上海市2018届中考二模英语试题带听力含答案(2)

56. The actor who acted in the TV series last night became famous in his ______. (forty)

57. The _______ to Hainan Island has been cancelled because of the heavy snow. (fly)

58. It’s cold today. Please _______ the milk in the microwave oven before you drink. (hot)

59. O. Henry’s stories often have unexpected endings. They are_______ welcomed. (wide)

60. The farmer was very _______ to the doctor because he saved his wife’s life. (thank)

61. A good teacher can help you _______ your talents and develop them as well. (cover)

V. Complete the following sentences as required (根据所给要求完成句子。第62-67题每空格限填一词) (共14分)

62. Both Tina and Tom have already been to Shanghai Disneyland Park. (改为否定句)

_______ Tina_______ Tom has been to Shanghai Disneyland Park yet.

63. We can open the door of the safe with the key Tony gave us. (对划线部分提问)

_______ _______ you open the door of the safe?

64. The trip to France and Italy cost the old couple a lot. (改为反意疑问句)

The trip to France and Italy cost the old couple a lot, _______ _______?

65. More tourists prefer to visit European countries on their own these days. (保持句意基本不变)

More tourists _______ ______ visit European countries on their own these days.

66. What does Alice send to Ms Jones on her birthday every year? Could you tell me? (合并成一句)

Could you tell me _______ Alice_______ to Ms Jones on her birthday every year?

67. Farmers in that village grew different kinds of fruits for a living years ago. (改为被动语态)

Different kinds of fruits _______ _______ by farmers in that village for a living years ago.

68. the match, was excited, his team, when, won, the little boy. (连词成句)

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Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分读写)

VI. Reading comprehension (阅读理解) (共50分)

A.Choose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案) (12分)

New research has found the longest living animal on Earth with a backbone is a shark.

The research, published in Science Magazine, found the Greenland shark is the longest living animal with a backbone in the world. The gray-colored sharks live in the cold water of the Arctic and are named after Greenland, the world’s largest island. After examining one of these sharks, scientists decided it was born in the icy water about 400 years ago and died out recently.

An international team of biologists and physicists was able to estimate (估计) the ages of 28 dead female Greenland sharks by studying the lenses of their eyes. It is a new way to learn the age of an animal. Eight of the sharks were probably 200 years old or more, and could even have been 300 years old. That would make them older than some whales, which earlier were believed to have been the oldest animals at about 211 years old, according to the Associated Press.

This discovery also means that Greenland sharks can live more than three times longer than humans. Many people these days can expect to live into their eighties. African elephants average about 70 years. The oldest of the Greenland sharks the scientists studied was nearly 5 meters long. It was thought to have been 392 years old when it was caught four years ago. However, because the testing method is so new, it is not exact.

The study’s lead author is Julius Nielsen, a marine biologist from Denmark. He says the 392 number could have an error range of 120 years in either direction. That means the shark was probably born sometime between the years 1500 and 1740, with 1620 being the most likely.

'It's an estimate. It's not a determination,' Nielsen said. 'It is the best we can do.'

Even at the lowest age, the shark would have been 272 years old when it died and still would be the longest-living animal with a backbone, Nielsen said.

'I don't know why they get as old, but I hope someone will find out,' Nielsen said.

69. According to Science Magazine, the Greenland shark ________.

A) is the longest living animal on earth B) rarely lives in the cold water of the Arctic

C) is an animal with a backbone D) still lives in the icy water now

70. A new way to learn the age of a female animal is _______.

A) to estimate it by a biologist B) to examine its skin

C) to study the lenses of its eyes D) to discover the place of its birth

71. The discovery means if people live into eighties, the shark might live into _______ years old.

A) almost 200 B) less than 211

C) over 320 D) at least 450