Section B
Direction: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.Note that there is one word more than you need.
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从方框里选择合适的词语的适当形式填空。
A.qualifying B.difficult C.distant D.disappointment E.crash AB. undeniable AC.memory AD.scoring AE.sour BC.make BD.work
Germany Crashes Out of World Cup
___6___the test began on each of the three Saturdays, the students filled out a questionnaire that asked them about their fatigue level, mood and confidence. They completed the questionnaire again at a break in the middle of the test and once more at the end. Together, all of these provided a sort of fever chart of the students’ energy and anxiety___7___the experience.
The study was conducted by psychology professors Phillip Ackerman and Ruth Kanfer. They recruited 239 college freshmen, each___2___(agree) to take three different versions of the SAT reasoning test___3___(give) on three consecutive Saturday mornings. The tests would take three-and-a-half hours, four-and-a-half hours and five-and-a-half-hours, and would be administered in a students.___4___(boost) the stress level in the students – who had already taken the SAT in the past and gotten into college – Ackerman and Kanfer offered a cash bonus to any volunteers who___5___(beat) their high-school score.
上海中学高三英语上9月测试
II.Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions:Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word,fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks,fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.
Germany became the latest defending champion to crash out of the World Cup at the first hurdle, part of atrend but definitely not part of the plan when Germany arrived here.
Of the many factors that contribute to poor performance on standardized tests like the SAT, nerves and exhaustion, surprisingly,___1___not rank very high. In fact, according to a new paper published inJournal of Experimental Psychology, a little anxiety – not to mention fatigue – might actually be a very good thing.
When the researchers scored the results, it came as no surprise that volunteers’ fatigue and stress rose steadily___8___the test got longer.___9___was unexpected was their corresponding performance: as the length of the test increased, so___10___the students’ scores. The average score on the three-and-a-half-hour test was 1209 out of 1600. On the four-and-a-half-hour version it was 1222; on the five-and-a-half-hour test it was 1237.