2019-2020学年闵行区莘庄中学高三英语一模试卷及答案

2019-2020学年闵行区莘庄中学高三英语一模试卷及答案
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
March means spring inSt. Louis. The city hosts plenty of events — both indoor and outdoor — that make March a perfect crowd-free month to visit. You may even want to plan your trip around it.
See the Butterflies at Morpho Mardi Gras
PHONE +1314-577-0888
In the Butterfly House inFaustPark, thousands of bright blue butterflies are on display. These butterflies — types found mostly in South America, Mexico, and Central America — include over 29 different species and 147 subspecies(亚种）, making the venue a wonderful place for kids, as they can learn about the critical role butterflies play in nature.
Enjoy March Madness with Arch Madness
PHONE +1314-622-5400
March is the best time of the year for basketball fans. The action inSt. Louisbegins with March Madness, the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. Games take place during the first week in March at theScottradeCenter.
Catch a Fabulous Fox Theatre Broadway Show
PHONE +1314-534-1111
Each month, the Fabulous Fox Theatre hosts a variety of touring Broadway shows. And while tickets are slightly cheaper than that inNew York City, the quality of the performances doesn’t lack one bit. Check the schedule and buy tickets ahead of time, as the shows generally fill the venue.
Celebrate World Eagle Day at the World Bird Sanctuary
PHONE +1636-225-4390
World Eagle Day is celebrated with live eagle presentations, educational activities and games. Learn aboutAmerica’s national symbol, as well as other foreign species. Get your photo taken with your favorite bird or adopt an eagle.
1. Which of the following is attractive to kids?
A. Seeing the Butterflies at Morpho Mardi Gras.
B. Enjoying March Madness with Arch Madness.
C. Catching a Fabulous Fox Theatre Broadway Show.
D. Celebrating World Eagle Day at the World Bird Sanctuary.
2. If you are a basketball fan, you can call________.
A. +1314-577-0888
B. +1314-622-5400
C. +1314-534-1111
D. +1636-225-4390
3. Why does the author recommend the Fabulous Fox Theatre?
A. It is one of the branches of Broadway.
B. It isnot far away fromNew York City.
C. It doesn't charge the audience for tickets.
D. It provides wonderful shows with cheaper tickets.
B
The Rise of Voice Technology
Voice technology has come a long way. Just a few years ago, it would have been unusable. But now, those who follow the technology know that it has got considerably better.
Writing with your voice raises several interesting questions. How difficult is it actually? Human speech involves a lot more starting and stopping with errors and the need for repairing broken sentences than you may think. Even gifted speakers make mistakes. To turn the spoken word into reasonable writing requires lots of planning. You’ll need some kinds of notes or other organisers to make it work.
Another question turning speech into writing raises is the style. How would writing make the change that people speak their writing rather than type? Chances are that it would come up with many more short sentences and more concrete language, which is good. It would probably also rely on prepared phrases a lot more often, which is not available when you are speaking quickly.
To confirm this, a column was not written, but dictated (听写). It was composed from brief notes written down for structure only, and it was edited for length, with all of the original errors kept in. Here were the results. The first was that the literal accuracy was extremely high. There weren’t many cases wherethe software had heard one word incorrectly and written down another. But the other result was that the readability of this column was rather bad. Obviously, the blame is not with the technology at all, which turns out to be rather good. Speaking into writing relies on a better human brain than the one we currently possess. Writing is hard. There’s a reason it can’t be done at the speed of speech, in real time.
To clarify the matter, this time paragraph breaks were added after the whole writing. Punctuations (标点) had
to be spoken aloud, and after a full stop, the first word in the new sentence was capitalized automatically. Some minor punctuation marks were added to make it clearer. To improve accuracy, people “trained” the software beforehand, reading a prewritten passage aloud. Actually it turns out to be more effective. All of these ensure the satisfactory completion of turning speech into writing.
Language is the most important tool for human interaction, and voice is one beautiful part of language. With the maturity of modern technology, it has given birth to a great change in the human-computer voice interaction.
4. According to the passage, which helps to turn speech into writing in terms of style?
A. There is careful planning in advance.
B. Errors and broken sentences are avoided.
C. People type words as fast as they say them.
D. The writing contains more prepared phrases.
5. To achieve better results, the author mentions some changes for ______.
A. processing errors in a column.
B. adding minor punctuation marks.
C. increasing the number of brief notes.
D. integrating short paragraphs in writing.
6. The author suggests that ______.
A. human brains are responsible for poor dictated writing.
B. writing with voice promises to improve the quality of writing.
C. writing is an unnatural act that can hardly be learned and improved.
D. technology has a long way to go in the human-computer voice interaction.
7. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Why people fully intend to turn speech into writing.
B. What role voice technology plays in improving readability.
C. Where the human-computer voice interaction is at an advantage.
D. How voice technology enables the change from speech into writing.
C
Flying someone one-way fromLondontoNew Yorkproduces nearly a ton ofcarbon dioxide or CO2. That's alot of this climate-warming greenhouse gas. But there are ways to cut the climate impact of flying, one of which is to ask planes to surf high-altitude winds every chance they get.
It's not something they've been allowed to do. But that may change—and soon.
Most jets crossing the Atlantic Ocean follow one of several fixed paths that are widely spaced because radar (雷达) had not been able to track aircraft everywhere above the Atlantic. But a new network of satellites could soon change that.
Wells was part of a team inEnglandthat calculated the fastest possible routes for passenger planes. According to them , traveltime a plane takes when flying across theAtlanticvaries with the winds that a plane meets. For instance, eastbound (向东的) flights can get a powerful push. Westbound routes miss that benefit. Faster flights burn less fuel. And less burning gives off fewergreenhouse gases.
The airline industry knows it has a high " carbon footprint." But it takes decades and many billions of dollars to design, test and fly new planes. Changing a flight path, in contrast, can cut costs and energy right away.
The new study doesn't show how well such wind surfing would work for all planes, in all skies and the world over. Bui it does suggest that making flight routes more flexible could cut both fuel use and CO2in some places.
However, if flight times vary depending on the wind, scheduling connecting flights and managing runways and gates would become more complicated. The researchers would have to work out the best flight paths that take such scheduling issues into consideration. They may also want to see if flying at different altitudes gives a wider choice of flexible routes at the times most people want to fly.
National Air Traffic Services (NATS) which provides air-traffic control for theUnited Kingdomsaid it would temporarily disband its flight-paths system and work to allow airlines to choose flexible routes that would best limit their fuel use.
8. What happens to east bound flights when crossing theAtlantic?
A. They consume more fuel.
B. They use less time and energy.
C. They produce more greenhouse gases.
D. They are against a stronger wind.
9. What should be done to make adopting flexible flight routes possible?
A. Calculating the flight time.
B. Finding the best flight paths.
C. Adjusting the size of jets.
D. Adding more runways and gates.
10. Which word can best replace the underlined word "disband” in the last paragraph?
A. Stop.
B. Copy.
C. Handle.
D. Restore.
11. What can we infer from the text?
A. Planes are producing the most carbon dioxide.
B. New fuel is benefiting airline industries greatly.
C. Carbon footprint is a serious problem in theUK.
D. Surfing the winds can make air travel greener.
D
When I was seven my father gave me a Timex, my first watch. I loved it, wore it for years, and haven’t had another one since it stopped ticking a decade ago. Why? Because I don’t need one. I have a mobile phone and I’m always near someone with an iPod or something like that. All these devices (装置) tell the time — which is why, if you look around, you’ll see lots of empty wrists; sales of watches to young adults have been going down since 2007. This is ridiculous. Expensive cars go faster than cheap cars. Expensive clothes hang better than cheap clothes. But these days all watches tell the time as well as all other watches. Expensive watches come with extra functions — but who needs them? How often do you dive to 300 metres into the sea or need to find your direction in the area around the South Pole? So why pay that much of five years’ school fees for watches that allow you to do these things?
If justice were done, the Swiss watch industry should have closed down when the Japanese discovered how to make accurate watches for a five-pound note. Instead the Swiss reinvented the watch, with the aid of millions of pounds’ worth of advertising, as a message about the man wearing it. Rolexes are for those who spend their weekends climbing icy mountains; a Patek Philippe is for one from a rich or noble family; a Breitling suggests you like to pilot planesacross the world.
Watches are now classified as “investments” (投资). A 1994 Philippe recently sold for nearly £ 350,000, while 1960s Rolexes have gone from £ 15,000 to £ 30,000 plus in a year. But a watch is not an investment. It’s a toy for self-satisfaction, a matter of fashion. Prices may keep going up — they’ve been rising for 15 years. But when of fashion. Prices may keep going up — they’ve been rising for 15 years. But when fashion moves on, the owner of that £ 350,000 beauty will suddenly find his pride and joy is no more a good investment than my childhood Times.
12. The author don’t need another watch because ________.
A. he don’t like wearing a watch
B. he has mobile phone and can ask someone for help
C. he has no sense of time
D. he thinks watches too expensive
13. It seems ridiculous to the writer that________.
A. expensive watches with unnecessary functions still sell
B. expensive clothes sell better than cheap ones
C. cheap cars don’t run as fast as expensive ones
D. people dive 300 metres into the sea
14. What can be learnt about Swiss watch industry from the passage?
A. It wastes a huge amount of money in advertising.
B. It’s hard for the industry to beat its competitors.
C. It targets rich people as its potential customers.
D. It’s easy for theindustry to reinvent cheap watches.
15. Which would be the best title for the passage?
A. Timex or Rolex?
B. My Childhood Timex
C. Watches? Not for Me!
D. Watches----a Valuable Collection
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
Should exams be abolished or not?
“Exam” is a word that most students are fearful of. It is a big part of school that all students have to go through.____16____ However, there are people who think that exams have more disadvantages for students and should be abolished.
____17____ They say that exams are the only way for teachers to see the student’s level, it builds a high sense of responsibility, and it gives him pressure that will be useful for him later in his life. Another reason is when the student knows that his hard work has paid off, he will feel a sense of satisfaction inside and he will be so proud of himself.____18____
Others think that exams should be abolished. Because exams are stressful and they do not show real results of the student’s hard work.____19____ It is unfair to him.
There are always going to be people who are with or against taking exams. It is a controversial issue in all countries.____20____ I say doing projects during the year, giving grades for participation after every lesson, and having weekly assessment are the best solutions to this debate.
A. There are advantages to exams.
B. There are people who hate exams.
C. Some people say that exams should not be abolished.
D. However, I believe in regular testing throughout the year.
E. I think schools shouldn’t let students take so many exams.
F. So, they think of exams as a self test to see where students are and how well they do.
G. Another reason is that the student should not be judged on his performance on one day.
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High school students have a lot more power than they may realize.
Belscher____21____a dollar on the floor when having his English class. When the school day____22____, Belscher walked back to the classroom. He could easily have____23____it, for the wrinkled (皱巴巴的) bill was still there.____24____, he brought the old bill to his English teacher, —Mattison.
Mattison was a little____25____he’d turned; in the dollar, knowing a lot of people would have just kept it. She____26____that Belscher tape(d)it to the whiteboard, where she always puts____27____things.
A day or two later, the school shut down for Easter____28____. Neither the teacher nor her student thought twice about the dollar. After school, a boy named Tom spotted the dollar on the whiteboard. “There was a____29____to it.” Tom says. He asked Mattison why it was there. She replied, “I don’t know.” Then Tom_____30_____a second dollar.
The_____31_____of the two dollar bills side by side triggered (触发) something in Mattison’s students. They started asking about the_____32_____of the money, to which Mattison always gave the_____33_____answer: She didn’t know.
However, the students, among themselves, decided and understood Mattison had some good_____34_____final plan and goal. So, they wanted to be part of whatever this was. They_____35_____their savings and the amount continue to grow. As for the_____36_____dollar, the person who lost it never came looking.
That left Mattison to make the best decision. She thought of her brother-in-law, Jack Hains, who had died of ALS, a_____37_____and deadly disease. His sister died of the same_____38_____. Mattison asked the teens whether they_____39_____if they donated (捐赠) the money. Their answer was that they definitely didn’t. Then, they_____40_____peeled (剥开) the cash off the board and made the donation to the ALS Institute established to find a cure for the disease.
21. A. hid B. lost C. noticed D. dropped
22. A. started B. ended C. arrived D. passed
23. A. discovered B. ignored C. pocketed D. accepted
24. A. Therefore B. Besides C. Instead D. Meanwhile
25. A. excited B. surprised C. frightened D. interested
26. A. realized B. commanded C. recognized D. suggested
27. A. lost B. required C. selected D. damaged
28. A. break B. dinner C. meeting D. activity
29. A. signal B. response C. key D. mystery
30. A. earned B. taped C. missed D. recovered
31. A. sight B. discussion C. idea D. story
32. A. owner B. total C. power D. purpose
33. A. same B. brief C. secure D. different
34. A. unknown B. unchanged C. unspoken D. unexplored
35. A. added to B. broke up C. watched over D. dug into
36. A. former B. important C. valuable D. old
37. A. born B. rare C. common D. mild
38. A. operation B. treatment C. accident D. condition
39. A. wondered B. minded C. agreed D. regretted
40. A. sadly B. calmly C. carefully D. skillfully
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
There are many elective courses for students to choose____41.____at my university,____42.____(range) from art to zoology. For instance, I took a course on the harmonica this semester.
I think the elective courses give me a feeling that I can’t get from compulsory courses. For example, when I am bored with learning English, I take out the harmonica and play for a while, and immediately all my____43.____(bore) will go away.
One of my roommates chose to take Japanese as an elective,____44.____she believes____45.____(prove) useful to her career. After all,____46.____second language can make her resume more attractive. She is more practical than I am, but I’d say that the____47.____(major) of students choose their electives out of personal interests.
There is no____48.____(deny) the fact that elective courses can____49.____(broad) our horizon. However, as the saying goes “You can’t have your cake and eat it, too.” We shouldn’t neglect the major course we are studying while immersing ourselves in the_____50._____(please) we find in elective courses.
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.文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。

错误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（∧。

并在其下面写出修改后的词。

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．每处错误及修改均仅限一词;
2．只允许修改10处,多者（从第11处起）不记分
Today all the students in my school had a heat discussion about if we students should wear school uniforms or not. 80% of the students thought wearing school uniforms will prevent students express their individual characteristic. However, 15% of them think it can help some students stop focusing on showing off his clothes. The rest, about 5%, don’t take the issue serious. They are only concerned that whether they can get high grades. As for me, I’m one of the 15%. I think wearing school uniforms can be vital importance in creating a sense of school identity but it also encourages students to feel like part of the school.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你校英语俱乐部将在下个月举办以“科技与我”为主题的英文演讲比赛，请你代表俱乐部拟一个通知，内容包括：
1.演讲主题；
2.比赛时间和流程
3.报名信息及其他事项
注意：1.字数：80字左右
2.可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯；
Notice
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________
School English Club
Apr. 23rd, 2021
参考答案
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. D
8. B 9. B 10. A 11. D
12. B 13. A 14. C 15. C
16. A 17. C 18. F 19. G 20. D
21. C 22. B 23. C 24. C 25. B 26. D 27. A 28. A 29. D 30. B 31. A 32.
D 33. A 34. C 35. D 36. A 37. B 38. D 39. B 40. C
41. from
42. ranging
43. boredom
44. which 45. will prove
46. a 47. majority
48. denying
49. broaden
50. pleasure
51.(1). heat→heated
(2). if→whether
(3). thought→think
(4). express→expressing
(5). characteristic→characteristics
(6). his→their
(7). serious→seriously
(8).去掉that
(9). be vital之间加of
(10). but→and
52.略。