2023届上海市七宝高中高三最后一卷英语试卷含解析

2023高考英语模拟试卷
考生须知：
1．全卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，全部在答题纸上作答。

选择题必须用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题的答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔写在“答题纸”相应位置上。

2．请用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔在“答题纸”上先填写姓名和准考证号。

3．保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。

第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．—You were not listening；what troubled you?
—I my coming math exam．
A．am thinking about B．was thinking about C．had thought about D．will think about
2．The U.S. official said North Korea --- and Iran --- should follow in the steps of Libya, which last December said it would work__________ to allow international weapons inspectors to do their work.
A．unconditionally B．unwillingly C．unfortunately D．uncomfortably
3．________ a bike, she cycled home.
A．Bought B．To buy C．Being bought D．Having bought
4．语音知识（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。

1. anything A．many B．magazine C．manage D．match
2. achieved A．practiced B．marked C．operated D．damaged
3. dealt A. deal B．great C．meant D．leader
4. seize A．either B. receive C. eight D. height
5. youth A．thus B．breakthrough C．gather D．although
5．The government has taken some measures to solve the shortage of electricity, but it will be some time_________ the situation improves.
A．since B．when
C．unless D．before
6．It’s certainly hard work.But, a man who wishes to have a career has to make a great many sacrifices.
A．on the contrary B．in addition C．on the other hand D．in that case
7．Mr. White, who ________ in Shanghai for seven years, is a manager of a company in Beijing.
A．was working B．worked
C．had worked D．has worked
8．---They are quiet, aren’t they?
---yes. They are accustomed ____at meals.
A．to talking B．to not talking C．to not talk D．to talk
9．—Let’s go to the cinema this Sunday morning.
—I’d love to，but I ________ as a volunteer in my community then.
A．will work B．have worked
C．will be working D．was working
10．Mary seems ________ the bad news, for she looks nice and happy.
A．not to have learned B．not to be hearing
C．not having learned D．not to be heard
11．I ____ about what you’ve said and I’ve decided to take your advice．
A．thought B．have been thinking
C．was thinking D．was thinking
12．If he ____hard, he would have passed the exam.
A．were to work B．had worked
C．should work D．was to work
13．—The lecture about 3D technology was very interesting.
—It’s a pity. How I wish I ________ time to attend it.
A．had B．have C．had had D．have had
14．Although everything seems to have been taken into consideration, ________ accident can happen when the astronauts walk in ________ space.
A．/; the B．an; the C．the; the D．an; /
15．— BoB．could I use your computer this evening?
—Sorry. I a report on it then.
A．will be writing B．have been writing
C．have written D．will have written
16．My new job _______ my travelling all over the c ountry, which means I won’t be able to spend much time with my family.
A．takes B．promises C．involves D．causes
17．Sometimes smiles around the world ___________ be false, hiding other feelings like anger, fear or worry.
A．can B．would
C．should D．must
18．That Was the first time she alone at home during the weekends，bored to death．
A．has left B．has been left C．had left D．had been left
19．The success of “one country, two systems” in practice has been universally ________, and this policy continues to go strong.
A．acknowledged B．appreciated
C．accomplished D．accompanied
20．If you want to lead a happy life, you’d better learn to accept life ______ it is.
A．as B．that
C．which D．where
第二部分阅读理解（满分40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。

21．（6分）Living in a culture that is different from your own can be both an exciting and challenging experience. The following are 6 cultural differences between China and the USA to help promoting mutual understanding.
Money
As is well known, the Chinese are conservative when they are planning to spend money, but far fewer American families are saving money for emergencies and education than their Chinese counterparts (对等的人)..
Privacy
Chinese people do not have the same concept of privacy as American do. They talk about topic such as ages, income or marital (婚姻的) status, which Americans think is annoying and disturbing.
Family
In China, elders are traditionally treated with great respect while young are cared for. In America, the goal of the family is to encourage independence, particularly that of the children. Unlike the Chinese, older Americans seldom live with their children.
Friends
Chinese people have different meanings to define friends. Just hanging out together time to time is not friendship. Friendship means lifelong friends who feel it deeply necessary to give each other whatever help might seem required. Americans always call people they meet friends, so the definition of friends is general and different. There are work friends, playing friends, school friends and drinking friends.
Education
Chinese people value education and career more than Americans, who in turn attach more great importance to good character and faith, which they think are of great value in their life.
________
Basically China values the communi ty and the USA values the individual. If you achieve something in the USA, it’s because you are great. While in China, if you achieve something, it’s because the team, or family, or company is great. Everything you do gets owed to the greater whole, while in American individual achievements are celebrated.
1、What can be inferred from the passage?
A．Americans lay more stress on faith and good personality.
B．Americans think much of the individual and the community.
C．Americans are mean with money to spend while Chinese are not.
D．Americans define friendship almost the same.
2、Which of the following can best describe the last difference?
A．Achievements B．Individual
C．Team VS Individual D．Teamwork
3、What is the purpose of writing the passage?
A．To promote friendship between China and the USA．
B．To help Chinese live well in the USA．
C．To have a complete understanding of the USA．
D．To introduce the cultural differences between China and the USA
22．（8分）Almost none of us have the time to read everything we’d like to read. Y et we lose countless hours to daily activities that bring us little joy like taking buses and waiting in line. What if we could turn these little blocks of unoccupied time into precious and rewarding moments for learning and reflection?
Founded in 2012, iReader, a micro-learning app on mobile phones, brings the biggest ideas from best-selling books through 15-minute audio (音频) and text. So far, more than 3,000 books have been included, ranging from psychology and parenting to management and economics, with new titles added every day.
Reader is pioneering a new method of reading, with over 9 million users enjoying the benefits already. According to the Pew Research Center (PRC), the British read just 4 paper books a year and over 25% haven’t read a single paper book this year, but reading isn’t dying. There are now more ways for the British to read than ever before, due to the widespread use of e-books and audio books.
The books in iReader are rewritten to ensure it is easy to remember the main content. The way the content is edited has been specifically designed to ensure it is useful in practice. Besides, the content is rewritten with relevant examples in real life, which means users are more likely to remember and apply what is helpful to them.
Holger Seim, German co-founder of this app, declares, “iReader gives you the biggest ideas in the shortest possible time. It transforms great ideas into little packs you can listen to or read in just 15 minutes.”
1、What does the author suggest people do in the unoccupied time?
A．Read and think.
B．Write and share.
C．Avoid taking buses.
D．Bring joy to daily routines.
2、What can we infer from the PRC findings?
A．The British benefit a lot from reading.
B．Reading methods are more important than before.
C．Digital technology are taking the place of paper books.
D．New forms of books are changing the way the British read.
3、How does iReader make the content easy to remember?
A．By bringing fun to it.
B．By making it useful.
C．By using artistic designs.
D．By taking users as examples.
4、What is the best title for the text?
A．iReader Prevents Reading from Dying
B．iReader Unites Worldwide Book-lovers
C．iReader: The Best New App Creation
D．iReader: Big Ideas in Small Packages
23．（8分）The orderly came back in a few minutes with a rifle（步枪）and some Burmans. He told us that the elephant was in the rice fields below, only a few hundred yards away. As I started forward practically the whole population of the quarter flocked out of the houses and followed me. They had seen the rifle and were all shouting that I was going to shoot the elephant. It was fun to them, as it would be to an English crowd; besides, they wanted the meat. It made me a little uneasy. I had no intention of shooting the elephant—I had merely sent for the rifle to defend myself—and it is always uneasy to have a crowd following you. I marched down the hill, looking and feeling a fool, with the rifle over my shoulder and an ever-growing army of people knocking and pushing at my heels. Beyond the huts there was a rice field a thousand yards across, muddy from the first rains. The elephant was standing eight yards from the road. He took not the slightest notice of the crowd. He was tearing up bunches of grass, beating them against his knees to clean them and feeding them into his mouth.
As soon as I saw the elephant I knew with perfect certainty that I ought not to shoot him. It is a serious matter to shoot a working elephant — it is comparable to destroying a huge and costly piece of machinery. There, peacefully eating, the elephant looked no more dangerous than a cow. I thought then and I think now that his attack of “must” was already passing off, in which case he would merely wander harmlessly about. Moreover, I did not in the least want to shoot him. But at that moment I glanced round at the crowd that had followed me. It was an immense crowd, two thousand at the least and growing every minute. I looked at the sea of the faces above the colorful clothes—faces all happy and excited over this bit of fun, all certain that the elephant was going to be shot. They were watching me as they would watch a magician about to perform a trick. They did not like me. But with the magical rifle in my hands I was momentarily
worth watching. And suddenly I realized that I should have to shoot the elephant after all. The people expected it of me and I had got to do it; I could feel their two thousand wills pressing me forward. And it was at this moment that I first felt the hollowness, the uselessness of the white man's control in the East. Here was I, standing in front of the unarmed crowd—seemingly the leading actor; but in reality only a puppet (傀儡). I understood in this moment that when the white man turns ruler of complete power it is his own freedom that he destroys.
1、The people were glad to think the elephant was to be shot mainly because ______.
A．it had damaged their homes and crops
B．it would provide them with meat
C．it would make them feel entertained
D．it was spoiling their rice fields
2、When the writer saw the elephant he felt .
A．foolish B．afraid C．pitiful D．confident
3、The writer realized that he had to shoot the elephant because .
A．shooting elephants is a serious problem
B．everybody expected it of him
C．he did not wish to disappoint the rulers
D．he had to show how guns are fired
4、What does the writer intend to tells us when he tells the story?
A．Leading actors are sometimes foolish puppets.
B．Government for white people are useless.
C．Power can sometimes turn people imprisoned.
D．Unarmed crowds are in control of everything.
24．（8分）Have you ever noticed that after about 6 months your perfectly new 1，000 dollar smartphone begins to slow down? What if I told you that it’s a sales strategy that pretty much all phone companies use to force people into buying new phones?
In late 2015，when Lisa Young was in charge of iOS security and beta software testing teams，her boss revealed a dark secret to her，saying that they were using a new strategy that would purposely slow down older phones every time the phone would upgrade to the latest opera ting system. This new method would force customers to buy the latest phone model，increasing sales by 70％.
She was a little disturbed to hear the news，but she just kept her head down and continued to do her job. After a while，the g uilt of being involved with such a shady sales model started to weigh heavy on her. “How could a
multi—billion dollar corporation continue to take advantage of the public like this?” she thought. In March of 2017，she contacted a reporter from CNN to finally leak the information concerning Apple slowing down phones.
The scandal(丑闻)went viral overnight，and every media outlet in the world，in every language was talking about it，making it one of the biggest controversies in consumer electronics history. A week later，she was secretly let go after her 8 years of service. Although she was taking a huge risk going against one of the most powerful corporations in the world，she felt a sense of relief exposing them. The public deserved to know and the fear became her motivation to find a way to destroy their shady sales model.
Several of her colleagues were fired with her. They quietly united，and after a year of extensive research they designed a unique product called Circa Charge that would reverse the negative effects of “software updates.” Phone companies have recently caught wind of their overnight success with CircaCharge and are trying to do everything they can to make this product illegal and ban it forever. Lisa and her team have ma de unbelievable progress in increasing battery life，battery health，and optimizing phone performance，and they will continue to develop new technology that will beat phone companies at their own game until they change their ways.
1、What can we learn about the new method mentioned in paragraph 2?
A．It is essential in the 1atest operating system.
B．It benefits users in upgrading their old phone.
C．It fool s customers into buying the latest model on purpose.
D．It is a successful sales strategy for advertising new soft wares.
2、What does the u nderlined phrase “kept her head down” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A．Lowered her head.
B．Nodded to show approval.
C．Pretended to know something.
D．Tried not to show she knows something.
3、How did Lisa Y oung feel after leaking the secret?
A．Disturbed. B．Relieved. C．Frightened. D．Disappointed.
4、From the passage，we know______________.
A．it's too tough for Lisa and her team to increase battery life
B．CircaCharge helps phone companies with software updates
C．Lisa struggles to force phone companies to change their current ways
D．phone companies find it essential to ban their illegal software for updating
25．（10分） A new study has shown how computers and robots powered by artificial intelligence can read
human eye movements to "read" human personalities.
The eyes, they say, are the windows to the soul. And if that is true, computers and robots powered by sophisticated （复杂的）artificial intelligence algorithms（算法）may soon have the ability to peer into your soul. That is the result of a new study on the connection between eye movements and personality, conducted by neuroscience researchers based at the University of South Australia and Published in the scientific Journal Frontiers in Neuroscience.
"Eye movements during an everyday task predict aspects of our personality," wrote the researchers, led by University of South Australia neuroscientist Tobias Loetscher, whose team follows 42 study subjects around the university campus recording their eye movements, then determines their personality traits（特点）with "well-established questionnaires" for determining personality type, according to a summary of the study published by the site Science Daily.
The researchers fed the data into their Al algorithms and found that computers running the algorithms were able to record human eye movements and immediately determine a person's major personality traits, such as "neuroticism, extraversion（外向），agreeableness, conscientiousness, as well as perceptual（感知的）curiosity", the scientists wrote.
"The new findings could improve the way human beings interact with their computers and other high-tech devices, even robots, allowing for more natural and realistic social interactions with machines," Loetscher said.
"People are always looking for improved, personalized services. Today's robots and computers are not socially aware so they cannot adapt to non-verbal information," Loetscher said in a statement quoted by Indian Express. This research provides opportunities to develop robots and computers so that they can become more natural, and better at interpreting human social signals."
The study revealed previously undiscovered relations between specific personality characteristics and specific eye movement tendencies, according to a summary in Britain's Daily Mail newspaper.
1、What do the underlined words "peer into" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A．understand B．stare at
C．search for D．concern about
2、How did the researchers conduct the research?
A．It was carried out in a lab.
B．42 subjects' eye movements were recorded.
C．The students' daily movements were tracked.
D．Its subjects' personalities were determined by computer.
3、According to Tobias Loetscher, what can we know?
A．Robots and computers are socially conscious.
B．People care less about improved, personalized services.
C．Today's robots and computers can accustom to non-verbal information.
D．The discovery will improve the interaction between human beings and machines.
4、What can be a suitable title for the text?
A．Human Personality Traits
B．What Human Eye Movements Are
C．Tell Personalities by Eye Movements.
D．How Humans and Machines Interact
第三部分语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．
26．（30分）“I just think, a year ago, at 54 years of age, I couldn't swim. I was terrified at the thought of going into the water. Now, I have just 1 my 200 meters. It feels like a 2 , and it is all thanks to Everyday Swim”.
It's never too late to learn swimming. Angela King, 55, is a perfect 3 of it. For years, she had to 4
sitting on the side of a pool watching her family splash(拍水)around. Then in August 2016, the family went to an attraction they hadn’t 5 for 15 years. Angela thought, “All this time, I still can't 6 . When I get back home tomorrow, I’m going to find out more about swimming 7 .
In the cold light of day, she felt a little 8 ,but her husband David searched the Internet for swimming classes. He found Everyday Swim at the local Haleigh pool and 9 Angela to sign up. When she turned up for her first training, she says, "I felt a bit sick and 10 , but this soon passed. The instructor 11 put me at ease, as did the other people in the class. They were all shapes and sizes, 12 they were all feeling like me.”
As the lessons 13 , she learned to become more 14 in the water. At first, it was a simple 15 of learning she wasn’t going to sink. Then during the third lesson, the Olympic gold medal winner Duncan Goodhew turned up to offer 16 . “I couldn’t believe it. He held my hand and we all held hands in a ci rcle and splashed under the water. What he did made me believe that I could 17 it.”
When the 10 lessons for ￡100 offer finished at the pool, she 18 to sign up for lessons. In fact, from
initially(开始) being 19 of the water, Angela was now becoming a regular swimmer and 20 some certificates along the way.
1、A．undertook B．won C．completed D．challenged
2、A．dream B．game C．show D．suffer
3、A．founder B．success C．example D．pioneer
4、A．settle for B．give up C．turn in D．look out
5、A．visited B．searched C．passed D．covered
6、A．believe B．swim C．learn D．forget
7、A．hours B．lessons C．places D．problems
8、A．calm B．frightened C．grateful D．hesitant
9、A．reminded B．allowed C．forced D．encouraged
10、A．strange B．worried C．desperate D．disappointed
11、A．only B．nearly C．hardly D．really
12、A．for B．so C．and D．though
13、A．progressed B．finished C．improved D．began
14、A．energetic B．attractive C．confident D．outstanding
15、A．matter B．act C．symbol D．sign
16、A．prize B．support C．strength D．safety
17、A．try B．take C．get D．make
18、A．helped B．joined C．began D．continued
19、A．fond B．curious C．scared D．doubtful
20、A．picking B．collecting C．accepting D．registering
第二节（每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

27．（15分）语法填空
Christmas is the most important festival in the western world. It 1．(fall) on December 25th. When my mother and I stayed in America, we 2．(invite) by one of my mother’s friends to observe Christmas with an American family. We bought some 3．(present) for our American friends on our way 4．their house.
They had prepared different kinds of gifts for their family and guests when we got to their house, such as Christmas candles, cakes, cards, little toys, biscuits and so on. A Christmas tree was placed in 5．corner of the brilliant hall. 6．beautiful it was! We were impressed by these. We had a big meal. After dinner, they told us some interesting stories about Christmas.
We learned that Christmas had something to do with Jesus. We went to bed at midnight.
Although we knew the Santa Claus was not true, we were still 7．(wait) for the Santa Claus 8．(bring) us presents. And we received many beautiful presents the next morning.
This Christmas was really 9．(forgettable). Not only 10．(do) I have a good time, but also I knew something about foreign culture.
第四部分写作（共两节）第一节短文改错（满分10分）
28．（10分）假如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:
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起) 不计分。

:
I am an 18-year-old middle school student. I have been busy with my study and seldom helped my parents in the housework. Felt quite sorry for that, I began to think about how to do to help. Last Sunday, when my parents went out shopping, I suddenly got an idea: why not to give the rooms a thorough cleaning? Firstly I collected all the books, newspapers and another things scattered in the rooms and put them in place. Then I wiped the dust of all the furnitures. After that, I sweep and mopped the floors.
At this very moment, my parents came back and were quite surprise to see all the rooms tidily and floors shining. My mother gave me hug. Tired as I was, I never felt so happy.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
29．（25分）假设你是李华，Harry是你的美国笔友。

在来信中谈到他学校的图书馆。

你常常去你校的图书馆。

于是你回信向他介绍这个图书馆。

内容包括：
1. 图书馆的建筑简介（如：面积、层高、位置等）
2. 藏书册数及图书种类。

3. 服务项目：图书的借阅；教师及学生阅览室。

注意：
1. 信的开头已为你写好；
2. 词数100左右。

3. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Harry,
How are things going with you? Talking about libraries, I would like to introduce to you about our school library. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________
Best wishes,
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1、B
2、A
3、D
4、ADCBB
5、D
6、C
7、B
8、B
9、C
10、A
11、B
12、B
13、C
14、D
15、A
16、C
17、A
18、D
19、A
20、A
第二部分阅读理解（满分40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。

21、1、A
2、C
3、D
22、1、A
2、D
3、B
4、D
23、1、C
2、C
3、B
4、C
24、1、C
2、D
3、B
4、C
25、1、A
2、B
3、D
4、C
第三部分语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．
26、1、C
2、A
3、C
4、A
5、A
6、B
7、B
8、D
9、D
10、B
11、D
12、C
13、A
14、C
15、A
16、B
17、D
18、D
19、C
20、B
第二节（每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

27、1．falls
2．were invited
3．presents
4．to
5．the
6．How
7．waiting
8．to bring
9．unforgettable
10．did
第四部分写作（共两节）第一节短文改错（满分10分）
28、1. in改为with
2. Felt改为Feeling
3. how改为what
4. to give去掉to
5. another改为other
6. furnitures改为furniture
7. sweep改为swept
8. surprise改为surprised
9. tidily改为tidy
10. hug前加a
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
29、Dear Harry,
How are things going with you? Talking about libraries, I would like to introduce to you bout our school library. The library, which is surrounded with many big trees, is located in the south of our school. It is a two-storyed building, covering an area of 5,000 square metres. There is a collection of more than 500,000 copies of books, including books of different subjects, such as maths, history, chemistry, geography, physics and son on. Among these books, most of them are in Chinese, however, one-third of them are in English, which is of great help to our English learning. With so many books, it is easy for us to find what we need and borrow them. The service of borrowing books is provided every day except on holidays. Besides, there are two big reading rooms in the library, one for students, the other for teachers.
Best wishes.
Yours
Li Hua。