2020年上海市浦东新区模范中学高三英语第二次联考试题及参考答案

2020年上海市浦东新区模范中学高三英语第二次联考试题及参考答案第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项
A
Last summer, Katie Steller pulled off the freeway on her way to work inMinneapolis. She stopped at a traffic light, where a man was sitting with a sign asking for help. She rolled down her window and shouted. “Hey. I’m driving around giving free haircuts. Do you want one right now?” The man laughed, then paused. “Actually,” he said, “I was really hoping to get a haircut.” Steller pulled out a red chair from her car and helped the man cut his hair immediately. After the work was done, the man looked in a mirror. “I look good!” he said.
Up to now, Steller has given 30 or so such haircuts around the city to people with little influence, and she is strongly aware of the power of her cleanup job.
As a teen, she suffered from a severe disease, causing her hair to get thinned, so her mother arranged for Steller’s first professional haircut. “To sit down and have somebody look at me and talk to me like a person and not just an illness, it helped me feel cared about and less alone,” she says. After that, Steller knew she wanted to have her own barbershop so she could help people feel the way she’d felt that day. Not long after finishing cosmetology (美容术) school in 2009, she began what she now calls her Red Chair Project, reaching out to people on the streets. Her aim was that by doing some kind acts, others would be inspired to spread their own.
“Part of what broke my heart was just how lonely peoplelooked,” she said. “I thought maybe I’d go around and ask if people want free haircuts. I can’t fix their problems, but maybe I can help them feel less alone for a moment.”
It all began with a belief in simple acts of kindness, such as a free haircut. “The way you show up in the world matters,” said Steller. “You have no idea what people are going to do with the kindness that you give them.”
1. How does the writer begin the passage?
A. By making a comparison.
B. By giving a reason.
C. By raising a question.
D. By describing a scene.
2. What made Stellar start the Red Chair Project?
A. Her mother’s love for her.
B. Her interest in cosmetology.
C. Her care for those in need.
D. Her wish to fight severe diseases.
3. What did Stellar expect from the project?
A. To spread kindness.
B. To solve social problems.
C. To deal with relationships.
D. To make people look smarter.
B
It is that time of year when people need to lock their cars. It’ s not because there are a lot of criminals running around stealing cars. Rather, it’ s because of the good-hearted neighbors who want to share their harvest. Especially with this year’s large crop, leaving a car unlocked in my neighborhood is an invitation for someone to stuff it full of zucchini(西葫芦).
My sister-in-law, Sharon, recently had a good year for tomatoes. She and her family had eaten and canned so many that they began to feel their skin turn slightly red. That ’ s when she decided it was time to share herblessings.She started calling everyone she knew. When that failed, she began to ask everyone in the neighborhood like a politician, eventually finding a neighbor delighted to have the tomatoes. “ Feel free to take whatever you want,”Sharontold her. She felt happy that she could help someone and that the food didn’t go to waste.
A few days later,Sharonanswered the door. There was the neighbor, holding some bread. The neighbor smiled pleasantly, “I want to thank you for all of the tomatoes, and I have to admit that I took a few other things and hope you wouldn’t mind.”
Sharoncouldn’t think of anything else in her garden that had been worth harvesting and said so. “Oh, but you did,” the neighbor said. “You had some of the prettiest zucchini I’ve ever seen.”
Sharonwas confused. Zucchini in her garden? They hadn’ t even planted any zucchini. But her neighbor insisted that there really were bright-green zucchini in her garden. The two of them walked together into the backyard. When the neighbor pointed at the long green vegetables,Sharonsmiled, “ Well, actually, those are cucumbers that we never harvested, because they got too big, soft and bitter for eating or canning.”
The neighbor looked atSharon, shock written all over her face. Then she smiled, and held out the bread that she had shared all over the neighborhood, “I brought you a loaf of cucumber bread. I hope you like it.”
4. Why does the author suggest that people in the neighborhood should lock their cars?
A. They might be stolen by thieves.
B. They might be moved away by the police.
C. Their neighbors might fill them with their harvest.
D. Their neighbors might throw rubbish in them.
5. What does the underlined word “blessings” in the second paragraph mean?
A. Tomatoes.
B. God’s protection.
C.Helpful things.
D. Best wishes.
6. What did the neighbor do inSharon’s garden?
A. She harvested tomatoes only.
B. She harvested zucchini by accident.
C. She took some cucumbers mistakenly.
D. She stole something withoutSharon’s permission.
7. We can infer from the article that the neighbor’s bread would taste________.
A. bitter but tasty
B. strange and bitter
C. hard and sour
D. soft and sweet
C
Preparations for the Tokyo Olympics have suffered another challenge after a survey found that 60% of people in Japan want them to be cancelled,less than three months before the Games are scheduled to open.
Japan has extended a state of emergency in Tokyo and several other regions until the end of May as it struggles to control a fast increase in COVID-19 cases caused by new, more catching variants（变异体）with medical staff warning that health services in some areas are on the edge of breaking down.
The Olympics, which were delayed by a year due to the pandemic, are set to open on 23 July, with the International Olympic Committee（IOC）and organizers insisting that measures will be put in place to ensure the safety of athletes and other visitors, as well as a nervous Japanese public.
The survey, conducted between 7 and 9 May by the conservative Yomiuri Shimbun, showed 60% wanted the Games cancelled as opposed to 39% who said they should be held. “Postponement” — an option abandoned by the IOC — was not offered as a choice.
Of those who said the Olympics should go ahead, 23% said they should take place without audience. Foreign audience have been banned but a final decision on native attendance will be made in June.
Another poll conducted at the weekend by TBS News found 65% wanted the Games cancelled or postponed again, with 37% voting to give up the event altogether and 28% calling for another delay. A similar poll in April conducted by Kyodo news agency found 70% wanted the Olympics cancelled or postponed.
The IOC's vice president, John Coates, said that while Japanese sentiment about the Games “was a concern”, he could foresee no situation under which the sporting events would not go ahead.
8. How many Japanese wish the Olympics would not be held in Tokyo according to the survey?
A. 60%.
B. 28%.
C. 37%.
D. 70%.
9. What should be put into consideration if the Olympics open?
A. The economic crisis.
B. The urban transport.
C. The safety of athletes.
D. The health condition of citizens.
10. What is some people's attitude towards foreign spectators in Paragraph 5?
A. Welcome.
B. Unfriendly.
C. Cold.
D. Unsupported.
11. What can we conclude from John Coates'words?
A. The Olympics will be stopped this year.
B. The Olympics will be put off.
C. The Olympics will be held normally.
D. The Olympics will take place in other place.
D
Imaginary friends in childhood refer to the invisible beings that a child gives a personality to and plays with for over three months.
Crabbycrab（蟹）appeared on a holiday in Norway by running out of my four-year-old son Fisher's ear after a night of tears from an earache. Like other childhood imaginary friends, Crabby should be a sign thatFisher's mind is growing and developing positively. Indeed, research shows that imaginary friends can help develop children's social skills.
Research has shown that the positive effects of having imaginary friends as a child continue into adulthood. Adolescents who remember their imaginary playmates have been found to use more activecoping（应对）styles, such as seeking advice from loved ones rather than bottle things up inside. Even adolescents with behavioral problems who had imaginary friends as children have been found to have better coping skills through the teenage years.
Scientists thinkthis could be because these teens have been able to adjust themselves to the social world with imagination rather than choose to be involved in relationships with more difficult classmates. It could also be because the imaginary friends help to reduce these adolescents,loneliness.
These teens are also more likely to seek out social connections -they tend to turn to others for advice. Current research by Tori Watson is taking this evidence and looking at how adolescents who have imaginary friends as children deal withbullying（欺凌）at school. It is found that teens who remember their imaginary friends are better at dealing with bullying.
While we know a lot about childhood imaginary friends such as Crabby Crab and the positive effects they can have, there is still a lot to learn about imaginary friends.
12. What is Crabby crab?
A. It is a crab Fisher caught inNorway.
B. It is Fisher's imaginary friend.
C. It is a toy Fisher like much.
D. It is a cause of earache.
13. Why do children with imaginary friends have better coping skills?
A. Imaginary friends help improve their adjustment.
B. Having imaginary friends makes them smarter.
C. They have rich imagination.
D. They are no longer alone.
14. What will a child with imaginary friends probably do if he is bullied?
A. Escape from the bully.
B. Fight with the bully bravely.
C. Keep silent about being bullied.
D. Ask a parent or a teacher for help.
15. What is the author's attitude towards the effect of imaginary friends?
A. Concerned.
B. Doubtful.
C. Optimistic.
D. Indifferent.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项In the early decades of the People’s Republic ofChinafounded in 1949, due to the underdeveloped transportation and communication system, it was hard for people living and working far away from their hometown to visit their families or stay in touchregularly. So to enable people to get together with their near and dear ones at least once a year,____16____.
It was decided that every year, a married couple could have family leave for 30 days to see each other____17____; if they lived together, they could have 20 days to visit their parents every four years.____18____. A regulation was issued in 1958 and the system was improved through more regulation in the early 1980s.
However, nowadays, thanks to the rapid development of transport and communication means, it’s much easier for people to either contact their dear ones frequently or visit them,____19____. Besides, as the family leave scheme covers only those who work in government departments and state-owned enterprises, it is increasingly being regarded as an outdated practice and a privilege enjoyed by a small group of people.
____20____. While this is backed by those who don’t have family leave, it is strongly opposed by those who do. Also, some say that the issue is not whether family leave should be canceled; insteadChina’s current holiday and leave system should be reformed in entirely.
A. they choose to live together
B. if they lived in different places
C. the family leave was introduced
D. no matter how far away they are
E. Single people could enjoy 20 days’ leave annually to visit their parents
F. There are suggestions that the system should be canceled to keep up with the times
G. For employees with children regular use of family leave was to increase life satisfaction.
第二部分语言运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项Both in their seventies, Tububatu and his wife Taoshengchagan live in a village near Badain Jaran,Inner Mongolia. They've been spending every day since they retired in 2002 fighting against____21____. Before Tububatu others had tried but____22____. He just wanted to make a difference. He started by____23____just 50 trees a year, but kept doubling his____24____to the point where he now plants thousands of trees a year.
The retired couple have been slowly growing their little desert forest at their own____25____. so that they live a very____26____life. Even though they mostly plant drought-resistant (抗旱的)types like sacsaoul trees and desert cistanche, they still make sure to____27____them at least once a day to make them grow____28____ Although they’ve been____29____by some neighbors who think their efforts are____30____to fail, they haven’t given up. Over the last 19 years, the couple have planted over 266 hectares of desert and have no____31____of stopping.
Besides____32____the spread of the desert, Tububatu is also making a living by planting, as the desert cistanche is a(n)____33____medicinal plant that can sell for up to 100 yuan per kilogram.
For nearly 20 years Tububatu and his wife have been working hard, and____34____they have planted over 70,000 trees,____35____more than I million yuan of their savings. The____36____conditions have weakened
their health and they look____37____than they actually are, but they refuse to____38____their battle against the desert.
The couple have received several____39____and honors from the government over the years, becoming a good____40____for all environmentalists.
21. A. pollution B. poverty C. sandstorm D. hunger
22. A. changed B. finished C. failed D. disappeared
23. A. growing B. buying C. borrowing D. protecting
24. A. ideas B. efforts C. dreams D. difficulties
25. A. expense B. risk C. time D. convenience
26. A. comfortable B. quiet C. happy D. simple
27. A. cut B. cover C. water D. replace
28. A. equally B. quickly C. naturally D. healthily
29. A. cheered up B. laughed at C. picked up D. taken in
30. A. ready B. sure C. early D. final
31. A. plans B. hopes C. chances D. ways
32. A. stressing B. improving C. slowing D. following
33. A. cheap B. ordinary C. useless D. popular
34. A. in the process B. on the other hand C. in other words D. on average
35. A. losing B. spending C. wasting D. collecting
36. A. special B. strange C. different D. terrible
37. A. taller B. dirtier C. thinner D. older
38. A. continue B. abandon C. start D. announce
39. A. cards B. letters C. prizes D. reviews
40. A. model B. role C. family D. lesson
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式
Between 139 and 126 BC, Zhang Qian traveled to Central Asia as a diplomat（外交家）for the Han emperor. As a result of his efforts, Chang'an became the starting place of the Silk Road, a network of trading routes that went all the way to the Roman Empire. People who traveled on the Silk Road___41.___(carry) more than just silk.
Merchants also used the Silk Road___42.___(bring) tea, spices, and Chinese inventions such as paper to Europe.___43.___return, Chinese received fruits and vegetables, some of___44.___were unknown in Asia before then, along with glass products and carpets.
___45.___, in many ways, Chang'an was the most powerful during the Tang Dynasty(618-907). During that time,___46.___had as many as one million people, and was in fact the___47.___(large) city in the world.
Meanwhile, Chang'an was also the center of Asia.___48.___(near) everything produced in the world could___49.___(find) on the streets of Chang'an. A large percentage of the population: merchants, students, artists, and diplomats, came from other____50.____(country), and the city served as the model for the design of the ancient capitals of Korea and Japan.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节短文改错（满分10分）
51.假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）,并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Lotus walked home from school on herself yet again. These days no one invited her to play. Ever since a winter illness has taken her left hand, the other kids treated her like strange creature. Lotus lived with her grandfather, a craftsman whose made beautiful baskets of wicker. Grandpa understood Lotus’s lonely. He invited her to go boat with him on the nearby lake.
“This lake used to be such alive”, Grandpa said, “Fish were jumped into the boat and birds sang in the sky. But now...” He looked around the deserted land and sighed, “it has been ruined by greed people who took over land where animals once lived.” Lotus blew a whistle making out of a reed. The sound showed a bit of sorrow.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.你校正在组织英语作文比赛，请你以“My favorite invention”为题，写一篇短文参赛，内容包括：
1．发明简介；
2．喜爱的原因。

注意：1．词数100左右；
2．短文题目和首句已为你写好。

My favorite invention
With the development of science and technology, many new inventions have come into our life.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________
参考答案
1. D
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. D
7. A
8. A 9. C 10. D 11. C
12. B 13. A 14. D 15. C
16. C 17. B 18. E 19. D 20. F
21. C 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. A 26. D 27. C 28. D 29. B 30. B 31. A 32.
C 33.
D 34. A 35. B 36. D 37. D 38. B 39. C 40. A
41. carried
42. to bring
43. In 44. which
45. However
46. it 47. largest
48. Nearly 49. be found
50. countries
51.(1). on→by
(2). has→had
(3). strange 前加a
(4). whose→ who/that
(5).lonely→ loneliness
(6). boat→boating
(7).such→so
(8). were jumped 删去were
(9). greed→greedy
(10). making→made
52.略。