2012届上海高考模拟试题

polluted habitats, and changes in global climate brought about by the greenhouse gases are all results of human activities.

It can be for an individual to recognize the effects that humans have had on specific species. It is also hard to identify or predict human effects on individual species and habitats, especially during a human lifetime. it is quite obvious that human activities have greatly contributed to species endangerment. are thick and healthy, they are actually highly susceptible (易受影响的) to destruction only because of the soils in which they grow nutrients (营养). It may take centuries to re-grow a forest that was cut down by humans or destroyed by fire, and many of the world’s severely threatened animals and plants live in these forests. If the present rate of forest continues, huge quantities of plant and animal species will disappear.

50. A. theme B. project

51. A. performed B. taken C. issue C. held D. experiment D. made

52. A. social B. human C. residential D. natural

53. A. protected B. neglected C. damaged D. created

54. A. anxiety B. improvement C. impact D. burden

55. A. react B. move C. flee D. survive

56. A. effective B. practical C. normal D. primary

57. A. activities B. behaviors C. greed D. achievement

58. A. appreciation B. protection C. extinction D. existence

59. A. escaped B. leaked C. relieved D. released

60. A. reasonable B. difficult C. possible D. natural

61. A. Because

62. A. In short B. And C. But D. So B. By contrast C. As a result D. For example

63. A. lacking B. containing C. absorbing D. destroying

64. A. growth B. loss C. extension D. planting

Section B

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

(A)

Some say everyday miracles are predestined (注定的)---- All that’s necessary is readiness, the right circumstance for the appointed meeting. And it can happen anywhere.

In 1999, 11-year-old Kevin Stephan was a bat boy for his younger brother's Little League team in Lancaster, New York. It was an early evening in late July. Kevin was standing on the grass away from the plate, where another youngster was warming up for the next game. Swinging his bat back and forth, and giving it all the power an elementary school kid could give, the boy brought the bat back hard and hit Kevin in the chest. His heart stopped.

When Kevin fell to the ground, the mother of one of the players rushed out of the stands to