上海市-学年高三上学期阶段测试英语试卷.docx

上海市-学年高三上学期阶段测试英语试卷上海市2018-2019学年高三上学期阶段测试英语试卷一、语法填空Direction:Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagescoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.IcelandshowsoffnatureFoundjustsouthoftheArcticCircle,it’sfarfromthenorthernmostcountryonEarth.Butasatraveldestinations,Icelandisontopoftheworld.Knownas“thelandoffireandice”,thecountryhasmanynaturalwonders.AstheTodaywebsiteputit,“Itis1.naturechooseIcelandtobeitsshopwindowto…remindhumanitythatnatureisstilltheunstoppableforce.”AstheworldwasremindedwhentheEyjafjallajokullvolcanoeruptedsixyearsago,Icelandisacountry“stillinthemaking,andfewotherplacesofferthesameopportunitiestoseetheearth2.action,”commentedNationalGeographicmagazine.IceisIceland’sotherbigattraction-tobeexact,thehugeglacierswhichtraveltowardthecoast,3.(make)strangepoolsofwater.Evenbetterarethenorthernlights,whichare4.(good)toseefromOctobertoMarch.OnSept28,thecountry’scapitalReykjavikdecidedtoturnoffallstreetlightsforanhouratnighttogivepeopleauniquechancetoenjoythenorthernlights.Thankstotheglaciersandthedarksky,thebright,colourful5.(dance)lightsbecame“aheavenlylightdisplay”,travelguidebookpublisherLonelyPlanetnoted.And6.Iceland’suniquenaturalfeaturesarethebiggestattractionsforvisitors,thecountryalsooffersinspiration.Icelandhas7.higherpercentageofwritersinitspopulationthananyothercountryintheworld,theBBCreported.Anditisnotsurprising8.thecountrypublishesmorebooksperpersonthananyothercountryintheworld,reportedtheNPRradiostation,Iceland9.(be)thebirthplaceofimportantliteraryworksandauthors-fromtheVikings’Icelandsagas(传说)toauthorHalldórLaxness,winnerofthe1955NoblePrizeinliterature.“ThebeastinIceland,withitsharsh(严酷的)natureandbitter,ever-changingweather.Wecannotescapeit,”HaraldurJonsson,anIcelandicartists,toldtheObservernewspaperwhiledescribinghisinspiration.“Sowefindwaystolivewithit.We10.havearichlifetofilltheemptyspaces.”二、完形填空BEIJING,July5