2017届上海市徐汇区高三英语二模卷(含听力文本和答案)

2016学年第二学期徐汇区高三模拟考英语试卷2017.4
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A Short Conversations
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A. He knows who is knocking. B. He is eager to know who it is.C. He doesn’t want to open the door.
D. He is ready to open the door.
2. A. By plane.B. By bus. C. By taxi. D. By train.
3. A. $100. B. $200. C. $300. D. $400.
4. A. She went to cinema.B. She went to an exhibition.C. She stayed at home.D. She stayed with her
classmates.
5. A. In a doctor’s office. B. In a professor’s off ice.C. In an operating room.D. In an emergency ward.
6. A. The man paid the tuition for learning physics. B. The man got a lot of money for his hard work.C.
His hard work was not rewarding at all. D. His work before the test led to a good result.
7. A. A furnished house. B. A recent book.C. A further study.D. A new record.
8. A. They will go swimming.B. They will climb mountains. C. They will buy some clothes.D. They
will forecast the weather conditions.
9. A. He has another lecture to attend.B. He has no inter est in the lecture.C. He’s attended the same
lecture given by Professor Wilson before.D. He might miss the lecture, if the woman didn’t remind him.
10.A. She fully agrees with the man. B. They are uncertain about the weather.C. She disagrees with the
man. D. She thought the man was always late.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear several longer conversation<s> and short passage<s>, and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation<s> and the passage<s>. The conversation<s> and the passage<s> will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. People are encouraged to be a craftsman. B. Learning woodworking is not as hard as you think. C.
Learning woodworking will help you know more people. D. Taking a class in woodworking will be very helpful.
12. A. Because I am a talent in this art and want to share it with others. B. Because I am interested in it
and want to show it to others.C. Because I wonder how to pick materials and how to do it well. D.
Because it’s a good way to know more people interested in it.
13. A. You can expect to do woodworking perfectly the very first time.B. Doing woodworking means
being alone for long. C. You can also learn from other people interested in woodworking. D. Taking a
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class in woodworking costs a lot of money.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. To analyze causes and effects of using a credit card. B. To encourage people to borrow money from
banks. C. To let people know the responsibility in using a credit card. D. To present the effect of computers in popularizing the use of credit cards.
15. A. The development of computers. B. People’s greediness for more money. C. People’s needs for less
paper money.D. People’s learning to be more responsible.
16. A. To learn to be responsible by using credit cards. B. To stop using credit cards and borrow money
from friends or relatives. C. To pay money back as fast as possible after using credit cards. D. To stop borrowing money and use your own funds for shopping.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17. A. A newspaper. B. An advertisement company.C. A cleanup company. D. A market.
18. A. She wants to spare more room for something new. B. She wants to turn their old stuff into cash at a
low cost.C. She knows that the sales consultant before the man does. D. She just wants to clean up their house.
19. A. Rudy is likely to buy their stuff. B. Rudy will come and take their stuff away.
C. Rudy plays guitar as well as the man.
D. Rudy will help them with the ad and the sale.
20. A. His old guitar.B. Their appliances, jewelry, furniture and exercise equipment. C. The spring
cleanup sale.D. The low cost of ad and friendly service.
II.Grammar and vocabulary
Section A
Directions:After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
A painter hangs his or her finished pictures on a wall, and everyone can see it. A composer writes a work, but no one can hear it <21>_____ it is performed. Professional singers and players have great responsibilities, for the composer is absolutely dependent on them. A student of music needs as long and as tough a training to become a performer as a medical student needs <22>______〔become〕a doctor. Most training is concerned <23> _____ technique, for musicians have to be as muscularly skillful as an athlete or a ballet dancer. Singers practice breathing every day, as their vocal chords〔声带〕would be inadequate without <24>______〔control〕muscular support. String players practice moving the fingers of the left hand up and down, while drawing the bow back and forth with the right arm, <25>______ are two entirely different movements.
Singers and instruments have to be able to get every note perfectly in tune. Pianists <26>______〔spare〕this particular anxiety, for the notes are already there, and it is the pia no tuner’s responsibility to tune the instrument for <27>______ . But they have their own difficulties; the hammers that hit the string
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must be dealt with carefully not to sound like drum or bass, and each tone, even if played very fast, has to sound clear.
The problem <28>______〔face〕student conductors is that they have to learn to know every note of the music and <29>______ it should sound, and they need to aim at controlling these sound with enthusiastic but selfless authority.
Technique is of no use unless it is combined with musical knowledge and understanding. Great artists are those who are so thoroughly at home in the language of music <30>______ they can enjoy performing works written in any century.
Section B
Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box.Each word canbe used only once.
Dear Admissions Committee,
I had the pleasure of teaching Sara in her 11th grade honors English class at Mark Twain High School. From the first day of class, Sara impressed me with her ability to clearly explain difficult <31> _______ and texts, her sensitivity to the slight differences within literature, and her passion for reading, writing, and creative expression—both in and out of the classroom. Sara is a talented literary critic and poet, and she has my highest <32> _______ as a student and writer.
Sara is talented at considering the elegances within literature and the <33> ______ behind authors' works. She produced an extraordinary year-long thesis paper on creative identity development, in which she compared works from three different time periods and synthesized cultural and historical <34> _______ to inform her analysis. When called upon to give her thesis defense in front of her peers, Sara spoke clearly and <35> _______ about her conclusions and responded to questions in a thoughtful way. Outside of the classroom, Sara is devoted to her literary pursuits, especially to poetry. She publishes her poetry in our school's literary magazine, as well as in online magazines. She is an insightful, sensitive, and deeply self-aware individual driven to <36>______art, writing, and a deeper understanding of the human condition.
Throughout the year Sara was an active participant in our discussions, and she always supported her peers. Her caring nature and personality allow her to work well with others in a team setting, as she always respects others' opinions even when they differ from her own. When we held a class debate about gun laws, Sara chose to speak for the side opposite her own views. She explained her choice as <37> _______ by a desire to put herself in other people's shoes, view the issues from a new perspective, and gain a clearer sense of the issue from all angles. Throughout the year, Sara <38> _______ this openness to the opinions, feelings, and perspectives of others, along with sharp powers of observation, all <39> _______ that make her outstanding as a student of literature and burgeoning writer.
I am certain that Sara is going to continue to do great and creative things in her future. I highly recommend her for admission to your undergraduate program. She is talented, caring, dedicated, and focused in her pursuits. Sara consistently seeks out <40> _______ feedback so she can improve her writing skills, which is a rare and impressive quality in a high school student. Sara is truly a stand-out individual who will impress everyone she meets. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions at
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callmeclemensgmail .
Sincerely,
Ms. Scribe
English Teacher
Mark Twain High School
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
The Paris agreement to fight climate change became international law Friday. The landmark deal aims to deal with global warming among growing <41>______ that the world is becoming hotter even faster than scientists expected.
So far, 96 countries, accounting for just over two-thirds of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, have formally joined the agreement, which <42>______ to limit global warming this century to 2 degrees Celsius <3.6 degrees Fahrenheit> above what it was before machines and <43>______ appeared in the late 1700s. The United States <44> ______ entered into the agreement in September, and more countries are expected to come aboard in the coming weeks and months.
United Nations Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon celebrated the event, talking with nongovernmental groups at U.N. headquarters in New York to hear their concerns and <45>______ for the future.
"This is an emotional moment for me. It is a credit to all of you. And it is <46>______ for the world,〞Ban said in his opening remarks.
He praised the <47>______ for getting hundreds of millions of people to back fighting climate change but <48>______ the outcome remained uncertain.
"We are still in a race <49>______ time. We need to move on to a low-emission and climate-sustainable future,〞Ban added.
Scientists praised the speed at which the agreement, signed by 192 parties last December in Paris, has come into force, saying it shows a new commitment by the international community to <50>_____ a problem that is melting polar ice caps, sending sea levels <51>______and transforming vast areas into desert.
"<52>______ the real effect of the agreement after it goes into effect is still uncertain, it is a simple sign that the international society is much more open to alter economic and political behavior to control climate change, which is <53>______ positive,〞said Feng Qi, executive director of the School of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences at Kean University in New Jersey.
Scientists and <54>______ say the agreement is the first step of a much longer and complicated process of reducing the use of fossil fuels, which currently <55> ______ the majority of the planet’s energy needs and also are the primary drivers of global warming.
41. A. applicants B. fears C. observations D. comments
42. A. seeks B. allows C. assumes D. seizes
43. A. institutions B. laboratoriesC. committeesD. factories
44. A. formally B. instantly C. particularlyD. generally
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45. A. prejudices B. approachesC. visions D. concepts
46. A. spiritual B. historic C. appropriateD. valueless
47. A. agreements B. groupsC. headquarters D. emissions
48. A. apologized B. deniedC. warned D. overlooked
49. A. against B. on C. for D. without
50. A. avoid B. find C. address D. ignore
51. A. falling B. rising C. disappearing D. remaining
52. A. Until B. Since C. IfD. While
53. A. under no circumstances B. on the contrary
C. in no case
D. by all means
54. A. officers B. policymakers C. employers D. technicians
55. A. remove B. preserve C. supply D. restore
Section B
Directions:Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questionsor unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
A
I used to think ants knew what they were doing. The ones marching across
my kitchen counter looked so confident; I just figured they had a plan, knew
where they were going and what needed to be done. How else could ants
organize highways, build elaborate nests, launch impressive attacks, and do all
the other things ants do?
Turns out I was wrong. Ants aren’t clever little engineers, architects, or soldiersafter all --- at least not as individuals. When it comes to deciding what to do next, most ants don’t have a clue."If you watch an ant try to accomplish something, you’ll be impressed by how awkward it is,〞says Deborah M. Gordon, a biologist at Stanford University.
"Ants aren’t smart,〞Gordon says. "Ant colonies are.〞A colony can solve problems unthinkable for individual ants, such as finding the shortest path to the best food source, assigning workers to different tasks, or defending a territory from neighbors. As individuals, ants might be tiny dummies, but as colonies they respond quickly and effectively to their environment. They do it with something called collective intelligence.
Where this intelligence comes from raises an essential question in nature: How do the simple actions of individual ants add up to the complex behavior of a group? How do hundreds of honey-bees make a critical decision about their hive<蜂巢>if many of them disagree? The collective abilities of such animals --- one of which grasps the big picture, but each of which contributes to the group’s success --- seem miraculous even to the biologists who know them best. Yet during the past few decades, researchers have come up with fascinating insights.
56.The author’s former false impression about ants is that he thought them to be _______.A. smartB.
awkward C. elaborate D. creative
57.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Ants will function as a single body once
a decision is made by the commander.B. Ants are the only species which developed collective
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intelligence.C. The ant queen plays a role in managing ant workers besides laying eggs.D. An individual ant can’t comprehend the whole process of a big movement.
58.The paragraph following the passage will most probably deal with _______.A. where we can observe
such fantastic behavior of antsB. which is the leading ant in charge of the actionC. how the collective intelligence works D. what inspiration can be drawn from the collective abilities
B
The idea of using radio or wireless to broadcastto audiences was formed in 1916 by a president of the American Marconi Company, David Sarnoff. His superiors were doubtful
about his idea to "make radio a household cause, so that by purchase of a ‘radio music box’,
the audience could enjoy lectures, music performance, etc.〞
Four years later the American engineer Frank Conrad, an employee at W E Corp, attracted considerable attention when a local newspaper reported on the growing audience listening on crystal radio sets to his evening and weekend amateur broadcasts. A local music store had provided records to play on the Victoria, and Conrad and his family served as disc jockeys<唱片音乐播音员>. Westinghouse vice president Harry Davis asked Conrad to build a more powerful transmitter<发射台>in time to announce the outcome of the next US presidential election. Conrad completed his assignment, and on November 2, 1920, station KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, broadcast the announcement that Warren G. Harding had been elected president. About 1000 people heard this first news broadcast.
Radio communicated news much faster than did newspapers, and because crystal sets were easy to build and inexpensive, radio expanded rapidly in the following years. To stimulate the sale of radio sets, equipment manufactures provided transmitting facilities. Singers, comedians, and entire orchestras volunteered their services for publicity. The eventual financial basis of the new industry, however, was still unclear. One group in New York City tried to seek contributions from listeners while others urged that private foundations support radio stations as a public service. In August 1922 the first commercial radio advertisement was broadcast on WEAF <now WNBC> in New York City. In 1926, when about 5 million homes had radios, the Radio Corporation of America <RCA>, in cooperation with the American Telephone & Telegraph Company, established the first commercial radio network. In the 1920s radio was established as a new mass medium had a practicable industry, and it became a national forum<论坛>for news and popular culture.
59.The passage is mainly concerned with _______.A.the contribution of radio to popular culture
B. the invention and uses of radio
C. early radio programs for a mass audience
D. the history of
radio broadcasting
60.Who started broadcasting radio programs to mass audience?A. Frank Conrad B. David Sarnoff C.
Harry Davis D. Warren Harding
61.After 1920, radio expanded rapidly because _______.A. people could easily get it in stores B. it
was cheaper than newspapersC. it had advantages over newspapers D. people were interested in anything new
62.By saying that "the eventual financial basis of the new industry was still unclear〞, the author means
that _______.
A. the private foundations were unwilling to support the stations
B. the stations were not sure yet
where to get the operational moneyC. advertising and commercial programs could not raise enough
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moneyD. the listeners would not pay for the broadcasting stations
C
It could be said that the age of adventure peaked with Sir Everest Shackleton
the moment his ship, the Endurance, become hopelessly locked in ice on its way to
Antarcticain January 1915. For ten months the 28 men aboard Shackleton’s ship
waited and prayed for ice to break. When it finally did, the Endurance sank, leaving
the crew homeless and adrift on a sea of ice in one of the world’s most dangerous
environments.
In January 2000 a luxury ocean liner found itself similarly trapped in the cold
waters off Antarctica. Argentine authorities sent off an icebreaker straight away from
the nearest naval base, and in 24 hours, all 176 passengers and crew were free. The
tour company’s spokesperson spun the potential disaster as a value-added reward in extreme travel. "The people on board are looking at this as sort of a great adventure,〞she said.
Ever s ince Jon Krakauer’s book Into Thin Air made Everest a household name, the subculture of adventure has blown up like a Himalayan avalanche<雪崩>into public consciousness. Magazines promise "extreme〞content, television, offers adventure programs, and the growing collective fascination with adventure has produced a flow of published accounts about the world’s greatestadventurousjourney. Nowadays more and more people are interested in adventure and this mass appeal makes good business sense. Today the only thing blocking a would-be adventurer’s passage to Antarctica is the cost---- which typically runs well over $10,000.
Despite very different implications, adventure was just as popular in Shackleton’s time. He has little trouble filling the Endurance----5,000 men are said to have responded to his recruitment<招募>notice: "Men wanted for risky journey. Small wages. Bitter cold. Long months of complete darkness. Constant danger. Safe return doubtful.〞
After five months drifting on ice, the crew were forced to take to their lifeboats to Elephant Island. Reaching the wasteland, Shackleton went on with one lifeboat and five of his best men 1,300 kilometers across the bone-chilly Scotia Sea to South Georgia Island. Shivering with cold, dressed in rags, Shackleton marched into a whaling station and set about organizing a rescue expedition to Elephant Island. Almost two years after becoming shipwrecked on ice, Shackleton picked up his crew. "Not a life lost, and we have been through hell,〞he remarked earnestly.
63.We can learn from the first sentence of this passage that _______.A. the age of adventure began with
the ship Endurance trapped in iceB. Shackleton’s adventure marked the highest point of pure exploration C. the age of adventure ended with the ship Endurance trapped i n iceD. Shackleton’s adventure predicted that the golden age of exploration was approaching
64.The word "spun〞in the second paragraph can be replaced by "_______〞.A. summed up B.
judged C. boasted about D. referred to
65.Since Jon Krakauer’s book was published _______.A. the media have got interested in the topic of
adventureB. the costs of extreme travel have gone upC. Everest has got its name known to Europe
D. people have got fascinated by Himalayan avalanches
66.The adventure in Shackleton’s time has different implications from today’s in that _______.A.
Shackleton’s adventure lasted longer then any other adventure nowadays B. no one was missing during
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Shackleton’s adventureC. Shackleton’s adventure was entirely for the sake of adventureD. Shackleton enrolled volunteers more easily
Section C
Directions:Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each
us awake 24/7. But one day, he’ll need to learn something about finance. When he does, here are some suggestions.
1. You might think you want an expensive car, a fancy watch, and a huge house. But you don’t.
<67>________________________ You think having expensive stuff will bring it. It almost never does—especially from the people you want to respect and admire you.
2. The road to financial regret is paved with debt. Some debt, such as a mortgage, is OK. But most spending that results in debt is the equivalent of a drug: a quick hit of pleasure that wears off, only to drag you down for years to come, limiting your options and keeping you weighed down by the baggage of your past.
3. I hope you’re poor at some point. Not struggling, and not unhappy, of course. But there’s no way to learn the value of money without feeling the power of its scarcity. It teaches you the difference between necessary and desirable. <68> ________________________ These are essential survival skills.
4. If you’re like most people, you’ll spend most of your adult life thinking, "Once I’ve saved/earned $X, everything will be great.〞Then you’ll hit $X, move the goalposts, and resume chasing your tail. It’s a miserable cycle. Your goals should be about more than money.
5. Don’t stay in a job you hate because you made a career choice at 18. Almost no one knows what he or she wants to do at that age. Many people don’t know what they want until they’re twice that a ge. <These are the signs you’re in the wrong career.>
6. The best thing money buys is to control over your time. <69> ________________________ One day you’ll realize that this freedom is one of the things that makes you truly happy.
7. Change your mind whe n you need to. I’ve noticed a tendency for people to think they’ve mastered investing when they’re young. They start investing at age 18 and think they have it all figured out by age 19. They never do.
8. Some people are born into families that encourage education; others are from families that are against it. Some are born into flourishing economies; others, into war and poverty. I want you to be successful, and I
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want you to earn it. But realize that not all success is due to hard work and not all poverty is due to laziness. Keep this in mind when judging people, including yourself.
9. Your savings rate has a little to do with how much you earn and a lot to do with how much you spend. I know a dentist who lives paycheck to paycheck, always on the edge of ruin. I know another person who never earned more than $50,000 and saved a fortune. The difference is entirely due to their spending.
<70> __________________________.
10. Don’t listen to me if you disagree with what I’ve written. The world you grow up in will have different values and opportunities than the one I did. More important, you’ll learn best when you disagree with someone and then are forced to learn it yourself. <On the other hand, always listen to your mother.>
IV. Summary Writing
Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point<s> of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
Meet The Member Who Quit Sugar
When I was 15, I weighed 100 kg.
I was a size 20+ and hated the way I looked. I was a serial big eater and quite depressed. I would sit in front of the fridge, eat something, move to the cupboard, eat a packet of chips, and move back to the fridge.
It was a heartbreaking cycle of hate and food. I didn’t feel confident, pretty, or worthwhile.
Shopping made me cry, I avoided mirrors, and my social life came to an end. I actually lost friends because they told me I was antisocial. It became so bad that I wanted to abuse myself; my skin and my mind became my enemy.
But then, I turned my life around. I quit sugar.
It started with my mum. She staged an intervention<干预> that made me cry. I wanted to change - I needed to change - and she could see how unhappy I was.
She put me onto a diet that mostly aimed to schedule meals, and - to my shock horror - cut out all processed sugar. It was so hard at first. I remember the shame of sneaking chocolate and candies when the three o’clock hunger hits.
But the weeks kept coming and it just got easier. I stopped eating sugar, and I stopped loving it; simple as that.
I substituted chips and biscuits for fruit and nuts, and had cup-of-soups after school when I was hit by the desire. I also had more energy, having a 20-minute walk with my dog into my everyday routine; I began to love that personal time.
Cutting out sugar gave me so much more control over my body, and my outlook on life improved. So many people are intimidated by the words "quit sugar〞. It’s not true. Fruit, honey, e t cetera are natural sugars, and believe me, they fuel you better than chocolate bars ever could.
Now I’m 17, turning 18, and I weigh 70 kg. I still struggle with my weight, but this is where I sit naturally, and I am very proud of myself. I never thought I would be confident enough to wear dresses or skirts, and take leadership roles to put myself out there and develop my social skills.
I could never have done it without the support of my friends and family, and I urge everyone who wants to do right by themselves and change their diet - quitting sugar or otherwise - to share their decision
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