上海市上海大学附属中学2024-2025学年高三下学期3月阶段性诊断英语试题（含答案）.pdf

2024学年第二学期上大附中阶段性诊断

高三年级英语试卷

Ⅱ.GrammarandVocabulary

SectionA

Directions:Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagescoherentandgrammatically

correct.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheother

blanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.

HealthWarningasUKSwelters

PeopleacrosstheUKhaveenjoyedthesunshinethisweek,buttheyhavealsoadvisedtobecareful___1___a

heatwavehitsmuchofthecountry.

Aheatwaveisdefinedasaperiodofhotweatherwheretemperaturesarehigherthanisexpectedforthetime

ofyear.Theyusuallyhappeninsummer.

However,climatechange(long-termchangestoweatherpatterns,mostly___2___(cause)byhumanactivities

suchasburningfossilfuels,farmingandcuttingdownforests)isincreasingthechanceofheatwaveshappeningand

makingthemmoreextreme.Thecurrenthotweatheriseven___3___(much)extremeinsomeEuropeancountries-

temperaturesinsouthernSpainhavereached46℃.

Heatwavescanbeadangertopeople’shealth,especiallyforvulnerablegroupssuchastheelderly,childrenand

people___4___certainhealthconditions.However,anyone___5___sufferfromtheeffectsofextremeheat,

includingdehydration(nothavingenoughwater)andheatstroke(aconditioncausedbythebodyoverheating).A

groupofleadingUKscientists___6___(suggest)that,justasstormsaregivennames,weshouldnameheatwaves

inordertoraiseawarenessofthehealthrisks.

TheMetOffice,theUK’snationalweatherservice,hasissuedanamberwarning.Thismeansthereisthe

possibilityoftraveldelays,roadandrailclosures,powercutsandapotentialrisktopeople’shealth.Tempera