上海市复兴中学2020届高三下学期第三次周测英语试题 Word版含答案

2019-2020学年复兴中学高三下第三次周测试卷 I. Grammar Am I my brother’s keeper? That question comes from the Bible. In the Book of Genesis (《创世纪》), Cain kills his brother Abel and when God asks Cain 1_____Abel is, he replies, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” by which he means, “Am I responsible for my brother—his safety and well-being?” The answer, of course, is: “Yes, you are.” This sense of responsibility for others is the basis of all good societies and it is the basis of 2 _____we call “civil society.” Civil society is defined as a community of citizens 3 _____(link) by common interests and collective action that functions outside of government, the economy and one’s family. A civil society requires us to act for the benefit of 4 _____and not merely to pursue selfish interests. China is now embarked 5 _____building a civil society and Shanghai’s education authorities want students to get involved in that through volunteering. They are requiring high school students to perform sixty class hours of community service which will be included in their performance assessment for graduation. This is something new in China, but it’s not new in other countries. In the Canadian province of Ontario, high school students are required to do forty hours of volunteering 6 _____ they won’t receive their diplomas. In some American states, the volunteering requirement is one hundred hours. These students spend an hour or two a week during the school year and summer vacations helping the poor, the sick and the elderly. They also teach young children to read, they take 7 _____handicapped on outings and they help to clean up the environment. And studies have shown 8 this volunteering experience has a positive effect on students’ attitudes toward society and many continue to do volunteer work after graduation. Some of you may be thinking, “Gee, sixty hours is a lot. Where will I find the time?” But 9 _____(spread) out over three years, it amounts to less than two hours a month. And it is time well spent 10 _____ it helps you realize that being “your brother’s keeper” makes you a better person and makes society a better place for everyone. On the morning of September 11, 2001, computer sales manager Michael Hingson, who is blind, went early to his office on the 78th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center to prepare for a meeting. As Michael worked, his guide dog, a Labrador retriever 11 _____(name) Roselle, dozed by his feet. At 8:46 a.m., a tremendous boom rocked the building, eliciting screams throughout the floor. Michael grabbed Roselle, trusting that the dog 12 _____(lead) him out of danger, and they navigated their way to a stairwell. “Forward,” Michael instructed, and they descended the first of 1,463 steps to the lobby. 13 _____about ten floors, the stairwell grew crowded and hot, and the fumes from jet fuel had made it hard to breathe. When a woman became crazy, yelling that they wouldn’t make it, Roselle ac ... ...