In April2022,it releasedits GoodEnergy Playbook,a setof guidelinesfor embeddingclimate change into anyon-screen story.It joinsother initiativesin drawingattentiontotheneedfor filmand TVto47thenumerous waysclimate changeleaves itsmark onour everydaylives.The GoodEnergy Playbookssuggestions areappropriately wide-ranging:characters with（乌托邦的）climate anxietyand thosefighting againstinjustice;utopian narrativesthat exploreclimatesolutions;storylines thatquietly48climate referencesinto theircharacters7worlds.The playbookwas createdby GoodEnergy founderAnna JaneJoyner,“It startedasapersonal49where Ijust gotonthephone withas manyscreenwriters asI could,“she says.She quicklylearnedthat writerswanted totalk aboutclimate,but didntreally havethe supportand toolsettobeable todoit”.Many researchstudies lookedattheimpact introducingclimate storieshad onviewers,andfound itprompted greaterconcern aboutclimate change.It also50peoples understandingofitandmade themmore likelyto takeaction toreduce theiremissions.51,science tellsus that stories haveapower thathard factsoften dont.Research haslong establishedthatthehuman brainfinds iteasier tounderstandand rememberinformationdelivered asa52,and haseven foundthatstoriescan influencebehavior.Climate stories,then,seem likea prettygood idea.But thesesorts ofnarratives havebeen fewandfar between.Julie Doyle,professor ofmedia atthe Universityof Brightonin theUK,says climatechange has53for yearsto getinto anyformoffictional filmor TVrepresentation.There5sbeena silencearound itJ shesays.Its timeto breakthe climatesilence,says Doyle.Mainstream mediahas tendedto followratherthan lead,and itwould begreat ifmainstream mediacould leadthis.Day-to-day mentionsofclimatechangeinmedia areespecially importantbecause,while blockbustersadly

54.People canfeel inspiredto takeaction inthe moment,but thefeelingclimate filmscan havea positiveimpact onawareness andaction,the effectisin amatter ofweeks.55B.background C,response D.application

41.A.resistanceB.scientific C.educational D.theoretical

42.A.fictionalB.moral C.occasional D.spiritual

43.A.logicalB.effortlessly C.reluctantly D.systematically

44.A.differently

45.A.depending onB.referring toC.identifying withD.calling for

46.A.restore B.feature C,demonstrate D.sponsor

47.A.reflect B.maintain C.eliminate D.strengthen

48.A.integrate B.reverse C.initiate D.publish

49.A.transition B.campaign C,achievement D.association

50.A.transferred B.promoted C.shifted D.underestimated

51.A.For exampleB.As aresult C,On thecontrary D.In addition

52.A.narrative B.character C.plot D.memory

53.A.explored B,competed C,struggled D.appealed

54.A.narrow-mindedB.ever-changing C.short-lived D.far-sighted

55.A.resumes B.fades C,deepens D.increases

七、阅读理解A new exhibition inParis aimsto showhow England inthe middle ageswas verymuch partofEuropes dynamicart,architectural,trade andculture scenebetween AD1000and AD

1500.Organizers saidtheeventwould discreditthe popular perception^^-mainly acrossthe Channel-that medievalEngland wasprimitive andbarbaric,while France and partsof Europeenjoyed agothiczenith.James Robinson,the exhibitioncurator,said therehad beena“reassessment”of Englandscontributionto Europeanart inthe middleages overthe pasthalf acentury.Id liketo blowapart thepopularperception thatthemiddleages wereall aboutpestilenceplague,the BlackDeath andreligiousrepression,and demonstratethe artisticand technicalexcellence thatwas evidentJ hesaid.When youlook atthe artworks inthis exhibitionyou willsee someofthetrue masterpiecesof theage.”Unfortunately,while France and other European countrieslargely preservedtheir medievaltreasures,Englands artisticheritage wassystematically andruthlessly decimated97by the16th-century Reformationand therevolution ledby OliverCromwell inthe1640s.The EnglishReformation,after HenryVIII wrestedthe Churchof Englandaway fromthe authorityoftheCatholicchurch inRome,saw thekings chiefminister,Thomas Cromwell,close downthe monasteries,confiscating theirriches andinmanycases dismantlingthe buildings.“All thingsof valuewerespoiled,plucked awayor utterlydefaced...and itseemed everyperson wasintent uponfilching andspoilingwhat hecould,wrote MichaelSherbrook,the16th-century rectorof Wickersleynear RocheAbbeyin SouthYorkshire.Among theexhibits atthe Parisexhibition thatopens onFriday arerare treasuresthat escapedthe16th-and17th-century pillageand destruction,including theGloucester Candlestick,the BecketCasket,the ClareChasuble,the Luckof EdenhallandtheSyon Cope.Marie Lavandier,the presidentofFrances NationalMonuments Centre,said:The exhibitionhighlights theextraordinary richnessofthe artisticexchanges thatunited Englandwith continentalEurope.At thismoment whenwe areinterrogatingourselves aboutour relationshipwith Europe,whattheexhibition isalso demonstratingisthatwehave alwaysbeen closelytied toit interms ofcommerce anddiplomatic relationships.

56.Whats thepopularperceptionof Englandinthemiddle agesA.England wasthe centreofthemedieval cultureB.England enjoyedthe toplevel ingothic artC.England laggedfar behindFranceandother partsof Europein artD.England hadthe advancedand first-rate architecturethen

57.Whafs themeaning ofthe underlinedword decimatedin paragraph4A.refreshed B.replicated C.promoted D.undermined

58.From MichaelSherbrooke commentwe canlearn thatA.Destructions wereplotted byFranceandotherEuropeancountriesB.Artistic treasuressuffered hugeloss underthe Churchof EnglandC.He wastotally astonishedabout whathappenedD.The Catholicchurch shouldbe responsibleforthewhole event

59.What doesthe passagemainly talkaboutA.The chaosmedieval ageof EnglandB.The Parisexhibition dispelsmyth ofprimitive“Englandinmiddle agesC.How toenjoy anewexhibitionin ParisD.An introductionto artisticexchanges inEnglandINNOVATION CUP2022Great mindscome togetherat MerckWhafsin itfor meIfyou area Howit works:During aone-week SummerCamp,50post-graduate studentwithaninterest selectedstudents willattend in-depth presentationsaboutin thepharmaceutical andchemical thepharmaceutical andchemical industrygiven byMerckindustry,theMerckInnovationCupis researchersand managers.The participantswillbedividedyour chanceto intoteams,work。