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1、2016年“上外杯”上海市高中英语竞赛学校_____________________姓名__________________________准考证号_________________________________初赛试题考生注意：一、本卷共10页、77小题，满分100分。答卷时间90分钟。二、本卷所有题目均为选择题，请将所选答案用2B铅笔点涂在答题卡上。I.Grammar（15分）Directions:ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagestherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,Cand
2、D.Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.(A)NowhereinItaly____1____acrisismorebeautifullyframedthaninVenice.Neitherlandnorwater,thecityliftslikeamiragefromalagoonattheheadoftheAdriatic.Forcenturiesithasthreatenedtovanish____2____thewavesoftheacquaalta,therelen
3、tlesslyregularfloodingcausedbyrisingtidesandsinkingfoundations.But____3____istheleastofitsproblems.JustaskMayorMassimoCacciari,professorofphilosophy,fluentinGerman,Latin,AncientGreek.AskabouttheacquaaltaandVenice____4____,andhesays,“Sogogetboots.”Bootsarefineforwater,butuseless
4、againsttheflood____5____causesmoreconcernforVenetiansthananylagoonspillover:thefloodoftourism.NumberofVenetianresidentsin2007:60,000.Numberofvisitorsin2007:21million.1.A.isB.hasC.thereisD.isthere2.A.aboveB.beneathC.overD.in3.A.thatB.itC.thisD.here4.A.sunkB.beingsunkC.sinkingD.s
5、inks5.A.whatB.thatC.itD./(B)Ittookhumansthousandsofyearstoexploreourownplanet,andcenturies____6____(comprehend)ourneighboringplanets.Nowadays,newworlds____7____everyweek.Todate,astronomershaveidentifiedmorethan370“exoplanets”—worldsorbitingstars15otherthanthesun.Thereisa“hotSat
6、urn”260light-yearsfromEarththat____8____itsparentssorapidlythatayeartherelastslessthanthreedays.Circlinganotherstar150light-yearsoutisascorched“hotJupiter,”____9____upperatmosphereisbeingblastedofftoformagiganticcomet-liketail.Astronomershavefoundthreeplanetsorbitingapulsar—the
7、remainsofaoncemightystar____10____intoaspinningatomicnucleusthesizeofacity.Someworldshaveevidentlyfallenintotheirsuns.Others____11____outoftheirsystemstobecome“floaters”thatwanderineternaldarkness.Amongallthese,scientistsareeagertofindahintofthefamiliar:planetsresemblingEarth.T
8、hatis,planetsorbitingtheirstarsatjusttherightdistance—
