上海市市北中学2022-2023学年高三3月月考英语试卷（含解析）

上海市市北中学2022-2023学年高三3月月考英语试卷 学校:_____姓名：_____班级：_____考号：_____ 一、用单词的适当形式完成短文 Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with given words, fill in each blank with the proper form of the word given; for the other blanks, use one word for each blank that best fits the context. For almost 500 years, people have wondered what deadly disease wiped out most of the Aztecs (阿芝特克人). The locals called it cocolizthi, and now a team of scientists think they know exactly what that was. The outbreak is considered to be one of 1 (deadly) epidemics (传染病) in human history. For centuries, its cause 2 (debate) by historians. New evidence suggests that the Aztecs died from a type of bacteria called salmonella enterica. An international team of scientists came to this conclusion 3 analysing the skeletons (骨骼) of 29 Aztecs buried in a cocoliztli cemetery in the Oaxaca region of Mexico. The scientists obtained samples from the teeth of ten of the skeletons. They compared these with their database of bacteria and found traces of salmonella enterica. Salmonella enterica can cause enteric fever, 4 typhoid (伤寒) is a type. Today, there are around 21 million cases of typhoid worldwide and it is considered 5 global threat. The Aztecs were fierce hunter-gatherers who settled in 6 is now Mexico at the beginning of the 13th century. From their incredible capital city Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City), the Aztecs fought wars with other tribes 7 they ruled much of the region. The Aztecs ended up controlling large parts of Mesoamerica -now much of Mexico and Central America - until Spanish explorers 8 (arrive) in 1519 and brought with them advanced weapons and deadly diseases. The team believe that the 9 (domesticate) animals, such as goats and horses, which the explorers brought with them carried the deadly bacteria. By 1545, not even 30 years after the Spanish had arrived, Mexico’s Aztec nation started coming down with a terrible illness. Symptoms included high fever, headaches and bleeding from the eyes, nose and mouth. Within five years, up to 15 million people-- more than 80% of the population at the time-had died from the mystery illness they called cocoliztli. The Aztec people had no immunity (免疫) 10 (fight) the disease. 二、选用适当的单词或短语补全短文 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．ranging B．appropriately C． association D．facilitating E. evidence F. modest G. obtaining H. offered I. rose J. steer K. treatment That throbbing headache just won’t go away and your mind is racing about what might be wrong. It turns out googling your symptoms may not be as ill-advised as once thought. Although some doctors advise against turning to the internet before going to the clinic, a new study suggests that research ... ...