格致中学高三开学考2016.9
II.Grammar and Vocabulary Section A
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
An accident in a bicycle race in the United States eight years ago alerted James Chang to the importance of sports medicine. One of his riding companions (21) ______ (injure) severely in the accident.
From then on, Chang, 45, a Chinese-American who was born in Anhui province, began to launch business relating to physical safety and medical assistance, particularly in sport. So (22)______ he took up marathon running two years ago he was shocked to see frequent injuries, many of them avoidable.
“I always heard people talking about people in marathons in China dying suddenly,” he says, adding that one reason why many of these deaths happen is (23) ______ there is a lot of ignorance in China about what marathon running involves.
Many amateur runners in China who are highly competitive get carried away and run at a pace that is far in excess of (24) ______ they can expect their body to take, and even ignore clear signals such as pain, Chang says.
As Chinese have placed more emphasis on leading healthy life-styles in recent years, marathon and other long-distance running (25) ______ (become) a highly popular sport across the country quickly.
More than 50 China Athletic Association-sanctioned urban marathons were held in the country last year, and 39 races（26）______ (involve) more than 750,000 runners were held the year before. However, long-distance running is a serious business that（27）______ exact a heavy physical toll on runners.
“Marathon carries (28) ______(high) risks of injury than other forms of sport,” Hou says, adding that the key to avoiding injury is to strengthen the body through regular exercise and to be aware of one’s own physical condition.
Although some chronic injuries are hard (29)______(avoid), even for highly experienced runners, cramp, fainting and shock can easily be prevented (30)______ runners better understand the sport, he says.
21. was injured 22.when 23.that 24. what 25. have
become 26.involving 27. can 28.higher 29.to avoid 30.if Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. travels F. patriotic
With the publication of the new memoir （a book by someone important and famous in which they write about their life and experiences），Hard Choices, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has kicked off a book tour that could preview a ___31___run.
The tour began in the friendliest possible setting: a book-signing event at a Barnes & noble in Manhattan’s Union Square. Around 1,000 people –some had slept on the sidewalk the night before—cheered as Clinton arrived about 20 minutes behind schedule and delivered brief remarks with a(n) ___32___ tone.
The nearly 700-page book, ___33___ on June 10, was “written for anybody who wants to think about, and learn about, what is happening in the world today—why American matters, and why the world matters to America，”said the former first lady and New York senator. “And we have a lot of hard choices ahead of us in our country to make it as brave and as strong as it should be. And we have a lot of hard choices to continue to lead the world and
B. interaction G. scheduled C. presidential D. E. disagreements released J. K. H. humanity I. demonstrating encountered involving solve problems that affect us and the rest of ___34__ ”.
In the book, Clinton frames the foreign policy situations ___35__ during her tenure（the period of time when someone has an important job）as a series of hard choices, especially those ___36__the middle east, Afghanistan , Pakistan and Russia, while recounting some ___37__ within the Obama administration. She also delves into some personal aspects of her life, including her daughter Chelsea Clinton’s wedding, and offers glimpse of personal interactions with citizens of other countries during her ___38__as secretary.
The book tour was ___39__ to take Clinton to Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, Toronto and Austin. Her fast pace and intense media attention resembled a hybrid of celebrity book tour and campaign kickoff.
During a(n) ___40__with some 1,000 students at a recent event at Arizona state university, for instance, she hinted that she was considering running for presidency in 2016 because she was “very much concerned” about the direction that the U.S. was going.
CFEHJ DKAGB III. Reading Comprehension Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
The famous American inventor Thomas Alva Edison once claimed that genius was one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration(汗水). Now, it seems, there is scientific evidence to __41__ his claim. The idea that geniuses such as Shakespeare, Mozart, and Picasso possessed certain inborn talents is a false belief, according to a study by a British psychologist and his colleagues.
After examining outstanding performance in the arts and sports, these researchers concluded that __42__ is determined by opportunity, encouragement, training, motivation, self-confidence, and — most important of all — __43__. Even people who were not thought to be 44__ with any special talent could, after having received training, reach levels __45__ considered attainable (可获得的) only by gifted individuals. ‘Talent is a false belief,
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