2020-2021学年上海市松江二中高级中学高三英语第二次联考试卷及参考答案

2020-2021学年上海市松江二中高级中学高三英语第二次联考试卷及
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
Welcome to Oxford University Museums
Ashmolean Museum
Established in 1683, the Ashmolean Museum is the oldest museum in the UK and one of the oldest in the world. It houses the University’s extensive collections of art and antiquities, ranging back over four millennia.
Location: Beaumont Street Tel: 01865278000
Open: Tue. Sun. 10: 00-17: 00.
Charge: Admission is free; special exhibitions are ticketed and a charge may apply
Note: For group bookings Tel:01865278015
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
The University Museum of Natural History houses the University’s collections of zoological, entomological, paleontological and mineral specimens. With 4. 5 million specimens it is the largest collection of its type outside of the national collections.
Location: Parks Road Tel: 01865 272950
Open: 10: 00-17: 00 daily
Charge: Admission is free
Note: Groups must book in advance
Museum of the History of Science
The Museum of the History of Science is housed in the world’s oldest surviving purpose-built museum building. It contains the world’s finest collection of historic scientific instruments.
Location: Broad Street Tel: 01865277280
Open: Tue.Sun.12: 00-17:00
Charge: Admission is free
Note: Booking required for groups of 15 or more
Pitt Rivers Museum
The Pitt Rivers Museum holds one of the world’s finest collections of anthropology and archaeology, with objects from every continent and from throughout human history.
Location: Parks Road enter via the Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Tel:01865270927
Open: Tue Sun. and Bank Holiday Mondays: 10: 00-16: 30
Charge: Admission is free
Note: Groups must book in advance
1.If a group of 20 students want to visit the oldest museum in the UK, they should call_______
A.01865277280
B.01865278015
C.01865270927
D.01865272950
2.Which of the museums can visitors go to any day of the week?
A.Ashmolean Museum.
B.Museum of the History of Science.
C.Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
D.Pitt Rivers Museum
3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.Ashmolean Museum is on the Broad Street.
B.Pitt Rivers Museum contains the world’s finest collection of historic scientific instruments.
C.We don’t have to book in advance if our group want to visit the University Museum of Natural History.
D.We can enter the Pitt Rivers Museum through the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
B
Nostalgia (怀旧) has become increasingly common in our current climate of accelerated, unexpected change. More and more Americans are turning back with longing towhat feels like simpler, sweeter times. They collect cassette tapes, manual typewriters even decades-old video games.
Is it a mistake to get too obsessed with the past? Some psychologists warn that too much devotion to the so-called good old days is an escape from reality; it can indicate loneliness or that a person is having a difficult time coping in the present. Psychologist Stephanie Coontz argues that nostalgia distracts us from addressing the problems of modern life and contribute to anxiety, depression , insomnia etc.
But new studies suggest that a modest dose of nostalgia is not only harmless, but actually beneficial. They suggest it helps strengthen our sense of identity and makes us feel more optimistic and inspired. It is also a tool for self — discovery and memories are a psychological immune response that is triggered when you want to take a break from negativity. Interestingly, those happy memories can be particularly beneficial both to kids in their teens
and to society's elders. Recalling our childhood reminds us of “the times when we were accepted and loved unconditionally," says Krystine Batcho, a psychologist. "That is such a powerfully comforting phenomenon, knowing that there was a time in life when we didn't have to earn our love." Nostalgia can transform even the most ordinary past into legends which warms the heart and the body. Let's not forget that nostalgia has been a source of inspiration to innumerable American writers. Mark Twain recalled his boyhood, writing, "after all these years, I can picture that old time to myself now, just as it was then：The white town drowsing in the sunshine of a summer's morning."
So go ahead, daydream a little about your best childhood friend, your first car, a long - gone family pct. As Dr. Sedikidessays，"Nostalgia is ly central to human experience. "But at the same time, keep these words of wisdom from the great inventor Charles Kettering in mind as well："You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time. "
34. What did some psychologists in paragraph 2 probably agree?
A. Nostalgia will cause some mental problems.
B. Nostalgia makes us devoted to the good old days.
C. Nostalgia shows you are trying to get rid of loneliness.
D. Nostalgia helps us cope with the difficult time we are going through.
5. There are many benefits of nostalgia except ________
A. It can enable us to know ourselves better.
B. It can bring us some comfort when we recall.
C. We are likely to gain attention if we recall the happy childhood.
D. We can sometimes break away from negativity with happy memories.
6. What will be talked about in the following paragraph?
A. The bad influence of too much devotion to nostalgia.
B. The reasons why we should avoid nostalgia.
C. The bad memories that always stick around you.
D. The great changes nostalgia will bring to you.
7. What's the best title of the passage?
A. We all have a soft spot for nostalgia.
B. Nostalgia is actually good for you.
C. Don't be carried away by nostalgia.
D. There are many times when we like to recall.
C
By mid-century there will likely be 9 billion people on the planet, using ever more resources and leading ever more technologically complex lives. What will our cities be like? How much will artificialintelligence (AI) advance? Will global warming cause disastrous changes, or will we be able to engineer our way out of the climate change issues? Recently, the magazineBig Thinkasked top minds from a variety of fields to weigh in on what the future holds 40 years from now. The result is as follows.
It's likely that by 2050 the majority of the people in the world will live in urban areas and will have a much higher average age than people today. Cities theorist Richard thinks urbanization will transform the education system of, making our economy less houses driven and removing the divisions between home and work.
And rapidly advancing technology will continue ever more rapidly. Cities of the future won't look like “some sort of science-fiction fantasy”, but it's likely that technological advances and information overlays (VR and AR) will greatly change how we live. Self-driving cars will make the roads safer and provide faster transports. A larger version of driverless cars-driverless trucks — may make long-distance drivers out of date.
Some long view predictions are completelydire. Environmentalist Bill says that if we don't make great progress in fighting global warming, it's likely we could see out-of- control rises in sea levels, huge crop shortfalls and wars over limited freshwater resources.
In terms of how we will eat, green markets founder and “real food" supporter Nina believes that there will be more small milk processing plants and more regional food operations and we'll be healthier as a result.New York Timeswriter Mark thinks that people will eat fewer processed foods and eat foods grown closer to where they live. And more people will be aware of the ethical responsibility" to grow foods.
8. What may happen by 2050 based on the magazineBig Think ?
A. Education will be driven by economy.
B. The majority of people will be taller.
C. AI will cause disastrous changes.
D. Most people will live in big cities.
9. What do we know about technology in the future according to Paragraph 3?
A. It will make people live in science-fiction fantasy.
B. It will ensure safer transports due to faster cars.
C. It will greatly change the way in which people live.
D. It will increase the number of long-distance drivers.
10. What does the underlined word "dire" in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. Magical.
B. Terrible.
C. Ridiculous.
D. Meaningful.
11. What does Nina think of foods in the future?
A. People will eat healthier and fresher foods.
B. Land-raised farm systems will be improved.
C. There will be smaller regional food operations,
D. Food supplies will become much more limited.
D
Brain cells work to actively forget memories during a specific period of sleep. When we sleep our brains clear out the memories we’ve made while we’re awake, deciding what to keep and what to get rid of. Forgetting is an active process, explained the authors of the study published in the journal Science. But less is known about this process during the different periods of sleep.
They found that during the rapid eye movement (REM ) sleep period — or active sleep when we are thought to dream — special nerve cells appear to actively contribute to forgetting. What are known as melanin-concentrating hormone-producing (MCH) neurons (神经元) sit in the hypothalamus (下丘脑): a part of the brain which helps with a range of functions such as sleep, appetite and emotions. Past research has suggested these cells help to control REM sleep patterns: activating the MCH neurons increasing time spentin this period, while preventingthemreducing changes into this period.
The scientists looked at MCH cells in mice, and found 52.8 percent were active during REM sleep, compared with 35 percent when the mice were awake. Study co-author Thomas Kilduff, director of the Center for Neuroscience at SRI International, told Newsweek the team was surprised to find that mice performed better on learning and memory tasks when the MCH cells were prevented. “This result suggests that activation of the MCH neurons may affect memory — that is, MCH neurons may facilitate forgetting,” Kilduff explained.
When asked what motivated the study, Kilduff said, “We hope the work could deepen our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease. Understanding the neural basis of learning and memory is a huge area of neuroscience research because of its effects on our everyday lives, as well as diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. Prior to this work, no one suspected that MCH neurons had anything to do with forgetting,” said Kilduff.
12. What can we infer from paragraph 1?
A. Forgetting is a passive process.
B. The forgetting process is known to us.
C. Some memories are forgotten while we are awake.
D. Certain memories are removed while we are asleep.
13. What does the underlined word “them” in paragraph 2 refer to?
A. REM sleep patterns.
B. Past researches.
C. MCH neurons.
D. A range of functions.
14. Why did Kilduff’s team conduct the research?
A. To publish the study in the journal Science.
B. To know more about Alzheimer’s disease.
C. To contribute to human’s forgetting.
D. To explore our everyday lives.
15. What can we know about MCH?
A. MCH cells takes control of REM sleep patterns .
B. MCH neurons may disturb memory consolidation.
C. MCH neurons have nothing to do with forgetting.
D. MCH cells help mice performing better on learning.
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Most Western people slept in long nightshirts until the early 20th century. British colonists brought home with them comfortable sleepwear worn by inhabitants of their colonies.____16____
By the 1920s, the fashion trend had found its way across the Atlantic to America’s shores.____17____Envious of the appearance and comfort of men’s pajamas (睡衣), women soon began trading in their nightgowns for fashionable trousers with jacket tops (上衣) made from silk for nighttime sleepwear.
____18____The 1934 film It Happened One Night, a romantic comedy starring Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable, is sometimes attributed to having started the trend of women wearing this style of sleepwear. In one scene, Colbert is seen wearing a pair of pajamas borrowed from the character played by Gable.
____19____Kids also found them to be warm and comfortable for sleeping, as well as for watching TV before going to bed. Often decorated with cartoon characters or kids’ favorite action heroes, a new set of pajamas given as a gift during the holidays became something of a tradition.
Today, it’s become acceptable in some circles for women to leave the house wearing sleepwear while
dropping the kids off at school in the morning, shopping or running errands (办事). ____20____ A judge in the US has attempted to ban sleepwear for people appearing in his courtroom.
The popularity of pajamas has been boosted by celebrities who publicly wear pajamas featuring original designs from major fashion brands. It’s obvious that stylish pajamas are a trend both in the bedroom and on the streets.
A. Hollywood also played a part.
B. There are, however, apparently limits.
C. Pajamas weren’t reserved only for adults.
D. Soon there were pajamas designed for women.
E. This kind of comfortable clothing is increasingly welcomed in various settings.
F. Loose-fitting pajama trousers slowly became men’s favored sleepwear.
G. People throughout the UK soon found the lightweight clothing ideal for sleeping.
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One of my teammates said it best on our last day of the season: “Guys, you are my family. We are all brothers.” Our tennis team is more than just a group of individual players thrown____21____; there is a friendship____22____by no other group with which I have been involved. We are____23____, yet connected. We have student-athletes from all four years of high school, from different parts of the city, and from different families and social____24____. Nevertheless, we are all____25____by a shared love of tennis. The tennis team____26____to me because it contains two things that I treasure most: tennis and____27____.
Ever since I was ten years old, the____28____aspect of tennis attracted me to an otherwise physical sport. My first tennis coach always used to say, “Tennis is 10% physical and 90% of mental.”
____29____the mental strength to stay_____30_____and controlled under pressure, skills are_____31_____. Sometimes I feel like I have two_____32_____in a match: me against the person on the other side of the net, and me against the person inside my head, telling me to hit a better shot.
However, despite the_____33_____pressures of tennis, the brotherhood_____34_____by working together as a team helps spread the_____35_____of the pressure over an entire group. We_____36_____each other on and off the court. We do this because we have become a/an_____37_____away from home. I play my best tennis when I have my team’s full support,_____38_____in the knowledge that they are always backing me_____39_____. I know that each one of us puts everything we have into every_____40_____whether we are
playing or cheering.
21. A. around B. back C. forward D. together
22. A. earned B. followed C. matched D. noticed
23. A. opposite B. diverse C. separate D. skillful
24. A. activities B. backgrounds C. responsibilities D. services
25. A. appealed B. sponsored C. trained D. united
26. A. matters B. returns C. continues D. occurs
27. A. entertainment B. childhood C. brotherhood D. society
28. A. physical B. environmental C. mental D. technical
29. A. Without B. Beyond C. In spite of D. According to
30. A. active B. calm C. hopeful D. silent
31. A. useless B. difficult C. contradictory D. powerful
32. A. goals B. friends C. opponents D. risks
33. A. unavoidable B. unreasonable C. unexpected D. unwelcome
34. A. allocated B. created C. imagined D. suspected
35. A. area B. control C. value D. weight
36. A. support B. fight C. treated D. teach
37. A. audience B. family C. reason D. member
38. A. anxious B. curious C. sensitive D. secure
39. A. conditionally B. differently C. enthusiastically D. intentionally
40. A. match B. person C. dream D. team
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
No one is sure how many Americans belong to reading groups called books clubs. Yet_______41._______(publish) and bookstores report that more and more people throughout theUnited Statesare joining______42.______(they).
Most of the clubs work the same way. Members read the same book at the same time. Then they meet to talk about the book. Members may be friends or people______43.______live near each other. Some Americans belong to reading groups on______44.______Internet. These groups include people around the world who communicate about books they read. They send electronic mails instead of gathering______45.______(discuss)
books.
Most reading groups study books by______46.______(variety) writers. However, some groups read the work of a single writer,______47.______(usual) one that has been famous for a while. Other groups may_____48._____(name) for an important person in the work of the writer,_______49._______a Sherlock Holmes Club. Members of these book clubs often are experts about their________50.________(choose) reading materials. One member of a Holmes reading group, for example, can identify almost every person in every Sherlock Holmes story.
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.下面短文中有10处语言错误。

请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

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。

The day before yesterday, I went to the bookstore where is near our school to buy a dictionary. It was Saturday, so there was many people. Under the help of the shop assistant, I quickly got the book I needed. I was about to leave when I found someone trying to steal the man’s money. Although nervous, but I tried to think a way to help him. Suddenly a good idea came to me. I stepped on the man’s foot on purpose. As I expected, the man’s scream gives the thief a fright, who quick walked out of the shop. After hear my explanation, the man smiled and showed many thank to me.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，你得知故宫正在招聘暑期义务英文讲解员，请你给相关部门负责人写一封申请信，内容包括：
1.介绍你的基本信息；
2.说明你的优势；
3.表示你希望被录用。

注意：
1.词数不少于50；
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Sir or Madam，
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________
Sincerely，
Li Hua
参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. A
5. C
6. A
7. B
8. D 9. C 10. B 11. A
12. D 13. C 14. B 15. B
16. G 17. F 18. A 19. C 20. B
21. D 22. C 23. B 24. B 25. D 26. A 27. C 28. C 29. A 30. B 31. A 32.
C 33. A 34. B 35.
D 36. A 37. B 38. D 39. C 40. A
41. publishers
42. them 43. who/ that
44. the 45. to discuss
46. various
47. usually
48. be named
49. like 50. chosen
51.(1).where→which/that
(2).was →were
(3).Under→With
(4).the→a
(5).删除but
(6).think 后加of
(7).gives→gave
(8).quick→quickly
(9).hear→hearing
(10). thank→thanks
52.略。