上海市八校2015届高三3月联合调研考试英语试题(9)

percent.

Drip systems rank high among irrigation technologies with significant untapped potential.

Unlike flooding techniques, drip systems enable farmers to deliver water directly to the plants’

roots drop by drop, nearly eliminating waste. Studies in India, Israel, Jordan, Spain and the US have

shown time and again that drip irrigation reduces water use by 30 to 70 percent and increase crop

yield by 20 to 90 percent compared with flooding methods. Sprinklers can perform almost as well as

drip methods when they are designed properly. Traditional high-pressure irrigation sprinklers spray

water high into the air to cover as large a land area as possible. The problem is that the more time

the water spends in the air, the more of it evaporates and blows off course before reaching the

plants. In contrast, new low-energy sprinklers deliver water in small doses through nozzles(喷嘴)

placed just above the ground. Numerous farmers in Texas who have fixed such sprinklers have

found that their plants absorb 90 to 95 percent of the water that leaves the sprinkler nozzles.

(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)

78. The ancient irrigation-based civilization in Mesopotamia brought about

79. The underlined word “practice” in paragraph 3 refers to farmers’ efforts to to irrigate their crops.

80. The two examples listed in the passage as efficient ways of irrigation

81. We may infer from the passage that irrigation has , though its

potential risks do exist.

第II卷 （共47分）

I. Translation

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

1. 我们通常需要一个星期才能从流感中恢复健康。（take）

2. 我是多么思念故乡的青山绿水啊！（How）

3. 由于看不懂英语，游客们根本不知道他们签的合同写了什么。（unaware）

4. 店主试图让每位顾客都相信这些塑料玩具只有他这里才买得到。（convince）

5. Hi有目光短浅的人才会轻信网络谣言，从而犯下令自己懊悔一辈子的错误。（thus）

II. Guided Writing

Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given

below in Chinese.

一天，有位学生上学迟到了。但是，在获悉他（她）上学路上发生的一切之后，老师并

没有批评他（她），反而在班级里表扬了他（她）。这位学生上学路上到底发生了什么事呢？

假设你是这位学生，想象当天可能发生的情况，写一篇短文，以第一人称讲述一个合情

合理的故事。