上海市控江中学2024届高一第二学期3月月考
（考试时间80分钟，满分100分）
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A (10’)
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
A Changing City
For centuries, Beijing has been the promised land of China. Originally a walled bastion for emperors and officials, it remains a majestic political and architectural marvel. Today, people from the countryside still flock to the city in search of the elusive pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The lure of the capital proves too enticing. Meanwhile, down the road b
y the Friendship Store, smartly ____1____(dress) customers clutching mobile phones head for the nearest banquet or disco.
Perhaps nowhere else in China more than in Beijing is the generation gap____2____(visible). Appalled by the current drive to 'modernize', many older people still wax euphoric(兴高采烈地谈论) about the years of sacrifice for the socialist revolution. But many youngsters are more interested --like youngsters everywhere-- in money, motorbikes, fashion, video games and rock music(though not necessarily in that order)
Foreigners seem to enjoy Beijing since the city offers so much to see and do. Things____3____(change) drastically in the last ten years or so. The Beijing of today is a forest of construction cranes, bulldozers and 24-hour work crews____4____(scramble) to build the new China. Plush shopping malls and five-star hotels rise ____5____the rubble.____6____ number of the road signs and advertising billboards are now in English.____7____one says about Beijing today, it probably won’t be true tomorrow. The city is changing so rapidly that it makes you dizzy.
Whatever impression you come away with, Beijing is one of the most fascinating places in China. It ____8____ be something of a showcase ,but what capital city isn’t? Within its environs you will find some of China's most stunning sights -the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace and the Great Wall, to name just a few .The city ____9____ offers so much of interest that the main complaint of most visitors is ____10____they simply run out of time before seeing it all.
Section B (10’)
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note
showcase that there is one word more than you need.   
A. crucial
B. scandal
C. prioritize
D. invest
E. phase
F. persist
G. reverse
H. property
I. potential
J. outnumber
K. vulnerable
Getting girlhood right
For much of human history and in many places, girls were considered ___11___. Or, at best, subordinate (从属的) people, required to obey their fathers until the day they had to start obeying their husbands. Few people thought it worthwhile to educate them. Even fewer imagined that a girl could grow up to govern Germany, run the IMF or invent a vaccine.
In most of the world that vision of girlhood now seems not merely old-fashioned but unimaginably remote. In much of the rich world parents now treat their daughters as well as they do their sons, and ___12___ as much in their future. In field after field girls have caught up with boys. Globally, young women now ___13___ young men at university.
Because the benefits of nurturing girls are so large, it is a(n) ___14___ that some countries have still failed to grasp them. And the covid-19 pandemic could slow progress for girls in poor countries, or even ___15___ it. During previous disasters, they have often suffered most. When Ebola forced west African schools to close in 2014, many girls dropp
ed out, never went back and ended up pregnant or as child laborers. UNICEF warns that something similar could happen with covid-19 – but on a larger scale.
The risk of regression (退化) is real. So it is crucial that, even if governments of poor countries have to tighten their belts, they ___16___ spending on education and girls. Donors should help, too. And policies should be joined up. Adolescence is a(n) ___17___ point for girls. It is when many health problems emerge or are prevented; and many social ones, too. Only recently has this ___18___ been recognized as the most important for brain development after infancy. Get it right and billions of girls will have a better shot at fulfilling their ___19___. Get it wrong and they will live poorer, shorter lives, less able to stand up for themselves, more ___20___ to coercion (强迫，胁迫), and more likely to pass these disadvantages on to the next generation. So, get girlhood right.

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