上海市复旦大学附属中学2025-2026学年高三上学期期中英语试题（含答案）.pdfVIP

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高三年级英语学科期中考试试卷

I.Grammarandvocabulary

SectionA

Directions:Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammatically

correct.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheother

blanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.

Aretouchscreensincarsdangerous?

ItmightnothavebeenthefirsttohaveatouchscreenbutitwasTesla’sModelSthatsetthetrend.Foryears

almosteverynewcarsold____1____(come)withahigh-tech,futuristicscreen,whichcontrolseverythingfrom

theairconditioningtoevensafetyfeatureslikeautomaticlane-keeping.

Butaretouchscreenssafe?Thecaseagainstthemisstraightforward.Ifusingthescreenofasmartphonewhile

drivingisdistracting,andthereforedangerous,thendoinglikewisewithyourcar’s,____2____userequiressimilar

visualattention,isprobablyriskytoo.Driverscanlearnthelocationofphysicalcontrolsandpressbuttonswithout

takingtheireyes____3____theroad.Atouchscreenoffersnophysicalfeedback,makingthatmuchharder.And

becauseascreen____4____dodozensofjobs,findingaparticularsettingoftenmeanstappingthroughseveral

sub-menus.Theresult,saycritics,isadangerousdistraction____5____(build)intothecaritself.

Researchbacksthatup.In2022ViBilagare,aSwedishmotoringmagazine,measured____6____ittook

driverstodothingslikeswitchingtoanewradiostationorchangingthetemperature,whiledrivingat110

kilometresperhour.Whileadriverinanoldercarwithbuttonscouldperformtaskswithinabouttenseconds,the

sametasksusingmoderntouchscreenstookupto45seconds.

Safetyorganisationsarebeginningtonotice.FromJanuarynewrulesfromEuroNCAP,anorganisationthat

providessafetyratings,willmeannocarcangetafullfive-starscore____7____certaincrucialfunctionsare

controlledbyrealswitches.

Manydriversdisliketouchscreensforreasonsotherthansafety,findingthemincon