2016年上海市高考英语冲刺模拟试卷之一.docxVIP

2016年上海市高考英语冲刺模拟试卷之一 Grammar and VocabularySection A （16’）(A)[来源:Zxxk.Com]My name is Clara.I still remember that chilly December day,sitting in science class.25 (finish) a worksheet early，I picked up a TIME for Kids magazine. A piece of news caught my eye:NASA was holding 26 essay contest to name its Mars rover(火星探测器).Before I even knew anything else about it,a single word flooded my 11-year-old mind,Curiosity.I couldn’t wait for the bell to ring so I could get started on my essay.That afternoon,I raced home,sat down at the computer,and typed 27 my fingers ached. “Curiosity is an everlasting flame that burns in everyone’s mind...”Five months later, my mom received a phone call,and immediately, a wide smile 28 (spread) across her face.On August 5,2012,at 10:31 p.m.,the rover named Curiosity touched down safely on the surface of Mars,and I 29 (honour) to have a front-row seat in NASA.Curiosity is such an important part of who I am.I have always been fascinated by the stars,the planets,the sky and the universe. I remember as a little girl,my grandmother and I 30 sit together in the backyard for hours.She’d tell me stories and point out the stars. Grandma lived in China,thousands of miles away from my home in Kansas,but the stars kept us together even when we were apart.They were always there, yet there was so much I didn’t know about 31_. That’s what I love so much about space.People often ask me why we go to faraway places like Mars. My answer is simple because we’re curious.We human beings do not just hole up in one place.We are constantly wondering and trying to find out 32 is over the hill and beyond the horizon.（B）Fear (33)______ be felt in the heart as well as in the head, according to a study that has found a link between the cycles of a beating heart and the chance of someone feeling fear.Tests on healthy volunteers found that they were more likely to feel a sense of fear at the moment when their hearts are contracting（收缩）and pumping bl