珍妮英语英语高考真题及高三模考系列2018-2019学年交大附中高三英语第一学期摸底考试卷I.Listening Comprehension(略)II.Grammar and Vocabulary(20分)Section ADirections:After reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make the passage 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 blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.(A)Space is a dangerous place,not only because of meteors(流星)but also because of rays from the sun and other stars.The atmosphere again acts(21)our protective blanket on earth.Light gets through,and this is essential for plants(22)(make)the food which we eat.Heat,too,makes our environment endurable. Various kinds of rays come through the air from outer space,but enormous quantities of radiation from the sun(23) (screen)off.As soon as men leave the atmosphere,they are exposed to this radiation but their spacesuit or the walls of their spacecraft,(24)they are inside,do prevent a lot of radiation damage.Radiation is(25)(great)known danger to explorers in space.The unit of radiation is called"rem". Scientists have reason to think that a man can put up with far more than0.1rem without(26)(damage); the figure of60rems has been agreed on.The trouble is(27)it is extremely difficult to be sure about radiation damage-a person may feel perfectly well,but the cells of his or her sex organs may be damaged,and this will not be discovered(28)the birth of deformed children or even grandchildren.Missions of the Apollo flights have had to cross belts of high radiation and,during the outward and return journeys,the Apollo crew accumulated(积累)a large amount of rems.So far,no dangerous amounts of radiation have been reported,but the Apollo missions have been quite short.We simply don't know yet(29)men are going to get on when they spent weeks and months outside the protection of the atmosphere,working in a space laboratory.Drugs might help to decrease the damage(30)(do)by radiation,but no really effective ones have been found so far.(B)Living JewelsBefore I went to the British Koi Keepers Annual Show,I didn’t understand(31)people could take fish so seriously.However,the more I learned about koi,the more interested I became.As one expert told me, "Collecting koi is far more addictive than you might think.They’re as beautiful as butterflies and very calming to watch."Freddie Mercury,the lead singer of Queen,would have agreed the pool in his specially-built Japanese garden was home to89koi,(32)cost up to$10,000each.At the show I met koi enthusiast Jean Kelly.“Koi are getting more and more expensive,”she told me.“One recently sold for$250,000.”I was shocked that's almost as much as I paid for my house.Well,that was a record,1

2018-2019学年交大附中高三英语第一学期摸底考试卷，含答案及解析