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上海市浦东新区2017届高三英语4月教学质量检测（二模）试题

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II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20%) Section A

Over the past sixteen years of my life, I have grown to be a very independent person.

This can be both good and bad in the sense that I am able to do things (21)________ my own, yet at times struggle with taking advice from others. Sometimes, hearing what other people have to say can be one of the hardest things to do. However, getting advice from (22)________ cares about you can impact your life in great ways. Because of this, I began realizing that my mom’s guidance throughout my life has never steered me wrong. This is why I believe you (23)________ always listen to your mother.

This belief has not been easy (24)________ (realize). It has taken endless amounts of

time in which I decided to go against what my mom had to say, and later discovered that she was right. I think we can all agree that (25)________ (admit) your mom was right is always a hard thing to do. But what else are you supposed to say (26)________ you are standing outside in the freezing cold, shaking because you did not wear that extra jacket you (27)________ (tell) to wear?

When I was twelve years old, I had the experience of a lifetime. However, I would have

missed out if it hadn’t been for my mom. She had been planning a trip to Turkey for work, (28)________ (offer) to bring my sister and me along with her. When I first heard about this opportunity, I was terrified. Never had I been out of the country before. I thought to (29)________, “Is she crazy?” My mom then began to say, “(30)________ is known to all, one needs to step out of his comfort zone and try something new in order to encounter larger-than-life ideas.” After going back and forth with my own thoughts, I decided to go on the trip. And boy, she was right. Going to Turkey will forever be one of my greatest memories and I am thankful I got to visit that amazing country.

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A. flexibility F. released Section B

B. shift G. secure C. hungry H. adapting D. improvement I. familiar J. burying E. dominated K. distinguish The New York Times has changed a lot in the past 10 years, embracing digital

subscriptions and growing into online video and specialty areas like cooking. It has not been enough to prepare the company for the future, according to the paper’s own 2020 report __31__ on Tuesday.

“While the past two years have been a time of significant innovation, the pace must

speed up,” the authors wrote in the opening of the report. “Too often, digital progress has been accomplished through workarounds; now we must tear apart the barriers. We must __32__ between mission and tradition: what we do because it’s essential to our values and what we do because we’ve always done it.”

The report indicates how far the paper has come in __33__ itself to the digital age

while also pointing out what needs to be done.

The areas that need __34__ are focused on the newsroom, particularly in the tools and

internal structures that journalists must deal with to produce their work.

Many of the report’s recommendations are __35__ to anyone who closely follows the Times

or newspapers in general: A(n) __36__ away from print’s outsized importance on the newsroom’s operations, better ways to include multimedia in stories and a renewed effort at creating a more diverse newsroom with a variety of skills.

The paper has an ongoing goal that started in 2016 of doubling digital revenue to $800

million by 2020. “To __37__ our future, we need to expand considerably our number of subscribers by 2020.”

The report also calls into question the formats on which the Times—and most other

newspapers—rely, namely a mix of news stories and features that are text heavy. “Too much of our daily report remains __38__ by long texts.” the report states.

The report stresses that the Times should do more to educate readers. “Our readers

are __39__ for advice from The Times. Too often, we don’t offer it, or offer it only in print-centric forms.” the report states. Perhaps the most interesting part of the report K12学习教育资源

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comes at the very bottom in the form of comments from the paper’s own journalists. Reporters said they would like to see __40__ in choice of how to tell certain stories, and some disagreement about what kind of tone the Times should embrace going forward.

III. Reading Comprehension (45%) Section A

Have We Reached Peak Trade?

Globalization is usually defined as the free movement of people, goods and capital.

It’s been the most important __41__ force of modernity. Until the financial crisis of 2008, global trade grew twice as fast as the global economy itself. __42__, thanks to both economics and politics, globalization as we have known it is developing fast.

The question is: Have we reached peak trade? If you think of it in terms of the flow

of digital data and ideas, no—it’s actually __43__. Indeed, the cross-border flow of digital

data—e-commerce,

web

searches,

online

video,

machine-to-machine

interactions—has grown 45 times larger since 2005 and is __44__ to grow much faster than the global economy over the next few years.

There’s no doubt globalization has increased wealth at both global and national levels.

But free trade can also widen the __45__ gap within countries, in part by creating concentrated groups of economic losers. Free trade has made goods and services cheaper for Americans—think of all the inexpensive Chinese-made goods at Walmart—but it hasn’t always __46__ their job prospects. From 1990 to 2008, the areas most __47__ to foreign competition saw almost no net new jobs created. That’s one reason the new generation of Americans is on track to be _-48__ than their parents.

The gains of free trade do not always __49__ the losses. This realization that the tide

of __50__ doesn’t raise all boats has fed into the anti-free trade movement. And companies themselves are __51__ globalization.

Nevertheless, there is one reason to be __52__ about the future of globalization—at

least, the new information-based kind. McKinsey data estimate that the companies responsible for the jump in flows of digital goods, services and information will include a much higher proportion of small businesses than in the past. An estimated 86% of tech-based K12学习教育资源