上海市七宝中学2024_2025学年高三上学期第一次月考英语试题.docxVIP

2024-2025学年七宝中学高三上英语第一次月考

II.GrammarandVocabulary

SectionA

Directions:Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagescoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.

Mostofthepeoplewhoappearmostoftenandmostgloriouslyinthehistorybooksaregreatconquerorsandgeneralsandsoldiers,whilethepeople21(help)civilizationforwardareoftennevermentionedatall.Wedonotknowwhofirstsetabrokenleg,orlaunchedaseaworthyboatorcalculatedthelengthoftheyear,ormanured(施肥)afield;butweknowallaboutthekillersanddestroyers.

Peoplethinkagreatdealofthem,somuchthatonallthehighestpillars(纪念柱)inthegreatcitiesoftheworldyouwillfindthefigureofaconquerororageneralorasolider.AndIthinkmostpeoplebelievethatthegreatestcountriesare22thathavebeateninbattlethegreatestnumberofothercountriesandruledoverthemasconquerors.Itisjustpossibletheyare,buttheyarenot23(civilized).Animalsfight;so24savages(野蛮人);sotobegoodatfightingistobegoodinthewayinwhichananimalorasavageisgood,butitisnottobecivilized.Evenbeinggoodatgettingotherpeopletofightforyouandtellingthemhowtodoitmostefficiently--this,afterall,is25conquerorsandgeneralshavedone--isnotbeingcivilized.Peoplefight26(settle)quarrels.Fightingmeanskilling,andcivilizedpeoplesoughttobeabletofindsomewaysofsettlingtheirdisputesotherthanbyseeingwhichside27killoffgreaternumberoftheotherside,andthensayingthatthesidewhichhaskilledmost28(win).Itmeans29(say)thatpowerisright.

Thisiswhatthestoryofmankindhasonthewholebeenlike.Evenourownagehasfoughtthetwogreatestwars,30millionsofpeoplewerekilledordisabled.Andwhiletodayit