2025-2026学年上海市浦东新区高三上学期期中练习英语试题（含答案）

2025-2026学年上海市浦东新区高三上学期期中练习英语试题 （完卷时间：105分钟 满分：115分） I. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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. Babies are less afraid when they can scent their mothers Babies feel relieved by the presence of their mother’s scent, according to research that looked at how their brains respond to fear. The idea behind it is ___1___ a familiar scent can comfort babies. “Some doctors tell new mums to put a(n) ___2___ (wear) T-shirt in the bed with their baby,” says Sarah Jessen at the University of Lubeck in Germany. ___3___ (investigate) whether this works, Jessen presented photos of happy and fearful facial expressions to seventy six 7-month-old babies — the age by which they ___4___ (develop) their fear response. Each of the babies viewed the photos while they ___5___ (introduce) to either the familiar scent of their mother or a stranger’s scent. Jessen also measured electrical signals in the babies’ brains ___6___ (use) an EEG cap (脑电帽). Before the experiment, all the babies’ mothers were given a cotton T-shirt, ___7___ they slept in for three nights in a row. The mothers ___8___ use their normal shampoo and soap but were asked not to use any new products. ___9___ (see) photographs of fearful facial expressions usually generates a fear response in babies, which includes a specific pattern of electrical activity in their brains. Jessen found that those who could scent their mother didn’t have this pattern, ___10___ those who sensed a stranger’s scent did. These results suggest that a baby’s experience of scent can influence fear processing in their brain. Jessen says she wants to find out whether babies have a similar response to their father’s scent or to the scent of other people who they spend time ___11___. She says research like this helps us understand how babies perceive the world and ___12___ influences their development. This understanding could potentially lead to the development of new strategies for helping babies. Section B Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. advocacy B. effectively C. endangered D. identified E. mirror F. polarizing G. promise H. promoting I. surfacing J. slightly K. income Rewriting the Relationship Between Elephant and Keeper In 2019, before Covid-19 damaged international tourism, Thailand was the eighth-most-visited country in the world, its 39.8 million international visitors generating 20% of the country’s GDP. Elephants are Thailand’s biggest attraction: The World Animal Protection Agency estimates that, before the pandemic, elephant tourism brought in a(n) ____13____ of $581-770 million USD every ... ...