2018-2019学年上海市浦东新区建平中学高二上学期英语12月月考卷
2018-2019学年上海省上海市浦东新区建平中学
高二上学期英语12月月考试卷
I. Listening Comprehension(略)
II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20分)
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.
Every weekend, after hiking in the Saneum Healing Forest east of Seoul, the firefighters sip
tea and enjoy an arm massage. The aim of the program is (21)_______(offer)"forest healing", the firefighters all have certain types of stress disorder.
Saneum is one of three official healing forests in South Korea, which offer a range of programs from meditation to woodcraft to camping. Soon there will be 34 more. South Koreans, many of whom suffer from work stress, digital addiction, and intense academic pressures, (22)______(welcome)the medication of nature with great enthusiasm. In fact,the government is investing a hundred million dollars (23).______a healing complex next to Sobaeksan National park.
There is increasing evidence (24)______ being outside in a pleasant natural environment is
good for us. But what is frustrating is that fewer and fewer of us actually enjoy nature regularly.
According to Lisa Nisbet, a psychology professor at Canada’s Trent University, evidence for the benefits of nature is pouring at a time(25)______ we are most disconnected from it. The pressures of modern life lead to long hours spent working indoors. Digital addiction and strong academic pressure add to the problem. In America, visits to parks have been
declining since the dawn of email, and so(26)______ visits to the backyard. Research indicates that only about 10 percent of American teens spend time outside every day.
So what are some of the benefits of nature that Nisbet refers to? (27)______(sound) by nature has one obvious effect: the more time we spend in nature, the(28)______(stressful) we become. This has been shown to lower blood pressure, heart rates, and levels of the stress hormone, as well as reduce feelings of fear or anger. But studies also indicate that spending time in nature can do more than provide an (29)______(improve) sense of well-being; it can lower rates of heart disease and diabetes. That is probably (30)______we evolved in nature and have been adapted to the natural environment.
【答案】
21. to offer22. welcome/have welcomed23. in 24. that25. when 26.have
27. Being surrounded28. less stressful29. improved30. because
comparisons
【解析】
21. 考查目的状语从句。动词不定式表目的。
22. 考句子成分。缺谓语，主语是韩国人，时态一般现在时态，所以welcome
23. 考查介词。固定搭配invest in 在某方面进行投资。
24. 考查名词性从句。that只起到连接的作用不做成分。.
25. 考查定语从句。先行词time，又是做状语的用when引导。
26. 考查助动词。前文已经有have been 可知拜访者都后花园的时间也是一样的，用have。
27. 考查时态语态。动名词做主语又是被动，being sounded..
28. 考查比较级。有文章可知，与大自然在一起，我们的压力会更少。
29. 考查过去分词做定语。被提高的幸福感。
30. 考查连词。前后是因果关系，故用because。
Section B (10分)
Directions: Complete the passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Dealing with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Less than a year ago marketing director David Smith, 33, was acting like a secret agent. He used to secretly tape all his conversations, he refused to sign his name, and he would ask his secretary to check all his emails. Anything he wrote was (31)_____ and kept as"evidence. "But David isn’t crazy. He suffers from"responsibility OCD’’, one of the more common forms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (强迫症), or OCD, as it is usually known.
OCD is now recognized as the spend most common mental-health problem, after depression-and the number of (32)______ cases is rising. Experts estimate that 2-3 perc
ent of the population suffer from the full-blown syndroms(综合症)，with as many as one in five suffering from a(n)(33)____ form.
OCD sufferers are troubled by obsessive thoughts, such as worrying that their hands are dirty with germs. The terrible anxiety is only relieved by performed a particular set of behaviors. Unfortunately, any sense of (34) ______ is short lived, which is why the behavior must be repeated again and again. OCD sufferers know the behavior is unreasonable, yet feel (35) ______to stop it
Common treatments are either anti-depressants or behavioral therapy with a therapist, but only60 percent of patients show some improvement. However, a new treatment from the US is bring (36) _______hope to suffers.
OCD guru（专家）and neuropsychiatrist Jeffrey Schwartz has designed the Four Steps program, which will (37)______mediation（冥想）techniques with the aim of teaching sufferers to manage their symptoms on their own. “The goal is to learn to (38)______false brain message,’’
explains Schwartz.
There are different theories about what cases the disorder. Most experts (39) ______ a genetic element that can
be activated by a stressful event. Schwartz believes that the OCD worry is a direct result of faulty brain chemistry. “When someone experiences an OCD thought, one part of the brain knows very clearly that the hands are not dirty,’’explains Schwartz. "Some part of the brain is standing apart from the symptoms, reflecting on the weirdness of it all. The (40)______is to control this impartial spectator so that patients can use this healthy part of their brain to resist the drive.’’

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