资源描述：
《上海市嘉定区2018届高三下学期教学质量调研(二模)英语试题(无听力)》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在应用文档-天天文库。
1、2018嘉定区高考英语二模2018.4II.GrammarandVocabularySectionAStephenHawking:Science’sBrightestStarHisfamilyreleasedastatementintheearlyhoursofWednesdaymorningconfirminghisdeathathishomeinCambridge.Hawking’schildren,Lucy,RobertandTim,saidinastatement:“Wearedeeplysa
2、ddenedthatourbelovedfatherpassedawaytoday.Hewasagreatscientistandanextraordinaryman(21)______workandlegacywillliveonformanyyears.”Forfellowscientistsandlovedones,itwasHawking’sintuitionandwickedsenseofhumor(22)______markedhimoutasmuchasthefierceintellec
3、tthat,coupledwithhisillness,cametosymbolize(23)______unboundedpossibilitiesofthehumanmind.HawkingwasdriventoWagner,butnotthebottle,whenhe(24)______(diagnose)withmotorneuronediseasein1963attheageof21.Doctorsexpectedhim(25)______(live)foronlytwomoreyears.
4、ButHawkinghadaformofthediseasethatprogressedmoreslowlythanusual.Hesurvivedformorethanhalfacentury.Hawkingonceestimatedheworkedonly1,000hoursduringhisthreeundergraduateyearsatOxford.Inhisfinals,hecameclose(26)______afirst-andsecond-classdegree.(27)______
5、(convince)thathewasseenasadifficultstudent,hetoldhisexaminersthatiftheygavehimafirsthewouldmovetoCambridgetopursuehisphD.Awardasecondandhethreatenedtostay.Theyoptedforafirst.Thosewholiveintheshadowofdeathareoftenthosewholivemost.ForHawking,theearlydiagn
6、osisofhisterminaldisease,and(28)______(witness)thedeathfromleukemiaofaboyheknewinhospital,arousedafreshsenseofpurpose.“(29)______therewasacloudhangingovermyfuture,Ifound,tomysurprise,thatIwasenjoyinglifeinthepresentmorethanbefore.Ibegantomakeprogresswit
7、hmyresearch,”heoncesaid.Takinguphiscareerinearnest,hedeclared:“Mygoalissimple.Itisacompleteunderstandingoftheuniverse,whyitis(30)______itisandwhyitexistsatall.”SectionBA.analysisB.usuallyC.assuresD.poursE.developmentF.necessaryG.cloudyH.absentI.cultivat
8、eJ.allowK.extremelyHeiskindlyTheothereveningatadancingclubayoungmanintroducedmetoMr.andMrs.F.ScottFitzgerald,andScottseemedtohavechangedalotfromthefirsttimeImethimatPrinceton,whenhewasaneagerundergraduatetryinghisbestto__31__hims
