上海市新川中学2023-2024学年高二下学期5月月考英语试题

上海市新川中学学年高二下学期月月考英语试题2023-20245

一、语法填空Directions:After readingthe passagebelow,fill in the blanksto makethe passagecoherent andgrammaticallycorrect.For theblanks witha givenword,fill ineach blankwith theproper formof thegivenword;for theother blanks,use oneword thatbest fitseach blank.We Britons have about60words forhappiness:blissfulness,ecstasy,pleasure,delight...The listisas variedas it is surprising,given that we onlyjust scrapedinto thetop20happiest countriesin theworldthis year.Finns,who]name thehappiest nationfor thesixth yearrunning,are eitheronnellinen oriloinen.The latterroughly translatesas joyfulor glad:you mightbe iloinenthat youreheading offonholiday.Onnellinen,on theother hand,speaks to the notionof beingcontent withyour life,2describinga fleetingfeeling.In thedecade3the firstWorld HappinessReport wasreleased in2012,four countrieshave heldthetop position:Denmark,Switzerland,Norway andnow Finland.Its basedon anevaluation inwhichrespondents areasked toassess theoverall happinessof theircurrent liveson ascale ofone to

10.For thefourth yearrunning,the UKhas slippeddown theglobal happinessrankings,4drop twoplacesto number

19.Even moreworryingly,however,the2022global Oraclehappiness reportfor theUKspecifically foundthat nearlyhalf ofBritonshave not felttrue happinessin twoyears.Werecurrently behindthe US,Israel,New Zealandand Luxembourg,but mercifullyahead of the likesofAfghanistan andLebanon-currently thetwo5happy countriesin theworld.This persistentdecline inBritishcontentment isconcerning.6find outwhat wemiserable Britonscan leamfrom theFinns,I wentto LakeSaimaa—athree-and-a-half-hour drivefrom Helsinki—to takepart ina masterclassin happiness.It isa resort桑拿浴，designed aroundtaking thingsslowly.Each villahas itsown sauna7setin afragrantpine forest.8many friendsrightly pointedout,howcould anyonenot behappy hereInmany ways,though,my admittedlyluxurious stayrevealed tome9the Finnsapproachhappiness foreveryone.Theres nodoubt theyhave gota lotof thingsright-their loveofsaunas,for one.Known for their healthbenefits,saunas arefantastic forcalming themind.And with10estimated3million saunasfor apopulation ofjust over

5.5million,they arecertainly integratedintoeveryday life.

二、选词填空Directions:Complete thepassage with the wordsin thebox.Each wordcan onlybe usedonce.Note thatthereis oneword morethan youneed.A.applied B.impurity C.embraced D.commercial E.Mixed F.promisesG.imposed H.demonstration I.employs J.giant K.versionHow to get allof thetoothpaste outof thetube hauntsmany abathroom.Bus not,perhaps,formuch longer.Colgate-Pai moli ve,an Americanconsumer-goods11has takenup aninventionin super-slippery surfacesto producea toothpastetube that12to deliverevery lastscrap oftheircontents.In2012,two inventorsset upa companycalled LiquiGlideto commercialisetheir workonmaking liquidsflow easilythrough pipes and outof containers.What caughtmany peoplesimaginationsat thetime wasan13of howthis couldbe used to emptya ketchupbottle withoutshaking itvigorously.So far,ketchup-makers have not14the idea.But thehealth andbeauty industry,where productstendto bepricier thanketchup,is interested.A Swisscompany15the technologyto lessenthe amountofmaterial leftstuck tothe insidesof pipesand vesseisin itsfactories whenit istime for a clean-up.LiquiGlidcs dealwith Colgateis,though,the firmsfirst bigbreak intoa consumerbusiness.Thenew toothnastccalled Elixu,comes inthree varieties:a formulator whiteningteeth,one fbrgum andenamelcare anda“detox16which,it isclaimed,removes any17from themouth.All arepackaged inplastictubes thatcan beemptied withease.To producethe slipperypipesandcontainers,a patternis first18an themand thena suitablyformulatedliquid is

19.This fillsthe gapsinthetexture,treating asurface acrosswhich gooeysubstancesslide easily.Besides pleasingcustomers wholike toget theirmoneys worth,the new,slippery toothpastetubesshould helpwith recycling.Existing tubesare rarelyrecycled,not onlybecause theyhave residueleftinside thembut alsobecause they are usuallymade from a laminateof plasticand aluminumfoil.20materials ofthis sortare hard to recycle,and thereforeend upbeing dumpedin landfills.

三、完形填空On March16th Ileft theoffices ofThe Economistto headhome.That was the lastday whenalleditorial staffassembled inour Londonoffice.And,at thetime ofwriting,no datefor areturn totheoffice isin21It isremarkable howquickly wehave adapted.The newspaperhas beenwritten,edited andproducedfrom couchesand kitchentables.January andFebruary seemlike anancient era—the BCbeforecoronavirus tothe newAD after

22.The shiftmay23great workplacetransformations inthe19th and20th centuries,and it has beenamuch moresudden transitionthan occurredwith factories,enabled byadvanced economiesthat revolvearoundservices insteadof manufacturing.Back inthe1970s,when Britainadopted athree-day weektocommit aminers strike,there werepower cuband TVstations had to closedown early.This pandemichas not turnedthe lights24Not onlythat,ithasmade remotework seemboth normaland acceptable.In thepast employees偷懒.who stayedhome hadto overcomethe25that theywere bunkingoff Nowthose whoinsist onbeingat theoffice soundself-important.艮Things are26of course.Video callsJack thespontaneity ofa normalmeeting;no off-the-cuff兴的remarks tolighten themood.Distance makesit difficultto generatecamaraderie.Creativity is一probably harder to foster.Experts saynew ideascome fromweak linksin networksi.e.,people youmeetoccasionally.Such27collisions^have becomerarer.Yet28offices willnot disappear,itishardtoimagine thatworking lifewill returnto BCways.For morethan acentury workershave stuffedthemselves ontocrowded trainsand busestogetinto theoffice.For thepast twomonths theyhavenothadtocommute.29fortheirpart,have maintainedexpensiveoffices incity centersbecause theyneeded togather staffin one place.The rentis onlypart ofthecost;there arethe cleaning,lighting,printers,catering andsecurity

30.Another aspectof the AD era may bethe disappearanceof thefive-day workingweek.Evenbefore thepandemic manyworkers becameused totaking phonecalls oranswering emailsat theweekend.In theAD era,the31between homeand workinglife,a usefulway ofrelieving stress,will beevenhardertosustain.In futureemployees maywork andtake breakswhen theyplease,with thecompany videocall theonly32,The downside,however,is that the rhythmof lifehas beendisrupted andnew33are needed.Looking furtherout,theADeramaybring otherchanges.Some maydecide tolive insmalltowns wherehousing costsare lower,since theyhavenoneed tocommute.Men willhave34excuses toskip cleaningor childcare iftheyarenot disappearingtotheoffice.In asense,this isan35to normal:until the19th centurymost peopleworkedat orclose totheir homes.But socialhistorians maystill regard2020as thestart ofa newage.

21.A.doubt B,sight C.mind D.hope

22.A.domestication B,transition C.isolation D.pandemic

23.A.affect B・shape C-arouse D.rival

24.A.on B.off C,over D.down

25.A.suspicion B.difficulty C.prejudice D.disadvantage

26.A.advancing B,reversing C.interfering D.missing

27.A.remote B・intense C.casual D.novel

28.A.now thatB.in caseC.even thoughD.as longas

29.A.Commuters B.Legislators C.Executives D.Employers

30.A.in demandB・beyond reachC.at issueD.on top

31.A.balance B,bamer C.connection D.conflict

32.A.fixture B・engagement C.priority D.interaction

33.A.perspectives B.routines C.regulations D.equivalents

34.A.better B.harder C,more D.fewer

35.A.access B・progress C.return D.contrast

四、阅读理解（加密货币）Bitcoin andother so-called cryptocurrencieshave beenall overthe newslately.一Apparently,the ideaof moneythat*snottied toa specificbank-ora specific countryis appealingtomany.But itsworth rememberingthatthebanking systemthatwenow alllive withis justthatAmodern invention.Not solong ago,money wasalmost alwayscreated andused locally,and bartering（was common.In fact,it stillis commonamong manyonline localnetworks,like theBuy Nothing）.Project.In thepast,moneys makeupvaried fromplace toplace,depending onwhat wasconsideredvaluable there.So whilesome ofthe worldsfirst coinswere madefromanaturally occurringhybrid of（专艮金矿），gold andsilver calledelectrum objectsother thancoins haveserved ascurrency,includingbeads,ivory,livestock,and cowrieshells.In WestAfrica,bracelets ofbronze orcopper wereused ascash,especially ifthe transactionwas associatedwiththeslave tradethere.Throughout thecolonialperiod,tobacco was usedtoreplace coinsor paperbills inVirginia,Maryland andNorth Carolina,eventhough itwasusedelsewhere inthe coloniesand extensivelythroughout Europeand theU.K.一Today,on anisland inthe Pacific,aspecifictype ofshell stillserves ascurrency and some（贮存）people thereare evenhoarding it,just likeBitcoin moguls,convinced thatone day,it willmakethem wealthybeyond imagination.On Malaita,the most-populated islandthats partoftheSolomonIslands,shells areaccepted atmost placesin exchangefor goods.How muchtuna（金枪鱼）you canget foryour shellsdepends on their colorand shape,n MaryBruno,a shopowner fromthe smalltown ofAuki,on Malaita,told Vice.nOne stripof darkershellsmight getyou abouttwo cansof smallertuna,but thered onesare worthmore.For thered ones,one stripmightget enoughtuna tofeed abig familyfor along time.”Just likea mintthat createscoins,theres onlyoneplaceonthe island wherethe shells,which arepolishedand strungtogether toform3-foot-long ropes,are made.The stripsof red,white,and blackshellsall comefrom LangaLanga Lagoon,where artificialislands werelong-ago builtby localsto（困住）escape fromtheisland-dwelling cannibals.Once maroonedout ontheir islands,locals neededacurrency touse amongthemselves,andsothe shellcurrency wasborn.Using shellsfor moneywas commonthroughout thePacific islandsas lateastheearly。