上海市八校2015届高三3月联合调研考试英语试题(2)

rainy days and in the winter 39_________ a storm raged in Main Street, long hours passed when no

customers came in. Alice arranged and rearranged the stock. She stood near the front window

where she could look down the deserted street and thought of the evenings when she had walked

with Ned Currie and of 40_________ he had said.

Section B

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only

Are you a science fan? If so, which area interests you: physics, chemistry, or biology?

Whichever area it is, science is all about finding answers and 41 _______. Sure, we can read books

and find out how many things work and learn equations or formulas to help us better understand

the world around us. However, the information we 42 _______from books needs to be put into

practice and then used in research to make further 43 _______.

The annual “Shanghai Future Science Stars” Contest was held recently, with a variety of entries

in different fields, from physics to medicine, submitted(提交) by adolescent science enthusiasts

from across the city. This year some notable submissions, ranging from a jumping robotic frog to

the 44 _______properties of titanium dioxide(二氧化钛) on hair against UV rays, 45 _______the

adolescent scientists’ innovations and research skills.

In the past, China was a culture of creativity and innovation that contributed some major 46

_______to the world, such as the printing press, paper, the compass and gunpowder. This contest is

aimed at nurturing(培养) that creativity and 47 _______people to put into practice what they’ve

learnt from books.

This nurturing needs to be started in school; science needs to be taught in a way that is fun

and engages students’ minds. Simply studying other people’s experiments and being told the results

isn’t something that 48 _______a student’s imagination. If students are able to conduct some of the

smaller experiments themselves, then maybe they will discover a passion for science they didn’t

know they had before.

The world is always 49 _______. Today’s scientists and innovators won’t be around forever, so

now is the time to find new talent. The next Einstein or Edison might be sitting next to you in class,

or it could even be you and you just don’t know it. These competitions are aimed at giving people

hands-on experience and the platform to show what they can do.

Next time you’re in class, don’t just read and listen; try to think of ways what you are learning

can be 50 _______to real-life situations. Look around! It’s an interesting world and maybe you can

make it a little better to live in.

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A