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　　上海延安中学2015学年第一学期开学摸底考
　　高三年级  英语试卷
　　（考试时间 120分钟， 满分150分）
　　II. Grammar and Vocabulary
　　Section A
　　Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanse one word that best fits each blank.
　　（A）
　　I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, when I was 13. My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to E1 Capitan, （25）______ huge rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew immediately I wanted to climb it. That (26) _______ (be) my life’s passion ever since--- climbing the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my home.
　　About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of waste, like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. It’s beyond me why visitors started respecting the place (27)________(little) and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.
　　I tried picking trash myself, but the job was too big. I would spend an hour or two on the job, only (28) _______ ( find ) the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so tired of it that I decided something had to change.
　　As a rock-climbing guide, I knew (29) ______about organizing any big event. But in 2004, together with some climbers, I set a date for a cleanup. On that day, more than 300 people showed up. Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to accomplish. I (30) _____ not believe the difference we made ---the park looked clean!
　　I often hear people (31) ________ (complain) about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by doing rather than complaining. We need to teach by example. You can’t blame others  (32)______ you start with yourself.
　　(B)
　　For those who are tired doing the laundry, Samsung has found an answer: a washing machine (33)_______can tell you when your laundry is done via a smartphone app(application).
　　Strange (34)_______it may seem - "my wife already does that" was a common response among attendees viewing the device when it （35）_________ (introduce) at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week - Samsung is just one of many appliance makers (36)_________ (race) to install (安装) a large number of internet-connected features in machines in an effort to make them "smart".
　　Last year, it was a refrigerator that tweeted. This year, it's Wi-Fi-enabled laundry machines and fridges (37)_________ can tell you when your groceries are going bad.
　　The washers and dryers, available starting in the spring, connect to any smartphone through a downloadable application. The phone can then be used as a remote control, so the machines can be turned on and off while their owners is at work or on the bus.
　　Samsung says it's not just something new - the app connection actually has some practical uses.
　　"If you started to dry clothes in the morning and forgot to take them out, you can go to your phone and restart your dryer (38)_______ the time when come home, (39)_______ _______ your clothes are refreshed and ready to go," said spokesperson Amy Schmidt.
　　Perhaps, but what they will probably really accomplish is (40)__________ all good technologies do –enable laziness. Rather than getting up to check on whether the laundry is done, users will instead monitor it on their phones while watching TV.
　　Section B
　　Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
　　A. energizing   B. contrary       C. valuable       D. upset       E. alternatively
　　F. schedule     G. recommended   H. available      I. development  J. structured
　　K. assist
　　Teachers always plan down to the minute what their students will be doing. This is good for kids, because it teaches them to stay on task and follow a ___41____. But most homes aren’t run this way. If parents do plan their children’s lives minute by minute, what happens when that child grows up and goes to college? At some point, kids need to learn to manage their own time. This can be one of the___42____ skills you help your kids develop outside of school. But it generally won’t happen all by itself, because there’s a big transition that happens when kids leave the ___43____ school environment and come home.
　　If you have kid stay alone at home, think hard about trying to find an adult who can be there and provide the support your child needs. If a supportive adult isn’t