2020年上海市高考英语最后冲刺仿真模拟卷及参考答案
上海市高三高考最后冲刺卷三英语试题
2020届上海市高三高考最后冲刺卷三英语试题学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、用单词的适当形式完成短文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.I teach a course in marine biology at a college in central Maine. In order to give each student the individualized attention he or she 1．(deserve), I cap the class size at 15. Some years back, while calling out names from the roster (花名册) on the first day, I noticed a gray-haired woman of about 70. She 2．(hang) about at the door, with her new books like a schoolgirl.“I’m not on the roster,” she volunteered, clearly self-conscious about all the 3．(seat) 18-year-olds looking her over. “But I was wondering if I 4．just sit in on the first class, to see what it’s about.”There were already 15 in the class, but this woman’s eagerness impressed me, so I invited her to have a seat.I began by chatting informally with the class to get a feel for how much knowledge they were bringing to 5．course. The result of open admissions is that professors are faced with very uneven crops of students, many of 6．know relatively little about the world around them.In marine biology I like to see if they know the difference between fishes and seagoing mammals (哺乳动物). I often hold up a sponge (海绵) in the hope 7．someone will recognize it as an animal rather than a plant. I talk about the difference between a sea and an ocean.8．I questioned, most of my new students remained silent. But Natalie, the older woman, was on the edge of her seat, 9．(volunteer) answers with the quickness of a game show contestant. In time, I felt as if it were just she and I engaged in a private conversation. At the end of class, she came up to me and apologized for being the “extra” student. “I certainly wish I could take this course,’’ she said. “Will you offer it next week?” Alarmed at the p rospect of losing her, I acted quickly to relieve 10．concern. “I’ll see you next class,” I said.二、选用适当的单词或短语补全短文Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.The Trunkster, a bag with built-in smart features might just challenge the standard roller bag. The main security feature: It’s zipperless (无拉链). A sliding roll top-door design allows for easy 11．by the owner, but reduces the risk of theft or accidental opening during baggage 12．. If airport security has to search the bag, there is a TSA-approved combination lock. Need to juice up your phone? A 13．battery can charge portable devices through a USB connection. Perhaps the coolest part — especially if your holiday shopping habits put you at risk of going beyond baggage weight 14．— is a built-in digital scale. Want to know how much stuff you’re pulling? Lift the bag and the display on the handle shows weight in pounds or kilograms.Trunkster co-founder Jesse Potash said he and his co-founder, based in New York, created the luggage in 2014, after finding nothing they believed prioritized accessibility. They wanted to “completely 15．” the classic case — with zippers —for “the modern’ minimal (极简的) traveler,” Polash says. He adds that they didn’t want to 16．the user with “as many features as possible” because that would not be required.One more feature you can add on? Tracking. Airlines are 17．doing a better job these days of not losing bags. But for those who want to 18．their cases there are stand-alone gadgets (精巧的装置) like the Trakdot or Pocket-Finder Luggage Tracker. For an extra $40, you can add a subscription-free, removable GPS to the Trunksler.But smarting up a 19．object come s with a problem. “When you have this much technology in a suitcase ... there are more things to break,” says George Hobica, a world traveler. Besides, the Trunkster is all black, and we all know that finding a black-colored bag in a sea of suitcases is like searching for a blade of grass on a football field. Attention, luggage manufacturers looking to 20．the typical pattern: Go bolder with unusual colors and designs.三、完形填空Most of the time, people are well aware of the circumstances of exchange: they exchange this for that. But in the rare circumstances when they’ve not prepared with gift-giving in return, they can be 21 with feelings of guilt. Receiving a gift, Jacques Derrida, a French thinker, thought, could make one feel like a 22 trapped in a cycle of economicexchange. People don’t like the feeling of being under obligation (人情债) , and try to dismiss the 23 they can feel as quickly as possible.Private gift-giving, as the Frankfurt school theorist Theodor Adorno worried, has become an empty procedure. There’s no denying that in at least some cases, people give gifts 24 . This has less to do with gift-giving itself, and more to do with the choosing of gifts. Gift-giving looks like an obligation, and a fairly 25 one at that. Sure, there is giving gifts to lovers, friends and family. But then there is also the world of gift-giving like Secret Santa Claus, practices that keep gift-giving routines going well 26 the circles of people we know well enough to make choosing presents 27 .For these forced occasions, for, say, the coworker we’ve never spoken to, there arepre-printed cards and commercial guides. Even when the receiver is well-known, people want to 28 the effort needed for gifting. A relative once sent me a gift basket of dried fruit, nuts and cured meats; both the offending party and I are vegetarians.If gift-giving has become more transaction (交易的), with the give-and-take a(n) 29 itself, so has complimenting.This 30 choice — fulfill your obligation to return the 31 or resign yourself to guilt — comes from belonging to a society structured around commodities and their 32 .The trouble is, if compliment s are transactions, feeling that we’re under obligation is a natural state of affairs. To imagine that we could completely overcome our ways of thinking about compliments, 33 , requires 34 our social and economic forms of life.35 a difficult demand, this could be the true gift Adorno and Derrida were hoping for. 21．A．proud B．troubled C．happy D．exchange 22．A．owner B．loaner C．donor D．debtor 23．A．prejudice B．inferiority C．inequality D．priority 24．A．reluctantly B．quickly C．carefully D．gladly 25．A．affordable B．widespread C．influential D．commercial 26．A．within B．behind C．against D．beyond 27．A．unpleasant B．enjoyable C．adequate D．fashionable 28．A．minimize B．maximize C．complicate D．formalize 29．A．means B．reason C．end D．process 30．A．agreed B．limited C．forced D．suited 31．A．praise B．offence C．greeting D．favour32．A．application B．promotion C．interaction D．exchange 33．A．therefore B．however C．moreover D．meanwhile 34．A．following B．restoring C．rethinking D．proceeding 35．A．Unless B．While C．Since D．Whether四、阅读选择Northern Virginia Community College had agreed to stop awarding scholarships based on race.The college took that step, Virginia’s Attorney (司法局) said last week, after the U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights had concluded that the privately financed scholarship programs for minority students did not follow established federal (联邦的) guidelines for such programs.The civil-rights office got involved when a white student at Northern Virginia complained in June 1996 that he had been illegally excluded from a scholarship program for minority students.Christopher Thompson argued in his complaint that such programs had been found unconstitutional ― (不符合法规的) in 1994 by the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (联邦上诉法院第四管辖区), in a case involving a blacks-only scholarship at the University of Maryland at College Park.In a letter to the department last month, the state Attorney Genera’s Office said the college would alter its five scholarship programs that have been limited to students of certain races. All of the programs were financed by private donors or groups.“After careful consideration of the position taken by your office, in response to the complaint filed with the Office for Civil Rights by a student at the college, and the legal arguments presented to us by lawyers representing that student, the college has concluded that it will abandon its administration of race-based scholarships,” wrote Maureen Riley Masten, an Assistant Attorney General.Northern Virginia officials said that two of the aid programs would be opened to students of all races, and that the sponsors of two others had asked that their money be returned. The sponsors of the fifth program said they would transfer the funds to a private, non-profit group that would continue to administer the scholarship to minority students only, the college said.Officials of many colleges have watched the Northern Virginia case because they believedthat it might throw new light on how the Education Department would view the legality of scholarship programs financed by private donors.A spokesman for the department, Rodger Murphey, said he did not believe that a new precedent (判例) had been set in the case.36．What was Christopher Thompson’s complaint?A．He wasn’t qualified for his college’s race-based scholarships as a white student. B．The lawyers refused to represent him in his appeal against his college’s decision. C．Northern Virginia officials decided that his appeal to the state court was illegal. D．The civil-rights office failed to respond to his complaint about his college.37．What was the civil-rights office’s position in Christopher Thompsons case?A．The college should justify its race-based scholarship programs.B．The college should transfer its scholarship funds to non-profit groups.C．The college should open its scholarship programs to students of all races.D．The college should put aside its prejudice against white students.38．How did Northern Virginia Community College respond to the civil-ri ghts office’s decision?A．It continued to administer its scholarship programs despite the complaint.B．It got new sponsors to open scholarship programs to students of all races.C．It stopped its scholarship programs temporarily to confirm their legality.D．It abandoned its scholarship programs exclusively for minority students.39．Which of the following can NOT be inferred from the passage?A．Christopher Thompson based his complaint legally on the Maryland case.B．The legality of privately financed scholarships was still uncertain.C．Race-based scholarship programs would be presented in a new form.D．The courts decision in the case would be followed in later similar cases.SHORE EXCURSIONSORDER FORMPrint Full Name: Stateroom:Signature: E-mail:By Signing, I agree to the application of the tour charges in my account; understand the cancellation policy, have read the onboard tour descriptions available at the Shore ExcursionDesk, and the Know before you go, located on this order form.Cancellation Policy: All tours cancelled within 48 hours before arrival in the port where the tour is scheduled to operate are non-refundable. Certain tours, such as overland tours, golf tours, flightseeing, customized tours and tours with theater performances or special events may be subject to different cancellation fees. Check at the Shore Excursion Desk for details. You can cancel a tour by returning the tour ticket to the Shore Excursion Desk and advising the staff of the cancellatian, or writing “cancel” on the tic ket and depositing it in the drop box located at the Shore Excursion Desk.① Tours with this activity level involve walking over relatively level terrain (地势), possibly some cobblestone (卵石), or a few steps. Comfortable shoes are recommended.② Tours with this activity level involve a considerable amount of physical activity such as considerable walking over cobblestone streets, uneven or steep terrain, climbing stairs, or extended periods of standing. Not recommended for guests with physical limitations. Comfortable, strong shoes are recommended.③ Tours with this activity level involve physical efforts for extended periods. The terrain may be uneven or steep. It can also indicate a need for swimming in a current. Recommended only for the physically fit and adventurous. Continued40．The shore excursions order form is__________________.A．a page of a leaflet which highlights the tourist attractions at Ketchikan,AlaskaB．a printed sheet every passenger must fill out when he goes onshore at KetchikanC．an entry form for a passenger to fill in if he joins in the recommended activitiesD．a poster that recommends Ketchikan’s main activities to the cruise passengers41．If one is not physically fit enough, the recommendable activity onshore in Ketchikan for him/her is______________.A．Ketchikan Highlights by Trolley B．Rainforest Canoe & Nature Trail C．Bear Greek Zipline D．Rainforest Ropes & Challenge Park 42．Which of the following is TRUE according to the order form?A．A video clip of Alaska’s scenic attractions is shown to all the cruiser’s passengers. B．Passengers can negotiate cancellation fees with the staff when a tour is cancelled, C．One can get his money back if he cancels his tour a day before getting to Ketchikan. D．When signing the form, a passenger has accepted the rules of the shore excursions.Before Douglas Engelbart, computers were as big as rooms and used mostly for handling numbers. But in the late ‘60s’at the Stanford Research Institute, Engelbart invented almost everything your personal computer has today: a mouse, hypertext, screen sharing and more. In 1968 he made real-time edits to documents nearly 40 years before Google Docs hit sc reens; video chatted with friends long before Skype’s 2003 arrival; and resized windows years before Microsoft entered the field in 1975. Engelbart was adding graphics (图形), hyperlinking and sharing screens —all before the birth of the World Wide Web. “Th e digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing,” said Engelbart, and as it turns out, he held all the right cards.If he’d been British，Engelbart would have been knighted (授爵), but the Portland, Oregon, native instead lived out the rest of his years as an unsung hero, trying to fry even bigger fish in Silicon Valley. His blueprint of the Internet was radically different from today’s profit- driven, streamlined version. Engelbart imagined an information system built on the backbones of cooperation and education, all meant to enhance the collective human mind. He wanted a computerized network of real-time, human-wide cooperation, with the open-source spirit of Wikipedia and the purposefulness of .By th e late 70s and early ‘80s’ Engelbart and his ideas were cast aside in favor of Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows, along with their profit-generating vision for personal computing, and a user-friendly approach to the Internet. Engelbart’s team of resear chers abandoned him, and he had a lesser position at a company called Tymshare while still battling with his pie-in-the-sky visions of a better world. Even worse, when Engelbart’s mouse invention gained widespread use years later, he never gained the profits — it had been licensed to Apple for around $40,000, Engelbart revealed.And if Engelbart had won? “Hard to say,” says Jefferson Bailey of the Internet Archive in San Francisco. The Web was bound to grow in ways its founders never intended, he says. He notes his belief that the same spirit of knowledge-sharing and cooperation Engelbart tirelessly pushed for will one day become part of our fast-evolving Internet, even if a commercial layer clouds the original vision. But even so，fame is difficult to achieve; it often ridicules great thinkers like Galileo or Tesla, only to meet them decades after death. Granted, Engelbart was eventually allowed into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, in 1988, and into the Pioneers Circle in the Internet Hall of Fame after his death, but the heart of his dream has yet to be realized.43．The expression “his pie-in-the-sky visions of a better world” in Para. 3 refersto______________.A．the function of computer data processingB．a real-time video chat on the InternetC．a user-friendly approach to the InternetD．an Internet of knowledge-sharing and cooperation44．Most probably Engelbart’s greatest regret was that___________________.A．he was too crazy about his vision of the Internet when totally ignoredB．he was not profitably rewarded for his landmark inventions of computerC．he was admitted to the U. S. National Inventors Hall of Fame too lateD．the Internet was commercially oriented against his original intention45．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A．Engelbart rose and fell in his all-out battle over the future of the Internet. B．Engelbart could have succeeded in the Internet with his landmark inventions. C．Engelbart failed to realize his ambition due to his humble position in Tymshare. D．Engelbart could hardly resist the profit-driven trend of the growing Internet.46．Which of the following is the best title of the passage?A．Who Benefits from the Internet? B．Who lost the Internet Wars?C．Who Pioneered the World Wide Web? D．Who Commercialized the Internet?五、六选四Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.There are two kinds of motive for engaging in any activity: internal and instrumental. If a scientist conducts research because he wants to discover important facts about the world, internal motive. If he conducts research because he wants to achieve scholarly fame, that’s an instrumental motive. 47．.What mix of motives — internal or instrumental or both — is most favorable to success? You might suppose that a scientist motivated by a desire to discover facts and by a desire to achieve fame will do better work than a scientist motivated by just one of those desires. 48．But as we and our colleagues argue in a paper, instrumental motives are not always useful and can actually be counterproductive to success.49．Helping people focus on the meaning and impact of their work, rather than on, say, the financial returns it will bring, may be the best way to improve not only the quality of their work but also their financial success.There is a temptation among educators and instructors to use whatever motivational tools are available to recruit (招募) participants or improve performance. If the desire for military excellence and service to country fails to attract all the recruits that the Army needs, then perhaps appeals to “money for college,” “career training” or “seeing the world” will do the job.50．Similarly, for students uninterested in learning, financial incentives (奖励) for good attendance or pizza parties for high performance may motivate them to participate, but it may result in less well-educated students.A．Our study suggests that efforts should be made to structure activities so that instrumental consequences do not become motives.B．That’s the secret of effective motivation.C．While this strategy may attract more recruits, it may also produce worse soldiers. D．Surely two motives are better than one.E.Discovering facts is inseparably related to the activity of research.F.Often, people have both internal and instrumental motives for doing what they do.六、概要写作51．Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize in no more than 60 words the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage. Use your own words as far as possible.They like using the Internet. They have lots of pocket money to spend. And they spend a higher proportion of it online than the rest of us. Teenagers are just the sort of people an online seller is interested in, and the things they want to buy — games, CDs and clothing — are easily sold on the Web.But paying online is a tricky business for consumers who are too young to own credit cards. Most have to use a parents card. They want a facility that allows them to spend money.That may come sooner than they think: new ways to take pocket money into cyber space are coming out rapidly on both sides of the Atlantic. If successful, these products could stimulate online sales.In general, teenagers spend huge amounts: $153 bn (billion) in the US last year and £20 bn annually in the UK. Most teenagers have access to the Internet at home or at school — 88 percent in the US, 69 percent in the UK. According to Jupiter Research, one in eight of those with Internet access has bought something online — mainly CDs and books.In most cases, parents pay for these purchases with credit cards, an arrangement that is often unsatisfactory for them and their children. Pressing parents to spend online is less productive than pressing on the high street. They’re more likely to ask “Why” if you ask to spend some money online.One way to help teenagers change notes and coins into cybercash is through prepaid cards such as IntenetCash in the US and Smart cards in the UK, Similar to those for pay-as-you-go mobile telephones, they are sold in amounts such as £20 or $50 with a concealed 14-digit number that can be used to load the cash into an online account.七、汉译英Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.52．影视剧中虚构的情节往往被误认为是真实生活。
上海市2020年高考英语模拟试题及答案
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A72 hours in BeijingTraveling to China is no longer a luxury for many foreign passport holders. The Chinese governmenthas permitted a 72-hour visa-free policy that offers access to visitors from 53 countries including the US,France and Austria. Let’s start with the capital of China, Beijing Here's a pick of the best in Beijing!Mutianyu Great WallYour trip to Beijing isn't really complete without seeing one of the “New Seven Wonders of t World”, the Great Wall of China, The Mutia nyu section of the Great Wall is by far the most well-preservedof all. Taking a one hour bus ride, Mutianyu would be your ideal location for a half-day of hiking awayfrom the large crowds in the city. Also, the authorities have allowed tourists to paint graffiti on a specificsection of the Great Wall since 2014. The Great Wall was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in1987.798 Art ZoneThis would be on the top of my list! Named after the 798 factory that was built in the 1950s, the artzone is home to various galleries, design studios, art exhibition spaces, fashionable shops and bars. Youcould easily spend half your day wandering around the complex, feeling the contrast of the present and thepast.Summer PalaceLocated in northwestern Beijing, th e Summer Palace is by far the city’s most well-preserved royalpark. With its huge lake and hilltop views, the palace offers you a pastoral escape into the landscape oftraditional Chinese paintings. The Summer Palace was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998.Sichuan Provincial Restaurant-known Peking duck, the Sichuan provincial While in Beijing, apart from trying the city’s bestrestaurant is one of places where you can enjoy regional delicious food. It offers one of Chinacuisines, Sichuan, which ranges from Mapo tofu to spicy chicken.21. Which of the following is true about the Mutianyu Great Wall?A. It is the most well-preserved part of the Great Wall.B. You can paint graffiti anywhereC. You need a half-day to get there.D. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 201422. When was the Summer Palace added to the UNESCO World Heritage List?A. In1950.B. In 1987C. In 1998D. In2014.23. Which place is the authors first choice when visiting Beijing?A. Mutianyu Great Wall.B. Summer Palace.C. 798 Art ZoneD. Sichuan Provincial Restaurant.BTRAIL SAFE! is a unique safety training program designed specifically for National Park Serviceeadership Training,(NPS) Trail V olunteers, but is useful to everyone! It’s based upon NPS Operational Lwhere the human factor of safety is explored. TRAIL SAFE! captures (捕捉) the core learning objectives ofthe 16-hour Operational Leadership course while allowing volunteers to learn from their own homes online.The TRAIL SAFE! series includes eight video lessons, each ranging in length from 18 to 40 minuteslong. Watch them over the course of multiple days, or “binge watch” the entire series in three hours up to you—but please watch them in order from Lesson 1 through Lesson 8. After viewing the lessons,send your training verification (验证) emails to register your participation. When you have viewed andregistered for all eight individual lessons, each participant will receive a TRAIL SAFE! pin and a SPE/GARcard in the mail for use in the field. Thank you for helping to make Sleeping Bear Dunes one of the safestwork environments for NPS Trail V olunteers like yourself.Ready to start?Click on this link to access all TRAIL SAFE! videos: https:///iatr/trail-safe.htmIf you require Audio Descriptive versions of TRAIL SAFE!, the link to those videos is also availableon the Ice Age Trail site.Record your participationIn order to receive credits for your participation, please fill in your answers to the following questionsand email to: Matthew_.●Which video lesson did you just complete viewing?●Ｎame of the Trail where you volunteer.●Your name and full mailing address, so we may send your course completion materials to you.●Names and addresses of others if you are viewing this lesson in a group setting.●Optional: Please let us know any comments o r suggestions you have about this lesson.Upon registering your completion for the entire eight lesson series, you’ll receive yourTRAIL SAFE!pin and risk assessment card via mail.24. What is the aim of TRAIL SAFE!?A. To develop volunteers’ operationalleadership.B. To offer links to the websites for learning.C. To provide credits for viewing.D. To pass the risk assessment.25. How long does it take the participants to watch the eight videos at a time?A. 18 minutes.B. 40 minutes.C. 3 hours.D. 16 hours.26. What should the participants do to get a SPE/GAR card?A. Watch and register for all the series.B. Give some comments on the lessons.C. Send and receive training mails.D. Answer all of the questions.27. What can be inferred about the job of NPS Trail V olunteers?A. It is popular with everyone.B. It can be dangerous.C. It shall be completed online.D. It needs NPS working experience.C“Anything you want, anytime you need it.”The message appeared on computer screens across the country at the same time, on the same day:December 12th, at 12 p.m.. Simultaneously, important looking envelopes containing cards with the samemessage were hand-delivered to the offices of all the major news companies.One found its way to the desk of Chris Lin, a business reporter at The Post. The card was beautifullydesigned – a black background with the words printed out in crisp white letters. There was no explanationon the back, just a website address.Chris went to the website. Its style was identical to the ca rd’s and said:“Anytime: Starting Tomorrow.”The next day websites and blogs were filled with articles theorising about Anytime. Was it a shoppingit was awebsite like Tao Bao or Amazon? A joke? Something illegal? Anytime’s marketing had worked –household name before it’d even made a single sale.When the opening came, that day at noon, the Anytime website suddenly had a single field that read,“What do you want?” All you had to do was type the words into that box, and then specify how quickly youwanted your item delivered: within one, ten, or twenty-four hours.Bloggers were the first to test the service. And their reviews were glowing. Within weeks, Anytimehad become a part of daily life. Nobody used other delivery sites or the post anymore as Anytime was muchcheaper and faster.Chris still wondered what exactly Anytime was. He tried to find out who owned the company, but itwas registered in a small country that did not require such information to be made public. He did find someinteresting facts, though. Anyone who challenged the company, it seemed, met with serious trouble. Agovernment official critical of Anytime for avoiding tax was forced to leave his position after news storiessuddenly appeared claiming he was dishonest. The head of another company taking Anytime to court diedin a car accident just days before the case was to begin.Chris began making a list of all the people who had something terrible happen to them after opposingor criticising Anytime. By lunch, he had more than one hundred examples. Something was definitely wrong.Chris worked on his list the rest of the day, emailing people who could provide more information andlooking through newspaper records. After working through the night, an exhausted Chris finally fell asleepat his desk at 4 a.m..When he woke a few hours later, there was a message flashing on his computer screen: “Stotrouble.” Chris smiled. He had no intention of stopping now that he knew he was on the right track.28. What was on the front of the card sent to Chris Lin?A. An invitation to a company opening.B. The website address of a new company.C. The words “Anytime:Starting tomorrow”．D. The words “Anything you want, anytime you need it”．29. Why did the company choose to send the cards to many news reporters?A. Because it didn’t have enough money for traditional advertising.B. Because it wanted to attract the reporters as customers.C. So the reporters would write stories about the new company.D. So people would find the new company interesting.30. What did Chris’ s research suggest aboutAnytime?A. It may be very dangerous.B. Its popularity would soon decrease.C. It was doing business all over the world.D. It was being widely criticised by journalists.31. How did Chris feel at the end of the story?A. Scared that he would get into trouble.B. Confident that he would find the truth.C. Nervous about what the company would do.D. Satisfied that he had discovered the company’s secret.DConnecting with people has become so much easier with advancing technology. Tasks that oncerequired a postage stamp or carrier pigeon are now as simple as tapping a name or even a face on yourscreen, and you’re connected. But also easier is unconsciously getting caught up in a dilemma by violatingcertain new r ules for communicating. A big one for some: Don’t call until you’ve texted to confirm it to call. But that’s just the beginning.“I’m usually pretty mild and not much bothers me,” said Mark Angielle, a 29-year-old office managerfrom White Plains, New York. But the one thing that he hates more than anything else in life is the terribleone-word message —“K.”“At the very least reply with, Got it.” he said “At least give me a few where. You’re not that busy.”There are hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of others who have taken Lo social media to expresstheir distaste for people who don’t follow the unwritten rules of digital communication.“These rules are simply a new display of a phenomenon we’ve seen in the past,” said James professor of communication a Virginia Tech. In the same way that generations and small groups of friendshave their own slang and customs, internet culture has given birth to technology-dependent beings thathave their own unique set of routine.But not everyone gets the point. Unlike language, digital communication can be filled with ambiguousclues (线索、迹象) that the person on the other end of the call, text or email may or may not easilyunderstand.“As soon as people aren’t talking face to face, the first thing that gets lost is some of the richness ofly fill that gap by using emoji (表情符号) to sum up athe body language,” Ivory said, “People immediatefeeling in seconds.“There's great potential for danger,” Ivory warned. “What's considered polite in one form might be inappropriate or rude in another occasion.”32. What can you infer about Mark from Paragraph 2?A. He is a businessman with a bad temper.B. He complains about social manners.- word messages.C. He can’t bear oneD. He dislike a busy business life.33. According to the text, which of the following breaks the rules for communicating?A. John says “I got it.” to his boss face to face.B. Jim calls Bill without confirming in advance.C. Mary texts Lily to make sure if she can call her.D. Jack sends “Thanks a lot” to his business friends.34. Why may people misunderstand each other during digital communication?A. Emoji cannot sum up feelings.B. People use their own slang and customs.C. There are large quantities of written rules.D. People gets wrong messages without clear clues.35. What are people expected to do after reading tie passage?A. To obey their own digital communication rules.B. To be aware of rules during digital communication.C. To use advancing technology even with disadvantages.D. To keep pace with digital communication development.第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
最新上海市2020届高三高考最后冲刺卷(一)英语试题 含答案
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上海高考英语最后冲刺卷一 I . Listening Comprehension Section A 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. The woman didn't know the man was going away. B. He didn ’ t know that the woman was leaving. C. He didn ’ t tell the woman about the party beforehand. D. The woman didn ’ t tell the man about the surprise party. 2. A. Jane has pretty eyes. B- Jane hasn ’ t collected posters. C. Jane looks like someone in the posters. D. The posters are attractive. 3. A. Leave his wife another dish. B. Don’ t wash the dishes. C. Wash his wife ’ s disheDs.. Help his wife wash dishes. 4. A. He had a baby. B. His wife was sick. C. He went to see a doctor. D. He was seeing his sister. 5. A. The tape recorder doesn ’ t need batteries. B. The batteries in the tape recorder need to be changed. C- They would get a new tape recorder* D. The tape player is made of plastic. 6. A. She doesn ’ t understand the question. B. She will not be graduating. C. She likes to travel. D. She does not plan to travel. 7. A. They should turn the fan off first, B. He has to go to his music class. C. He wonders what kind of fan the woman is. D. He5d like to listen to classical music* 8. A. He enjoyed the exhibition too.B. He has read about thexhibition. C. He knows many local artists. D. He needs to finish hisreading first. 9. A. He was wrong about Carol ’ s wedding date, B. Carol ’ s wedding has been postponed till July. C. He can ’ t remember when Carol got married. D. Carol has only been married since June. 10, A. The man is a graduate studenBt.. The man is relocating. C. The man is living at the college. D. The man is a professor. Section B Directions ： In Section B, you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked some questions on the passagesand the conversations, 丁 he passagesand the conversations will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken
2020年上海市高考英语最后冲刺卷三及参考答案
上海高考英语最后冲刺卷三I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections： 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. She’s weighing the man’s luggage, B. She’s checking the man’sluggage.C. She’s browsing the man’s books.D. She’s searching the man’strunk,2. A. She’s spoilt her appetite. B. She is not feeling well.C. She is very hungry.D. She has eaten too much.3. A. He wants to have his car repaired, B. He wants to find the nearestcar-park.C. He wants to hire a car on a tour.D. He wants to look round in ataxi.4. A. At a butcher shop, B. In a McDonald's.C. In a grocery.D. At a buffet.5. A. Young lovers. B, Bride and bridegroom.C. A married couple.D. Divorced parents.6. A. His jacket doesn’t match his pants. B. He is wearing a dark jacket.C. His jacket doesn’t fit him well.D. He has gone to work in a jackets7. A. The critic has a very funny comment on the musical.B. The woman agrees with the man’s opin ion of the musical.C. The woman has a very positive comment on the musical.1D. The man and the woman differ in their opinion of the musical.8. A. He no longer buys souvenirs like toys for his children.B. He doesn’t send cards to his children as he did b efore.C. He still sends cards to all his children except Tod.D. Toys are still his children^ favorites though they are grown up.9. A. The book reports can be handed in after November 13*B. November 13 is the deadline for handing in the book reports.C. The book reports can be handed in any time they are finished.D. November 13 is the date when the book reports are handed in.10. A. He became the club champion though his leg muscles tightened.B. He lost to the club champion because his leg muscles badly hurt.C. He failed to win the club championship for his leg muscle pain.D. He had to quit the match because of sudden pain in his leg muscles.Section BDirections ： In Part B, you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked some questions on the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. 20 hours* B. 22 hours. C. 24 hours. D. 18 hours.12. A. People can live in New York’s most attractive residential area.B. It serves as a transport system from Roosevelt to Manhattan.C. Roosevelt Islanders now can have a view of Manhattan’s skylines.D. The cable car has created more jobs for Roosevelt Islanders.213. A. It ferries just across the East River every 15 minutes.B. It carries Roosevelt Islanders to Manhattan every 15 minutes.C. It ferries to and fro between Roosevelt Island and Manhattan.D. It operates only in morning and evening rush hours.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. It can identify different flowers through its built-in sensors,B. It can record various smells digitally and reproduce them,C. It can make sweet smells by mixing flowers with vapour,D. It can create smells and give them off to any scenes.15. A. It helps shoppers locate the right brand of perfume.B. It helps shoppers check out the perfumes before they buy,C. It helps make sure that perfumes are truly genuine.D. It can recommend right perfumes to shoppers*16. A. The device is made small enough to be easily carried.B. The device is sensitive to any smell the human nose can detect.C. Smells are programmed to accompany movie scenes.D. The device has recreated the smells of fish and gasoline. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. Men’s good manners on public occasions.B. Traditional views of married life.C. The equality of husband and wife.D. The dictionary definition of equality.18. A. Sharing housework. B. Keeping house.C. Earning money.D. Waiting on husband.319. A. A woman should support her family financially after marriage.B. Women should be treated politely on all social occasions.C. Men should have more household responsibilities than women.D. Men should treat women like babies in their family life.20. A. Men should observe the rule of lady first strictly.B. Husband and wife should pay their own way.C. Man’s and woman’s roles are different in a family，D. Husband should treat his wife like a good friend.Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections： 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.I teach a course in marine biology at a college in central Maine. In order to give each student the individualized attention he or she (21)__________(deserve) , I cap the class size at 15. Someyears back，while calling out names from the roster (花名册)on the first day，I noticed a gray-haired woman of about 70. She (22)__________(hang) about at the door, with her new bookslike a schoolgirl."I'm not on the roster, she volunteered, clearly self-conscious about all the (23 )__________(seat) 18-year-olds looking her over. But I was wondering if I (24)just sit in on the first class，to see what it’s about. ”There were already 15 in the class, but this woman’s eagerness impressed me，so I invited her to have a seat.I began by chatting informally with the class to get a feel for how much knowledge they were bringing to (25)__________course. The result of open admissions is that4professors are faced with very uneven crops of students, many of (26) __________ know relatively little about the world around them.In marine biology I like to see if they know the difference between fishes and seagoing mammals (哺乳动物).I often hold up a (海绵）in the hope (27)__________ someone will recognize it as an animal rather than a plant. I talk about the difference between a sea and an ocean.(28)__________ I questioned，most of my new students remained silent. But Natalie, the older woman, was on the edge of her seat, (29)__________( volunteer) answers with the quickness of a game show contestant. In time, I felt as if it were just she and I engaged in a private conversation. At the end of class，she came up to me and apologized for being the “extra” student. “I certainly wish I could take this course，’’ she said. “Will you offer it next week?” Alarmed at the prospect of losing her, I acted quickly to relieve (30)_____ concern.“I’ll see you next class，” T said.Section BDirections： Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.The Trunkster, a bag with built-in smart features might just challenge the standard roller bag. The main security feature: It's zipperless(无拉链）. A sliding roll top-door design allows for easy 31_________by the owner, but reduces the risk of theft or accidental opening during baggage32________. If airport security has to search the bag, there is a TSA-approved combination lock. Need to juice up your phone? A 33_________battery can charge portable devices through a USB connection. Perhaps the coolest part — especially if your holiday shopping habits put you at risk of going beyond baggage weight 34_________- is a built-in digital scale. Want to know how much stuff you，re pulling?5Lift the bag and the display on 出e handle shows weight in pounds or kilograms.Trunkster co-founder Jesse Potash said he and his co-founder, based in New York, created the luggage in 2014, after finding nothing they believed prioritized accessibility. They wanted to “completely 35________” the classic case — with zippers —for “the modem’ minimal (极简的）traveler,” Polash says. He adds that they didn’t want to 36________the user with “as manyfeatures as possible" because that would not be required.One more feature you can add on? Tracking. Airlines are 37________ doing a better job these days of not losing bags. But for those who want to 38________ their cases there are stand-alone gadgets（精巧的装置）like the Trakdot or Pocket-Finder Luggage Tracker. For an extra $40, you can add a subscription-free, removable GPS to the Trunksler.But smarting up a 39 object comes with a problem. "When you have this much technology in a suitcase ... there are more things to break," says George Hobica, a world traveler. Besides, the Trunkster is all black, and we all know that finding a black-colored bag in a sea of suitcases is like searching for a blade of grass on a football field. Attention, luggage manufacturers looking to 40 the typical pattern： Go bolder with unusual colors and designs.Reading Comprehension Section ADirections ： 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.Most of the time, people are well aware of the circumstances of exchange： they exchange this for that. But in the rare circumstances when they’ve not prepared with gift-giving in return, they can be 41________ with feelings of guilt. Receiving a gift, Jacques Derrida, a French thinker, thought, could make one feel like a 42 trapped in a cycle of economic exchange. People don^ like the feeling of being under obligation ( 人情债) , and try to dismiss the 43 they can feel as quickly as possible.Private gift-giving, as the Frankfurt school theorist Theodor Adorno worried, has become an empty procedure. There’s no denying that in at least some cases, people6give gifts 44________. This has less to do with gift-giving itself, and more to do with the choosing of gifts. Gift-giving looks like an obligation, and a fairly 45________one at that. Sure, there is giving gifts to lovers, friends and family. But then there is also the world of gift-giving like Secret Santa Claus, practices that keep gift-giving routines going well 46 the circles of people we know well enough to make choosing presents 47 .For these forced occasions, for, say, the coworker we‘ve never spoken to, there are pre-printed cards and commercial guides. Even when the receiver is well-known, people want to 48________the effort needed for gifting. A relative once sent me a gift basket of dried fruit, nuts and cured meats; both the offending party and I are vegetarians.If gift-giving has become more transaction (交易的），with the give-and-take a ( n ) 49________itself, so has complimenting.This 50________choice — fulfill your obligation to return the 51 or resign yourself lo guilt —comes from belonging to a society structured around commodities and their 52________.The trouble is, if compliments are transactions, feeling that we5re under obligation is a natural state of affairs. To imagine that we could completely overcome our ways of thinking about compliments, 53________，requires 54________our social and economic forms of life. 55________ a difficult demand，this could be the true gift Adorno and Derrida were hoping for.41. A. proud B. troubled C. happy D. debtor42. A.owner B. loaner C. donor D. exchange43. A. prejudice B. inferiority C. inequality D. priority44. A. reluctantly B. quickly C. carefully D. gladly45. A.affordable B. widespread C. influential D. commercial46. A. within B. behind C. against D. beyond47. A. unpleasant B. enjoyable C. adequate D. fashionable48. A. minimize B. maximize C. complicate D, formalize49. A. means B. reason C. end D. process50. A. agreed B. limited C. forced D. suited751. A. praise B. offence C. greeting D. favour52. A. application B. promotion C. interaction D. exchange53. A. therefore B. however C. moreover D. meanwhile54. A. following B. restoring C_ rethinking D. proceeding55. A. Unless B. While C. Since D. WhetherSection BDirections; Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or 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)Northern Virginia Community College had agreed to stop awarding scholarships based on race.The college took that step, Virginia’s Attorney(司法局）said last week, after the U. S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights had concluded that the privately financed scholarship programs for minority students did not follow established federal(联邦的）guidelines for such programs.The civil-rights office got involved when a white student at Northern Virginia complained in June 1996 that he had been illegally excluded from a scholarship program for minority students.Christopher Thompson argued in his complaint that such programs had been found unconstitutional―（不符合法规的）in 1994 by the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (联邦上诉法院第四管辖区），in a case involving a blacks-only scholarship at the University of Maryland at College Park.In a letter to the department last month, the state Attorney Genera’s Office said the college would alter its five scholarship programs that have been limited to students of certain races. All of the programs were financed by private donors8or groups."After careful consideration of the position taken by your office, in response to the complaint filed with the Office for Civil Rights by a student at the college, and the legal arguments presented to us by lawyers representing that student, the college has concluded that it will abandon its administration of race-based scholarships," wrote Maureen Riley Masten, an Assistant Attorney General.Northern Virginia officials said that two of the aid programs would be opened to students of all races, and that the sponsors of two others had asked that their money be returned. The sponsors of the fifth program said they would transfer the funds to a private, non-profit group that would continue to administer the scholarship to minority students only, the college said.Officials of many colleges have watched the Northern Virginia case because they believed that it might throw new light on how the Education Department would view the legality of scholarship programs financed by private donors.A spokesman for the department, Rodger Murphey, said he did not believe that a new precedent (判例）had been set in the case，56. What was Christopher Thompson’s complaint?A. He wasn’t qualified for his college’s race-based scholarships as a white student.B. The lawyers refused to represent him in his appeal against his college’s decision.C. Northern Virginia officials decided that his appeal to the state court was illegal.D. The civil-rights office failed to respond to his complaint about his college.57. What was the civil-rights office’s position in Christopher Thompsons case?A. The college should justify its race-based scholarship programs.B. The college should transfer its scholarship funds to non-profit groups.C. The college should open its scholarship programs to students of all races.D. The college should put aside its prejudice against white students.958. How did Northern Virginia Community College respond to the civil-rights office's decision?A. It continued to administer its scholarship programs despite the complaint.B. It got new sponsors to open scholarship programs to students of all races.C. It stopped its scholarship programs temporarily to confirm their legality.D. It abandoned its scholarship programs exclusively for minority students.59. Which of the following can NOT be inferred from the passage?A. Christopher Thompson based his complaint legally on the Maryland case.B. The legality of privately financed scholarships was still uncertain.C. Race-based scholarship programs would be presented in a new form.D. The courts decision in the case would be followed in later similar cases.(B)SHORE EXCURSIONSORDER FORMPrint Full Name：Stateroom：Signature： E-mail：By Signing, I agree to the application of the tour charges l〇 my account; understand the cancellation policy, have read the onboard tour descriptions, available at the Shore Excursion Desk, and the Know before you go, located on this order form.Cancellation Policy ： All tours cancelled within 48 hours before arrival in the port where the tour is scheduled to operate are non-refundable. Certain tours, such as overland tours, golf tours, flightseeing, customized tours and tours with theater performances or special events may be subject to different cancellation fees. Check at the Shore Excursion Desk for details. You can cancel a tour by returning the tour ticket to the Shore Excursion Desk and advising the staff of the cancellatian, or writing ^cancel" on the ticket and depositing it in the drop box located at the Shore Excursion Desk.10① Tours with this activity level involve walking over relatively level terrain (地势), possibly some cobblestone(卵石)，or a few steps. Comfortable shoes are recommended.②Tours with this activity level involve a considerable amount of physical activity such as considerable walking over cobblestone streets, uneven or steep terrain, climbing stairs, or extended periods of standing. Not recommended for guests with physical [imitations. Comfortable，strong shoes are recommended.③Tours with this activity level involve physical efforts for extended periods. The terrain may be uneven or steep. It can also indicate a need for swimming in a current. Recommended only for the physically fit and adventurous. Continued1160. The shore excursions order form is__________________.A. a page of a leaflet which highlights the tourist attractions at Ketchikan，AlaskaB. a printed sheet every passenger must fill out when he goes onshore at KetchikanC. an entry form for a passenger to fill in if he joins in the recommended activitiesD. a poster that recommends Ketchikan^ main activities to the cruise passengers61. If one is not physically fit enough, the recommendable activity onshore in Ketchikan for him/her is__________________________.A. Ketchikan Highlights by TrolleyB. Rainforest Canoe & Nature TrailC, Bear Greek Zipline D. Rainforest Ropes & Challenge Park62. Which of the following is TRUE according to the order form?A. A video clip of Alaska’s scenic attractions is shown to all the cruiser’s passengers.B. Passengers can negotiate cancellation fees with the staff when a tour is cancelled,C. One can get his money back if he cancels his tour a day before getting to Ketchikan.D. When signing the form, a passenger has accepted the rules of the shore excursions.(c)Before Douglas Engelbart, computers were as big as rooms and used mostly for handling numbers. But in the late ‘60s，at the Stanford Research Institute,12Engelbart invented almost everything your personal computer has today： a mouse, hypertext, screen sharing and more. In 1968 he made real-time edits to documents nearly 40 years before Google Docs hit screens; video chatted with friends long before Skype’s 2003 arrival; and resized windows years before Microsoft entered the field in 1975. Engelbart was adding graphics (图形），hyperlinking and sharing screens —all before the birth of the World Wide Web. “ The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing," said Engelbart, and as it turns out, he held all the right cards.If he’d been British，Engelbart would have been knighted(授爵），but the Portland， Oregon, native instead lived out the rest of his years as an unsung hero, trying to fry even bigger fish in Silicon Valley. His blueprint of the Internet was radically different from today’s profit- driven, streamlined version. Engelbart imagined an information system built on the backbones of cooperation and education, all meant to enhance the collective human mind. He wanted a computerized network of real-time, human-wide cooperation, with the open-source spirit of Wikipedia and the purposefulness of Change, org.By the late 70s and early ‘80s，Engelbart and his ideas were cast aside in favor of Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows, along with their profit-generating vision for personal computing, and a user-friendly approach to the Internet. Engelbart ’s team of researchers abandoned him, and he had a lesser position at a company called Tymshare while still battling with his pie-in-the-sky visions of a better world. Even worse, when Engelbart^ mouse invention gained widespread use years later, he never gained the profits — it had been licensed to Apple for around $40,000, Engelbart revealed.And if Engelbart had won? “ Hard to say,” says Jefferson Bailey of the Internet Archive in San Francisco. The Web was bound to grow in ways its founders never intended, he says. He notes his belief that the same spirit of knowledge-sharing and cooperation Engelbart tirelessly pushed for will one day become part of our fast-evolving Internet, even if a commercial layer clouds the original vision. But even so，fame is difficult to achieve; it often ridicules great thinkers like Galileo or Tesla, only to meet them decades after death. Granted, Engelbart was eventually allowed into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, in 1988, and into the Pioneers Circle in the Internet Hall of Fame after his death, but the heart of his dream has yet to be realized.63. The expression 44his pie-in-the-sky visions of a better world” in Para. 3 refers13to______________A. the function of computer data processingB. a real-time video chat on the InternetC. a user-friendly approach to the InternetD. an Internet of knowledge-sharing and cooperation64. Most probably Enge lbart’s greatest regret was that___________________.A. he was too crazy about his vision of the Internet when totally ignoredB. he was not profitably rewarded for his landmark inventions of computerC. he was admitted to the U. S. National Inventors Hall of Fame too lateD. the Internet was commercially oriented against his original intention65. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Engelbart rose and fell in his all-out battle over the future of the Internet.B. Engelbart could have succeeded in the Internet with his landmark inventions.C. Engelbart failed to realize his ambition due to his humble position in Tymshare.D. Engelbart could hardly resist the profit-driven trend of the growing Internet.66. Which of the following is the best tide of the passage?A. Who Benefits from the Internet?B. Who lost the Internet Wars?C. Who Pioneered the World Wide Web?D. Who Commercialized the Internet?Section CDirections： Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.A. Our study suggests that efforts should be made to structure activities so that instrumental consequences do not become motives.14B. That’s the secret of effective motivation.C. While this strategy may attract more recruits, it may also produce worse soldiers.D. Surely two motives are better than one.E. Discovering facts is inseparably related to the activity of research.F. Often, people have both internal and instrumental motives for doing what they do.There are two kinds of motive for engaging in any activity： internal and instrumental. If a scientist conducts research because he wants to discover important facts about the world, internal motive. If he conducts research because he wants to achieve scholarly fame, that's an instrumental motive. 67_____________________________.What mix of motives — internal or instrumental or both — is most favorable to success? You might suppose that a scientist motivated by a desire to discover facts and by a desire to achieve fame will do better work than a scientist motivated by just one of those desires.68_______________But as we and our colleagues argue in a paper, instrumental motives are not always useful and can actually be counterproductive to success.69._________________________Helping people focus on the meaning and impact of their work, rather than on, say, the financial returns it will bring, may be the best way to improve not only the quality of their work but also their financial success.There is a temptation among educators and instructors to use whatever motivational tools are available to recruit(招募）participants or improve performance. If the desire for military excellence and service to country fails to attract all the recruits that the Army needs, then perhaps appeals to “money for college，” “career training” or “seeing the world” will do the job.70._______________________Similarly，for students uninterested in learning，financial incentives（奖励）for good attendance or pizza parties for high performance may motivate them to participate, but it may result in less well-educated students.15Summary WritingDirections： Read the following passage. Summarize in no more than 60 words the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage. Use your own words as far as possible.They like using the Internet. They have lots of pocket money to spend. And they spend a higher proportion of it online than the rest of us. Teenagers are just the sort of people an online seller is interested in, and the things they want to buy — games, CDs and clothing — are easily sold on the Web.But paying online is a tricky business for consumers who are too young to own credit cards. Most have to use a parents card. They want a facility that allows them to spend money.That may come sooner than they think : new ways to take pocket money into cyber space are coming out rapidly on both sides of the Atlantic. If successful, these products could stimulate online sales.In general, teenagers spend huge amounts： $153 bn (billion) in the US last year and £20 bn annually in the UK. Most teenagers have access to the Internet at home or at school — 88 percent in the US, 69 percent in the UK. According to Jupiter Research, one in eight of those with Internet access has bought something online — mainly CDs and books.In most cases, parents pay for these purchases with credit cards, an arrangement that is often unsatisfactory for them and their children. Pressing parents to spend online is less productive than pressing on the high street. They’re more likely to ask “Why” if you ask to spend some money online.One way to help teenagers change notes and coins into cybercash is through prepaid cards such as IntenetCash in the US and Smart cards in the UK, Similar to those for pay-as-you-go mobile telephones, they are sold in amounts such as £20 or $50 with a concealed 14-digit number that can be used to load the cash into an online account.V. TranslationDirections： Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.161. 影视剧中虚构的情节往往被误认为是真实生活。
上海市2020年第二次高考模拟考试英语试题及答案
上海市2020年第二次高考模拟考试英语试题及答案（试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟）考生注意事项：1.答卷前，着生务必将自已的姓名、准考证号填写在答題卡上。
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第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)（略）第二部分阅读理解(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、BC和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
AWhy don’t quiet carriages work, and how might they be make to? Quiet carriages on trains are a nice idea: travelers voluntarily make their phones silent, turn stereos off and keep chatter to a minimum. However, in reality, there is usually at least one silly babbler(喋喋不休的人) to break the silence.A couple of problems prevent peaceful trips. First, there is a sorting problem: some passengers end up in the quiet carriage by accident and are not aware of the rules. Second, there is a commitment problem: noise is sometimes made by travelers who choose the quiet carriage but find an important call hard to ignore.The train operators are trying to find answers. Trains in Queensland Australia, are having permanent signs added to show exactly what is expected; a British operator has invested in some technology to prevent phone calls.Microeconomics suggests another approach. Fining people for making a noise would surelydissuade(劝阻) the polluter and is a neat solution in theory, but it requires costly monitoring and enforcement. Another way would be to use prices to separate quiet and noisy passengers－in effect, creating a market for silence. A simple idea would be to sell access to the quiet carriage as an optional extra when the ticket is bought. Making the quiet coach both an active choice and a costly one would dissuade many of those who don’t value a peaceful ride.Charging may also solve the commitment problem. This is particularly tricky, as attitudes to noise canchange during the journey. Some passengers would pay the quiet premium but still chatter away when some vital news arrives. Schemes that reward the silent－a rating system among fellow passengers, for example－could help. The idea is that losing your hard-won reputation offsets the short-term gain from using the phone. But such a system also fails the simplicity test.A 2010 book by George Akerlof and Rachel Kranton argues that “norms”－feelings about how everyone should behave－also play a role in decision-making. Charging a price, even if just a token amount, means the quiet carriage becomes a service that fellow passengers have bought, not just a preference they have expressed. Perhaps different norms would come into play, encouraging calm. If not, a personal bubble is always an option: noise-canceling headphones start at around $50.1. According to the passage, what does microeconomics suggest?A. Finding the source of noise.B. Putting a price on noise.C. Avoid using a phone in the carriage.D. Investing more money in monitoring and enforcement.2. By “a personal bubble is always an option,” the author means ________.A. one can make his own choiceB. one should respect others’ privacyC. one can create his own personal spaceD. one should stick to his personal budget3. This passage is mainly about ________.A. people’s favoured transportationB. effective methods of monitoring noise levelsC. possible solutions to noise in train carriagesD. common forms of misbehavior of passengersBThe great-grandmother is learning English with the help of her family when she is at the age of 91.awa was one of the more She hopes to use the language at next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo. Takamizthan 200, 00 people who requested to volunteer for Tokyo’s 2020 Games. English is not required for service, but it is a useful skill for volunteers to have.But Takamizawa had not been able to learn the language when she was young. Takamizawa said that she was in high school when World War Two started. She said, “In my second year there, English was banned because it was the enemy language.”Takamizawa said her grandchildren helped persuade her that she was not too old to learn. n Italked to my grandchildren about my wish, they said, ‘It’s not too late. We will teach you one word a da Natsuko is Takamizawa’s granddaughter and main English teacher. Natsuko sends a new English word toso often work together directly on phrases that Takamizawaher grandmother’s phone every day. They alwill need for the Olympics. “Welcome t o Tokyo, this is the Olympic stadium, how can I help you?” Takamizawa answers when asked to say an English phrase she has learned. Natsuko explains that shewanted to give her grandmother something to enjoy. “I can clearly see her English is getting better. Itjoy now.”The EF English Proficiency Index is a measure of the level of English spoken in a country. Japanranks 49th among countries where English is not the first language. This situation is slowly changing asyounger generations welcome English. However, Takamizawa believes real change will not happen unlessJapanese people become more open to the rest of the world. With around 500 days to go until the gamesbegin, the whole Takamizawa family is ready to welcome the world to Tokyo.4. Why couldn’t Takamizawa learn English when she was young?A. Because English was useless.B. Because she was too young to learn English.C. Because English was forbidden to learn.D. Because she was unwilling to learn English.5. What can we know from the third paragraph?A. Takamizawa gets strong support from her family.B. Takamizawa’s grandchildren love her a lot.ish teacher.C. Natsuko is Takamizawa’s granddaughter and only EnglD. Natsuko teaches Takamizawa English mainly by talking with her.6. What does the underlined phrase “This situation” in Paragraph 4 refer to?A. English is not the first language in Japan.B. The level of English spoken in Japan is relatively low.C. Younger generations in Japan welcome English.D. Japanese people become open to the rest of the world.7. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Where there is a will, there is a way.B. It is never too late to learn.C. The early bird catches the worm.D. Two heads are better than one.CIt is generally acknowledged that young people from poorer socio-economic backgrounds tend to doless well in the education system. In an attempt to help the children of poor families, a nationwide programcalled “Headstart” was started in the US in 1965. A lot of money was poured into it. It took children intopre-school institutions at the age of three and was supposed to help them succeed in school. But the resultshave been disappointing , because the program began too late. Many children who entered it at three werealready behind their peers in language and intelligence and the parents were not involved in the process. Atthe end of each day, “Headstart” children returned to the same disadvantaged home environment.To improve the results, another program was started in Missouri that concentrated on parents as thechild,s first teachers. This program was based on research showing that working with the family is the mosteffective way of helping children get the best possible start in life. The four-year study included 380families who were about to have their first child and represented different social-economic status, age andfamily structure. The program involved trained educators visiting and working with the parent or parentsand the child. The program also gave the parents some guidance, and useful skills on child development.At three, the children involved in the “Missouri” program were evaluated with the children selected from the same socio-economic background and family situations. The results were obvious. The children inthe program were more advanced in language development, problem solving and other intellectual skillsthan their peers. They performed equally well regardless of socio-economic backgrounds or familystructure. The one factor that was found to affect the child,s development was the poor quality ofparent-child interaction. That interaction was not necessarily bad in poorer families.The “Missouri” program compares quite distinctly with the “Headstart” program. Without a sim focus on parent education and on the vital importance of the first three years, some evidence indicates thatit will not be enough to overcome educational unfairness.8. What caused the failure of the “Headstart” program ?A. The large number of poor families.B. The disapproval from children.C. The late start of the program.D. The long period of time.9. What do we know about the “Missouri” program ?A. It focused on the children,s first school teachers.B. It helped the children return to the same home.C. It made the children improved in many aspects.D. It gave the parents advice on their development.10. According to the passage, what is likely to influence children,s performance ?A. The number of family members.B. The parent-child communication.C. The intelligence of their parents.D. The teacher-student relationship.11. How does the author develop the passage ?A. By listing figures.B. By making comparisons.C. By giving examples.D. By drawing conclusions.DWe’ve all been there: those times you need to argue your point of view to someone who you knowdisagrees with you. You immediately go to your keyboard and start to type out that 280-character tweet, theFacebook reply, or a paragraphs-long email. Surely the reason, logic, and strong power of your writtenwords will convince whoever it is who disagrees with you to see your point of view. But new researchsuggests a different idea.That research was conducted by Juliana Schroeder, assistant professor of University of California,Berkeley, and her colleagues. In Schroeder’s study of almost 300 people, participants were asked to watch,listen, and read arguments about subjects they agreed or disagreed with. They were asked to judge thecharacter of the communicator and the quality of the argument. Schroeder’s team found that the part who watched or listened to the communicator were less dismissive (抵触的)of their claims than when theyread that communicator’s same argument.The idea for her study came from a newspaper article about a politician. One of us read a speech thatwas printed in a newspaper from a politician with whom he strongly disagreed. The next week, he heard theexact same speech playing on a radio station. He was shocked by how different his reaction was toward thepolitician when he read the speech compared to when he heard it. When he read the statement, thepolitician seemed idiotic, but when he heard it spoken, the politician actually sounded reasonable.So in the workplace, speaking to someone in person often involves nothing more than walking a fewvince that boss ordoors down to their office. And that’s exactly what you should do if you need to concolleague of why your blueprint for the company or project is the right one.Only as a last way should you try to communicate with someone who you disagree with over socialshort attention make arguing your point anmedia. Twitter’s limited text allowance and social media users’ uphill battle.12. What’s the result of the research?A. Written words are more logical and reasonable.B. People prefer to communicate with key board.C. When reading an argument, the participants were less dismissive than hearing it.D. Oral, not written, communication works better.13. Why is the politician mentioned in paragraph3?A. To introduce the topic for discussion.B. To summarize the previous paragraphs.C. To explain why Schroeder conducted the research.D. To introduce the politician’s speech.14. What does the underlined word “idiotic’’in paragraph 3 mean?A. Wise.B. Practical.C. Silly.D. Special.15. What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?A. To persuade your boss, you need to walk to his office and leave a message.B. It’s difficult to fully explain your points due to social media’s limitation.C. Arguing over social media is more convenient than speaking in person.D. Communicating with others over social media is encouraged.第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
上海市2020届高三高考最后冲刺卷(六)英语试题 含解析
英语24字整体教学法上海市英语高考模拟试卷（六）I.Listening ComprehensionSection A (10%)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. A waitress. B. An actress. C. A policewoman. D. A driver.2. A. In a furniture store. B. In a restaurant.C.At a bank.D. In a factory.3. A. The good weather tomorrow. B. The vacation plan.C.Getting up early in the morning.D. The possible heavy traffic.4. A. 100 dollars. B. 200 dollars. C. 300 dollars. D. 400 dollars.5. A. She works in a very nice restaurant.B.Restaurant food is dirty and has made her ill.C.Her job involves a lot of business dinners.D.She feels tired when preparing meals at home.6. A. She is at home now. B, She is a tourist there.C. She lost her hotel card.D. She doesn’t know the man.7. A. He is asking for leave. B. He is asking for reasons.C. He is quitting his job.D. He is investing time and money.8. A. She would rather stay at home listening to CDs.B.She likes to listen to new music CDs.C.She wants the man to buy CDs for her.D.She can get new music CDs for free.9. A. Next Tuesday. B. Next Wednesday. C. Next Thursday. D. Next Friday.10. A. China. B. France. C. Italy. D. Japan. Section B (15%)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 is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. A rental apartment usually has a kitchen and a bathroom.B.Rental apartments have no more than two bedrooms.C.One-room apartments are too small to have a bathroom.D. A living room is essential for all the rental apartments.12. A. According to the number of bedrooms.B.The prices of all houses or apartments are fixed.C.Based on the location and the quality.D.The owners decide the prices themselves.13. A. Security deposit is equal to two months’ rent.B.It costs you a month’s rent to repair the damage.C.You are required by law to pay rent for a full year.D.You can renew the agreement by reducing the rent.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. By staying alert to see something happening in nature.B.By possessing two essential characteristics of great physicists.C.By totally understanding the tricky make-up of the world.D.By succeeding in transferring the skills into the wider social area.15. A. His contributions have advanced progress in the society.B.He suggested and created many modern power systems.C.He laid out important principles in his scientific works.D.His contributed to helping people evolve and survive.16. A. Develop the observation of natural phenomena.B.Help humankind to survive in the world.C.Drive important changes to the society.D.Inspire many other great physicists.Questions 17 through 18 are based on the following conversation.17. A. Draw. B. Fold paper. C. Sing. D. Tell stories.18. A. At the age of four. B. At the age of five.C. At the age of six.D. At the age of seven.Questions 19 through 20 are based on the following conversation.19. A. His college life is too boring.B.Some principles of science are too difficult for him to understand.C.Students can’t quite follow his teaching.D.He can’t concentrate when talking about some basics.20. A. Freshmen are usually highly motivated.B.Jane White teaches chemistry in college.C.Susan is popular with her students.D.The man will try something new.II.Grammar and VocabularySection A (10%)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.What is an insect? Insects of all kinds have existed on earth for millions of years. Sometimes we think of all insects as pests. Human life, however, would have a difficult time continuing without insects, (21) they pollinate plants and are a food source for many animals. Besides, insects, especially the social (22) ，are fascinating.One very interesting and useful social insect is the honey bee. Bees (23) (consider) social insects because they live and work together. The bee lives in a beehive with other worker bees, and with the queen, who can lay thousands of eggs a day. The worker bees make wax used (24) (create) new cells inside the hive. Humans use this valuable beeswax (25) candles，cosmetics, expensive furniture polish, and other products. They also produce honey, a valuable food for humans (as well as for bees).Another fascinating social insect is (26) ant. Many types of ants live in colonies underground. There thousands of them build and maintain their “city”. They also cooperate to provide food, sometimes in a manner that looks like human. For example, some ants actually raise their own food. One type of ant “farmer” keeps and cares for tiny insects that suck sweet sap (汁液）from plants. Ant farmers milk them from the sap, just like actual farmers milk cows. The sap is then given as food to young ants and to the queen, (27) main duty is to lay eggs. Another type of ant that produces its own food does so by gardening. These farmer ants take pieces of leaves into the colony and chew them up. The soft，(28) _ (chew) up leaves then sprout ( 涌出）a fungus that the worker ants use to feed the queen and young ants. There are many other ways that ants cooperate to maintain and protect their colonies.There are also many other kinds of social insects. (29) makes them all so fascinating is their organization. (30) each insect has certain tasks to perform, the entire hive or colony appears to function as one living organism.Section B (10%)Directions：Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. imbalanceB. cultivatingC. motivationD. criticizeE. qualityF. fullyG. definite H. significantly I. genetic J. lacked K. strengthenSome personal ch aracteristics play a vital role in the development of one’s intelligence. After a 30-year follow-up study of 8, 000 males, American psychologists found out that the main cause of disparities in intelligence is not intelligence itself, but non-intelligence factors. The so-called “non-intelligence factors” include one’s feelings, will, (31) , interests and habits.Though people all know that one should have (32) objectives, a strong will and good learning habits, quite a number of teachers and parents don’t pay much attention to (33) these factors.Some parents are greatly worried when their children fail to do well in their studies. They blame either (34) factors, malnutrition, or laziness, but they never take into consideration these non-intelligence fac tors. At the same time, some teachers don’t inquire into these as reasons why students do poorly. They simply give them more courses and exercises, or even (35) or laugh at them. After all, these students lose self-confidence. Some of them just feel defeated and give themselves up as hopeless. Others may go astray because they are sick of learning. An investigation of more than 1，000 middle school students in Shanghai showed that 46. 5 percent of them were afraid of learning because of examination and 36. 4 percent (36) persistence, initiative and conscientiousness.It is clear that the lack of cultivation of non-intelligence factors has been a main obstacle to intelligence development in teenagers. It even causes a(n) (37) between physiological and psychological development among a few students.If we don't start now to (38) the cultivation of non-intelligence factors, it will not only obstruct the development of the intelligence of teenagers, but also affect the (39) of a whole generation. Some experts have put forward suggestions about how to cultivate students’ non-intelligence factors.First, parents and teachers should (40) understand teenage psychology. On this basic, they can help them to pursue the objectives of learning, exciting their interests and toughening their willpower.III.Reading ComprehensionSection A (15%)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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that over 50,000 people every year sustain some sort of winter-related back injury，and 5，800 of those are holiday decorating-(41) . These aches and pains can (42) bring trouble to people’s life. It is said that people’s back could sustain all sorts of strain from carrying heavy (43) ，and from the increased stress of lugging suitcases, decorations and gifts. Dr. Alanna Levine spoke to Debbye Turner Bell on “The Early Show” about how to (44) the back for the holiday season.The first (45) Dr. Levine gave was about carrying heavy shopping bags. Smaller bags, she said, are better. “You don’t want to load everything up into one bag and lug it around,” Dr. Levine explained. “You want to (46)the weight on your body. ” She also (47)putting heavier items towards the bottom in those bags and lighter items on top. Also, if you can, make frequent trips to the car to drop (48) purchases.(49) can be another pain in the back—from carrying heavy luggage. Again, Dr. Levine (50) not to pack everything into one bag. Even though it may cost more, she said that packing two smaller bags is safer than packing a heavy one. Also, choose a lightweight bag, so that the only weight you’re carrying is the (51) _ inside the suitcase.When unloading bags from an airport baggage claim, Dr. Levine suggested standing (52) to the carousel (圆盘传送带) and bending your knees to lift it up. “You want to avoid that reach-and-lift. It puts a(n) (53) on your lower back,” s he said.When it (54) holiday decorating, people take more (55) . Dr. Levine suggested decorating in pairs, so that one person can hand the lights and ornaments to the other person to hang, thus avoiding reaching or twisting to get what you need.41. A.kept B. stayed C. related D.connected42. A.necessarily B. undoubtedly C. vitally D.blindly43. A.products B. purchases C. tools D.cases44. A.provide B. prevent C. preserve D.protect45. A.tip B. way C. method D.step46. A.display B. distribute C. distract D.discuss47. A.refused B. recognized C. rejected D.recommended48. A. on B. in C. off D.out49. A.Travel B. Housework C. Task bor50. A.considered B. thought C. wished D.stressed51. A.contracts B. contests C. contents D.contexts52. A.separately B. close C. apart D.far53. A.burden B. impression C. pressure D.focus54.A. seems to55.A. time B. goes toB. risksC. speaks toC. effortsD. comes toD. effectSection B (22%)Directions ：Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or 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)One of the many interesting features of American society is the prestige granted to business institutions. Their status is arguably greater than that of any other kind of organization including, or perhaps especially, the government. What exactly is it about Americans that makes them place business on such a high social level and admire the successful business person so openly?One possible explanation could be that Americans view business as being more firmly based on the concept of competition than other institutions in their society. Fair and open competition is an ideal long cherished, one could even say deep rooted in American political and economic life. It is seen as the source of progress, prosperity and opportunity. In fact, in the American psyche, the importance of free competition goes even deeper than that；free competition is the means by which other defining values such as democracy and individual liberty are achieved and ensured.In American eyes, competition protects the freedom of the individual by ensuring that there is no monopoly of power, either economic or political. As in politics, where the government is divided into branches, each with powers that offset those of the others, businesses compete against each other for profits. The idea being that if one business tries to take unfair advantage of its customers, it will lose to competitors who treat their customers more fairly. In theory, where many businesses compete for the customers' dollars，the interests of the consumer will be paramount.Competition in business is also believed to strengthen the American ideal of equality of opportunity. It is seen as an open and beneficial contest where success goes to the fittest；to those most deserving of it. Competitive success is commonly seen as the American alternative to social rank based on inherited status. In America, accomplishment in business and the accumulation of wealth and power thereby is viewed in the same light as an aristocratic ancestry once was in the Old World.56.According to the passage, business achievement in America .A.is losing the respect of the societyB.has always been highly regardedC.is second only to public service in social statusD.has been viewed differently over the years57..In the American view, who benefits from business competition?A.The wealthy.B. The government.C. The dishonest businessman.D. The society as a whole.ernment and business are said to be similar for what reason?A.Both are considered untrustworthy.B. Both primarily benefit the wealthy.C. Both are based on competition.D. Both have a monopoly on power.59.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about what Americans believe?petition is generally fair.petition should be limited to business.petition should be regulated by the government.petition does not benefit the poor.(B)To：David RodgersFrom：Mavis ChenSubject：getting back our old subscribersSince the marketing meeting yesterday, it occurred to me that we might be ignoring one potentially important source of subscribers. We have focused so intently on how to expand the appeal of our product to groups that have never used it before that I’m afraid we may have overlooked the obvious；we may have forgotten that there is a whole group of interested people who have used it and stopped for one reason or another.This target group has particularly good potential because it consists of readers who have demonstrated interest in the subject matter we present. Their interest is not something we have to work to stimulate. I suggest that making a maximum effort to win these readers back will be more effective on a percentage basis than pursuing some of the other groups we’ve identified.Since these readers quit using our product once, they were most likely dissatisfied with some aspect of our presentation or our pricing. Our new product will be vastly improved over the old version and is priced more competitively. We need to do everything possible to get those points across, perhaps by sending them a free issue and by asking for their opinions on how we might improve it even further. This could b e in the form of a very short survey, either included with the free issue or accessible online.If you think this idea has merit and might be willing to authorize it, let’s discuss it further when you’ve got a few spare minutes. I have a rough draft of the survey questions I could show you.60.What kind of product is the writer referring to in the memo?A. A web-based information service.B. A magazine.C. A consulting service.D. Computer software.61.Why is the writer confident that they can win back their old customers?A.Their product has no competition.B.Their product has changed dramatically.C.They have reduced the price of their productD.The need for their product has increased.62.What does the writer want to do?A.Start her plan immediately.B. Wait for input from the survey.C. Get Mr. Rodgers’ approval.D. Present her idea in the next meeting.(C)In the world of entertainment, TV talk shows have undoubtedly flooded every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one varies in style and format. But no two shows are more profoundly opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows.Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of “trash talk”. The topics on his show are as shocking as shocking can be. For example, the show takes the ever common talk show themes of love, sex, cheating, guilt, hate, conflict and morality to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is a display and exploitation of society’s moral catastrophes, yet people are willing to eat up the intriguing predicaments of other people’s lives.Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its extreme, but Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show focuses on the improvement of society and an individual’s quality of life. Topics range from teaching your children responsibility, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors.Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being dumped on society. Jerry ends every show with a “final word”. He makes a small speech that sums up the entire moral of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable.Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show’s main target audiences are middle-class Americans. Most of these people have the time，money, and stability to deal with life’s tougher problems. Jerry Springer, on the other h and, has more of an association with the young adults of society. These are 18 to 21 year olds whose main troubles in life involve love, relationship, sex，money and peers. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned underneath the show’s exploitation.While the two shows are as different as night and day, both have ruled the talkshow circuit for many years now. Each one caters to a different audience while bothhave a strong following from large groups of fans. Ironically, both could also be considered pioneers in the talk show world.63.Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear distasteful, theaudience .A.remain indifferent to themB. are ready to face up to themC. remain fascinated b y themD. are willing to get involved inthem64.Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?A. A new type of robot.B. Family budget planning.C. Racist hatred.D. Street violence.65.Despite their different approaches, the two talk shows are both .A.ironicB. instructiveC. sensitiveD.cynical66.We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows .A.are targeted at different audiencesB. exploit the weakness in humannatureC. appear at different times of the dayD. have monopolized the talkshow circuitSection C (8%)Directions ：Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentencegiven in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.A.Chefs wore white because they work with flour, but the main chef wore a black hat to show he supervised.B.Huge investments have been made in new systems, information technology and amassing quality assurance accreditations.C.A successful uniform needs to balance two key sets of needs.D.Truly effective marketing through visual cues such as uniforms is a subtle art, however.E.Corporate clothing does have potential for further growth.F.The last 30 years, however, have seen an increasing emphasis on their role in protecting the image of an organization and in uniting the workforce into a homogeneous unit.First Impressions CountTraditionally uniforms were—and for some industries still are -- manufactured toprotect the worker. When they were first designed, it is also likely that all uniformsmade symbolic sense—those for the military, for example, were originally intended toimpress and even terrify the enemy；other uniforms denoted a hierarchy.(67 ) Particularly in “customer facing” industries, and especially in financial services and retailing. From uniforms and workwear has emerged “corporate clothing”. “The people you employ are your ambassadors,” says P eter Griffin, managing director of a major retailer in the UK. “What they say, how they look, and how they behave is terribly important. ” The result is a new way of looking at corporate workwear. From being a simple means of identifying who is a member of the staff, the uniform is emerging as a new channel of marketing communication.(68 ) Wittingly or unwittingly, how we look sends all sorts of powerful subliminal messages to other people. Dark colors give an aura of authority while lighter pastel shades suggest approachability. Certain dress style creates a sense of conservatism, others a sense of openness to new ideas. Neatness can suggest efficiency but, if it is overdone, it can spill over and indicate an obsession with power.(69 ) On the one hand, no uniform will work if the staff feel uncomfortable or ugly. Giving the wearers a choice has become a key element in the way corporate clothing is introduced and managed. On the other, it is pointless if the look doesn’t express the business’s marketing strategy. The greatest challenge in this respect is time. When it comes to human perceptions，first impressions count. Customers will size up the way the staff look in just a few seconds»and that few seconds will color their attitudes from then on. Those few seconds can be so important that big companies are prepared to invest years, and millions of pounds, getting them right.(70 ) Some banks have yet to introduce a full corporate look；police forces are researching a complete new look for the 21st century. And many employees now welcome a company wardrobe. A recent survey of the staff found that 90 percent welcomed having clothing which reflected the corporate identity.IV.Summary Writing (10%)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.China accounts for almost 22 percent of the world’s population and is one of the world’s largest and most rapidly growing economies. However, it has onl y 10 percent of the world’s total cultivated area and is having increasing difficulties in securing water for agricultural purposes.Despite population growing at an average rate of around one percent a year and its economy at around 9 percent a year since the early 1990s，China has so far maintained approximate self- sufficiency in agricultural products overall, in the sense that exports have been approximately matching imports. In fact, China has been the world’s fourth largest importer after the European Union, the United States and Japan.The ability of China's agriculture to keep pace with growing demand reflects a few key factors. Yield improvements have been achieved through more intensive use of inputs such as fertilizers, agricultural machinery and irrigation, and the introduction of advanced technologies in agricultural production.The Chinese government has had a policy of agricultural self-sufficiency. However, China's membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO) since 2001 could signal a greater preparedness to accept imports and embrace opportunities provided by export markets. Importantly, however, more than three decades of reforms have permitted the market to have a greater influence on what farmers are producing and selling. Reflecting these factors，China has been gradually shifting its agricultural production away from land intensive products，such as cereals, toward higher value, labor intensive products such as meat, fruit, vegetables, eggs, milk, fish and seafood. That is, China is producing more in line with its comparative advantage.V.Translation (15%)Directions ：Translate the following sentences into English，using the words given in the brackets.72.不断增加的世界人口对地球上有限的资源而言是一种极大的消耗。
【附20套高考模拟试题】上海市2020届高三高考英语系列模拟卷（10）含答案
【附20套高考模拟试题】上海市2020届高三高考英语系列模拟卷（10）含答案上海市2020届高三高考英语系列模拟卷（10）第一部分（共20小题每，小题1.5分，满分30分）1．_______child will find his own personal road to success.A．Each B．The otherC．Either D．Another2．— What shall we do tonight then?—, whatever you want.A．Help yourself B．It’s a dealC．No problem D．It’s up to you3．The old couple, ________ country life, were unwilling to move to the city to live with his son. A．accustomed to B．buried inC．addicted to D．exposed to4．He has no idea what the book is about．He have read it very carefully．A．needn’t B．shouldn’t C．can’t D．mustn’t5．The company and the effect brought about did great good to our business in the market.A．it B．whichC．that D．what6．I have to reschedule the appointment with you since there is a ______ in my arrangement. A．contract B．contrast C．connection D．conflict7．I am so thrilled to have my underwater photos ______ in the National Geographic and on the cover! A．to be featured B．featured C．being featured D．to feature8．John ______ an NBA playoff game on TV now.A．watches B．watched C．will watch D．is watching9．—I have something important to tell John. But I can’t find him.—His cell phone is here, so he ________ have gone too far.A．mustn’t B．needn’tC．wouldn’t D．can’t10．He had a great dearie to have a home of his own, ______ he had always lived with his grandmother. A．or B．and C．so D．for11．I like such houses with beautiful gardens in front, but I don’t have enough money to buy. A．it B．one C．that D．this 12．Sit down, Emma. You will only make yourself more tired, on you feet.A．to keep B．keeping C．having kept D．to have kept13．At that time, the movie “Shaolin Temple”, _________Li Lianjie plays the starring role, drew the world’s attention to Chinese Kungfu.A．where B．when C．that D．which14．Keep up your spirits even if you _____ fail hundreds of times.A．must B．needC．may D．should15．It was so noisy that we hear ourselves speak.A．couldn’t B．shouldn’tC．mustn’t D．needn’t16．The case shocked the public, a hot debate over human nature on the Intemet. A．causes B．caused C．causing D．to cause17．—Sir, I’m late because my car broke down on the way.—________. I’ve had enough of your excuses.A．Cut it out B．Suit yourself C．You can’t be serious D．It makes sense18．Recently some hospitals in China have adopted ______ they call a robot-doctor, ______ will be used to operate on patients with more accuracy.A．what; that B．that; whichC．what; which D．which; what19．．Although it in the desert most of the year, people still live there．A．doesn’t rain B．didn’t rain C．hasn’t rained D．hadn’t rained20．The house caught fire last week, with little of the original building _________.A．remain B．remained C．remains D．remaining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。
上海市2020年高考最后冲刺卷(一) 英语试题含答案
上海市2020年高考最后冲刺卷（一）英语I . Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections ：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. The woman didn't know the man was going away.B. He didn’t know that the woman was leaving.C. He didn’t tell the w oman about the party beforehand.D. The woman didn’t tell the man about the surprise party.2. A. Jane has pretty eyes. B- Jane hasn’t collected posters.C. Jane looks like someone in the posters.D. The posters are attractive.3. A. Leave his wife another dish. B. Don’t wash the dishes.C. Wash his wife’s dishes.D. Help his wife wash dishes.4. A. He had a baby. B. His wife was sick.C. He went to see a doctor.D. He was seeing his sister.5. A. The tape recorder doesn’t need batteries.B. The batteries in the tape recorder need to be changed.C- They would get a new tape recorder*D. The tape player is made of plastic.6. A. She doesn’t understand the question. B. She will not be graduating.C. She likes to travel.D. She does not plan to travel.17. A. They should turn the fan off first,B. He has to go to his music class.C. He wonders what kind of fan the woman is.D. He5d like to listen to classical music*8. A. He enjoyed the exhibition too. B. He has read about the e xhibition.C. He knows many local artists.D. He needs to finish his r eading first.9. A. He was wrong about Carol’s wedding date,B. Carol’s wedding has been postponed till July.C. He can’t remember when Carol got married.D. Carol has only been married since June.10, A. The man is a graduate student. B. The man is relocating.C. The man is living at the college.D. The man is a professor.Section BDirections ：In Section B, you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked some questions on the passages and the conversations, 丁he passages and the conversations 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. To take a shower. B. To meet friends,C. For comfortable sleep.D. For enjoyable meals,12. A. Ringing his way to sell telephones.B. Encouraging strangers to shop with credit cards.C. Working his way for potential buyers.D. Persuading strangers into a credit card debt.2。
上海市2020届高三高考最后冲刺卷(五)英语试题 含解析
上海市英语高考模拟试卷(五)I . Listening ComprehensionSection A (10%)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. Working. B. Jogging. C. Having a drink. D. Dancing.2. A. The exam. B. The paper. C. His teacher. D. The interview.3. A. Five weeks. B. Three days. C. Two days. D. Not mentioned.4. A. He had a fever. B. He was in the hospital.C. He overslept.D. He had an unexpected visitor.5. A. He is too busy himself.B.He doesn't：want to help her.C.He'd be glad to help her after he has finished his own homework.D.He has already finished his own homework.6. A. Go to a game. B. Have his supper.C. Miss his class.D. Meet Miss Oilman any minute.7. A. The blue one is too large. B. The blue one doesn’t suit her.C. Blue always makes her sad.D. The blue one looks terrible.8. A. He came back home late.B.He had trained too much that day.C.He had no sports facilities.D.He had no homework to do at night.9. A. He should go on his diet. B. He should not eat sugar any longer.C. He should give up tea and coffee.D. He should listen to her advice.10. A. Wait for her cousin. B. Go to the airport.C. Stay at home.D. Do her homework.Section B (15%)Directions：In Section B，you -will hear two passages and one Longer conversation. After each passage and conversation , you will be asked several questions. The passages and the conversation 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 is the best, answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. It had a fire accident. B. It slopped half way.C. It was turned off by the writer.D. It moved fast up to the top floor.12. A. More and more scared. B. Calmer and calmer.C. More and more bored.D. Clearer and clearer.1 / 1113. A. The lift was to start again. B. The repair worker rang the lift alarm.C. The building was on fire.D. The writer pressed the lift alarm bell. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Create different feelings for us. B. Help us to develop good habits.C. Develop our interest in money.D. Influence natural environments.15. A. Light music. B. Rock music. C. Sweet music. D. Soft music.16. A. Music in Restaurants B. Good and Bad MusicC. Types of MusicD. Music and BehaviorQuestions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. Having an interview. B. Travelling.C. Taking a test.D. Asking for passport information.18. A. Britain. B. Germany. C. France. D. Italy.19. A. Call the authorities concerned.B.Download an application form from the website.C.Fill in the form.D.Prepare all the documents.20. A. Two photos. B. Birth certificates.C. The fee of 11 pounds.D. ID card.II.Grammar and VocabularySection A (10%)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.I used to joke that I spoke French like a three-year-old—until I met a French three-year-old and couldn't hold up my end of the conversation. This was after a year of intense study, including at least two hours a day with self-instruction software and weekend classes, followed by two weeks of an immersion program (沉浸式教学）at one of the top language schools in France.My failure was in fact quite unremarkable. Despite advertising claims, (21) (learn) aforeign language is a challenging task for any adult. In the end, though, (22) turns out that spending a year .‘not learning” French may have been the (23) (good) thing I could have done for my 57-year-old brain.In the last few years, I was unable to hold a list of four grocery items in my mind. So to reassure (24) that nothing was wrong, I took a cognitive (认知的）assessment just before tackling French. The results were anything (25) reassuring：I scored below average for my age group in nearly all of the categories, especially on the composite memory (综合记忆）test and the visual memory test.After a year of struggling with the language, I retook the cognitive assessment, and the results shocked me. My scores had skyrocketed, (26) (place) me above average in 7 of 10 categories, and average in the other three. Studying a language had been like drinking from a mental fountain o f youth.What might explain such an improvement? Researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kongand Northwestern University noted that the cognitive tasks (27) (involve) in language study—like working memory, inductive reasoning (归纳推理），sound discrimination (识别) and task switching—map closely to (与……紧密相关）the areas of the brain that are most associated with declines due to aging.If my experience is any indication, you might be better off studying a language. Not only is that a far more useful and enjoyable activity (28) an abstract brain game, but as a reward for your efforts, you can treat yourself (29) a trip abroad That's (30) I plan to spend the next year “not learning” Italian. Ciao!Section B (10%)Directions：Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one .word more than you need.A. intellectuallyB. gratefulC. individualsD. rewardingE. participantsF. awarenessG. amazingH. physically L local J. civilization K. reminderLast week, Special Olympic organizers made sure that all details were included to ensure that the athletes were properly welcomed and taken care of. Never before in the 39-year history of the Special Olympics has there been such a(n) (31) and wonderful opening ceremony. And everywhere in this city, billboards with the smiling faces of the (32) disabled promoted the Games.Throughout Shanghai, messages of “ （33) _ ” ，“humanism,” and “love” were seen everywhere. These statements of hope and achievements were supporting more than 7，500 athletes that participated in this year's events—with the most representation from China, over 1,200 (34) _! Although these hopeful words were positive and encouraging, many mentally challenged (35) _ were not getting the rare they required.In many countries, disabled people are neglected and not properly cared for. However, events such as the Special Olympics are raising the (36) of mistreatment and lack of care. In the United States, for example, special training centers and homes exist that help the mentally challenged find jobs in (37 ) communities. Last year, I volunteered a few hours each week at a facility that cared for mentally disabled people. It was a very (38) experience knowing that my time was making a difference in someone’s life. Although I only spent a short time there, the people were so (39) for the attention and most of all, to be included.The Special Olympics are a(n) (40) to society that we must take care of those who are less fortunate than ourselves.III.Reading ComprehensionSection A (15%)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.Wikipedia, the US-based online encyclopedia (百科全书)，is 10 this year. It is the largest encyclopedia ever. The site, (41) in 2001 by Americans Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, is now the fifth most-visited on the Internet. It has about 17 million articles in over 270 languages and about 400 million people go to the site each day, (42) information on just about anything: maths,3 / 11languages, art, culture and company histories. There are articles on sports stars, too, and even (43)soap operas from the 1970s.Wikipedia (44) an open editing model. Except for a small number of pages, anyone ran edit articles, anonymously or with a user account, and (45 ) users can create their own articles. Editing is unpaid, although Wikipedia does employ a small .staff. Wikipedia is freely available to all netizens. Wikipedia (46) a new way to share information and its founders hoped that the model would be able to make use of the (47) _ wisdom of human beings.However，(48) have raised doubts about the accuracy and (49) of Wikipedia's content, since its editors are mostly (50) rather than professionals.There is no doubt that Wikipedia pages contain many errors，although the organization does attempt to solve problems with its content (51) system.However, several studies have concluded that Wikipedia is as accurate as most printed encyclopedias. (52) _，a 2005 report in the journal Nature found it to be only (53) less reliable than the Encyclopedia Britannica. Jimmy Wales has big plans for the future. He wants Wikipedia in every language of the world and hopes the number of visitors will reach 1 billion by 2015. There is no doubt that Wikipedia faces challenges. It carries no ads. Its funds come from (54) . Perhaps more importantly, the number of its volunteer editors is falling.However, Wales says he will still (55) his aspiration -- “to do something useful for the world,” as he told The Washington Post.41. A. published B. created C. proposed D. installed42. A. making up B. summing up C. looking up D. building up43. A. permanent B. temporary C. contemporary D. long-forgotten44. A. enrolls B. employs C. appoints D. entitles45. A. justified B. participated C. registered D. rewarded46. A. expanded B. enlarged C. struck D. pioneered47. A. collective B. idealistic C. individual D. imaginative48. A. professionals B. critics C. psychologists D. supporters49. A. access B. convenience C. explanation D. authority50. A. executives B. amateurs C. authorities D. experts51. A. review B. facility C. licence D, proposal52. A. Incredibly B. Reasonably C. Cheerfully D. Indeed53. A. undoubtedly B. increasingly C. slightly D. necessarily54. A. negotiations B. commerce C. routines D. donations55. A. make room for B. stick to C. put forward D. go in forSection B (22%)Directions：Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several, questions or un finished statements. For each o f them there are four choices marked A，B，C and D. Choose the one that j its best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)My six-year-old granddaughter, Caitlynd and I stopped at Tim Horton’s shop for a blueberrycake. As we were going out of the door，a young teenage boy was coming in.This young man had no hair on the sides of his head and a set of blue spiked (竖起的）hair on top of it. One of his nostrils (鼻孔) was pierced，and a ring ran through the hole and a chain went across his face and was attached to a ring he was wearing in his ear. He held a skateboard under one arm and a basketball under the other.Caitlynd, who was walking ahead of me，stopped at once when she saw the teenager. I thought he’d scared her and she'd frozen on the spot.I was wrong.My granddaughter backed up against the door and opened it as wide as it would go. Now I was face to face with the young man. I stepped aside and let him pass. His gracious response was a polite “Thank you very much,”.On our way to the car，I praised Caitlynd for her manners in holding open the door for the young man. She didn't seem to be troubled by his appearance but I wanted to make sure. If a grandmother s talk about freedom of self-expression and allowing people their differences was suitable. I wanted to be ready.As it turned out, the person who needed the talk was me.The only thing Caitlynd noticed about the teenager, was the fact that his arms were full. "He would have a hard time in opening the door. ”I saw the partially shaved head, the set of spiked hair，the piercings and the chain. She saw a person carrying something under each arm and heading toward a door.In the future, I hope to get down on her level and raise my sights.56.What did the author think of the young man at first sight?A. Polite.B. Common.C. Frightening.D. Fashionable.57.Caitlynd helped the young man because .A.she was not scared at allB.she was in favor of his dressing codeC.she wanted to avoid himD.it would be difficult for him to open the door58.The underlined sentence suggests that .A.people should have more freedom to express themselvesB.the author didn’t know how to give a talk on freedomC. a talk on freedom was useless for the granddaughterD.the author was ashamed of herself59.The author intends to tell us that .A.we shouldn’t judge a person by his lookB.we should allow people more freedom to dress differentlyC.we should be more helpful and tolerant to strange dressing of the youngD.we shouldn't be too particular about people in life(B)Your DNS cache (域名存储器）stores the locations (IP addresses) of web servers that contain5 / 11web pages which you have recently viewed. If the location of the web server changes before the entry in your DNS cache updates, you can no longer access the site.If you encounter a large number of HTML 404 error codes，you may need to clear your DNS cache. After you clear your DNS cache，your computer will query (询问) nameservers (域名服务器）for the new DNS information. The following methods allow you to remove old and inaccurate DNS information that may result in 404 errors.Windows 7To clear your DNS cache if you use Windows 7，perform the following steps：Click Start.Enter cmd in the Start menu search text box.Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator.Run the following command ：Ipconfig/flushdnsIf the command succeeds, the system returns the following message：Windows IP configuration successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.Windows® 8To clear your DNS cache if you use Windows⑧8，perform the following steps：On your keyboard，press Win+X to open the WinX Menu.Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator.Run the following command ：Ipconfig/flushdnsIf the command succeeds, the system returns the following message：Windows IP configuration successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.Windows XP，2000, or Vista⑧To clear your DNS cache if you use Windows XP，2000，or Vista®, perform the following steps：Click Start.On the Start menu, click Run.If you do not see the Run command in Vista, enter run in the Search bar.Run the following command ：Ipconfig/ flushdnsIf the command succeeds, the system returns the following message：Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.MacOS(§) 10. 10. 4 and aboveTo clear your DNS cache if you use MacOS⑧X version 10. 10. 4 or above, perform the following steps：Click Applications.Click Utilities.Click Terminal.Run the following command ：sudo killall-HUP mDNSRespondeIf the command succeeds. the system does not return any output (输出信息）.Warning：To run this command, you must know the computer s administrator account password.60.If the command succeeds, all the following systems return a massage except .A. Windows® 8B. Windows 7C. Windows XP. 2000. o r Vista⑧D. MacOS® 10. 10. 4 and above61.What's the main purpose of writing the passage?A.To introduce something about several systems on computer.B.To explain how to solve some problems in several systems on computer.C.To explain how to access some sites in several computer systems.D.To explain how to install DNS cache in several computer systems.62.Which of the following is TRUE about DNS cache, according to the text?A.DNS cache stores the IP addresses of web servers.B.DXS cache needs TO be cleared, if you meet a large number of error codes.C.DNS information may result in 404 errors.D.Unless the entry in your DNS cache updates, thelocation of the web server won’t change.(C)You are enrolled in a full-time school called “life”. Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or hate them, but you have designed them as part of your curriculum.Why are you here? What is your purpose? Humans have sought to discover the meaning of life for a very long time.Each person has his or her own purpose and distinct path, unique and separate from anyone else's. As you travel your life path, you will be presented with numerous lessons that you will need to learn in order to fulfill that purpose. The lessons you are presented with arc specific to you；learning these lessons is a key to discovering and fulfilling the meaning and connection of your own life.As you travel through your lifetime, you may encounter challenging lessons that others don’t have to face，while others spend years struggling with challenges that you don’t need to deal with. You may never know why you are blessed with a wonderful marriage while your friends suffer through bitter arguments and painful divorces, just as you cannot be sure why you struggle financially while your peers enjoy abundance. The only thing you can count on for certain is that you specifically need to learn；whether we choose to learn them or not is entirely up to you.The challenge here, therefore，is to align (保持一致）yourself with your own unique path by learning individual lessons. But, remember，don’t compare your path to the people around you and focus on the difference between their lessons and yours. You need to remember that you will only be faced with lessons that you are capable of learning and are specific to your own growth.Our sense of fairness is the expectation of equity— the assumption that all things are equal and that justice will always prevail. Life is not，in fact, fair, and you may indeed have a more difficult lift path than others around you, deserved or not. Everyone's circumstances are unique, and everyone needs to handle his or her own circumstances differently. If you want to move toward calm, you will7 / 11be required to move out the comparing phrase of “it's not fair”. Focusing on the unfairness of circumstances keeps you comparing yourself with others rather than appreciating your own special uniqueness. You miss out on learning your individual lessons by distracting yourself with feeling of bitterness and anger.63.According to the passage, how can the meaning of your life be realized?A. Having the same opinions as others.B. Taking the distinct path from others.C. Learning the lessons presented to you.D. Doing the different things from others.64.From the passage we can conclude .A.everyone has his own track to followB.the same thing usually happens to the peersC. a painful divorce must lie in financial problemsD. a wealthy man must have a wonderful marriage65.Which of the following is TRUE?A.All things are equal and justice will always prevail.B.You should learn to appreciate your specific uniqueness.C.One has to fix his mind on the unfairness of circumstances.D.The teachers have designed the lessons as part of your curriculum in the life school.66.Life is called a full-time school, because .A. it is full of all lessons to learnB. you have plenty of time to learn lessonsC. you meet with specific lessons every dayD. there are so many subjects for you to choose Section C (8%)Directions ：Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.A.The study showed they are willing to keep their dogs accompany.B.The study showed dogs understand words and how they are said.C.And they were happy to see scientific support for what they experienced every day.D.He called one of the findings a “shocker”.E.Researchers say they think dogs are tuned in to what people say.F.He thought that the result is quite common.Researchers at a university in Hungary say there is truth to what many dog owners always believed. Dogs do understand what humans say.The researchers made images of the brains of 13 dogs using a machine that records brain activity. The dogs were trained to lie down in the machine for seven minutes. During that time，they listened through headphones to their trainers5 voices. Dog owners may think the news is not surprising. But scientists are impressed.Brian Hare is a professor of evolutionary anthropology at Duke University. (67) The brain imaging showed clogs processed words using the left side of their brains，just as humans do. They use the right side of their brains to understand tone and pitch. (68) Meaningful words said in a neutral way did not have the same effect as the same words said in an encouraging way.Attila Andies was the lead researcher on the project. “Dog brains care about both what we sayand how we say it,” he said. (69)It’s because dogs have lived with people for a long time. Andies said he thinks other animals probably can understand human language like dogs do. But those animals are not very interested in what humans have to say.People reacted to the story on Facebook and Twitter. They said they always knew their pets could understand them. (70) One reader from Virginia said she thought her dog could probably read her mind, too. Someone in California joked that he always knew his dog ignored him. And Greg Matos in Boston called the study “Fascinating!”IV.Summary Writing (10%)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.Virginia Bookstore Finds the Secret to SuccessA large bookstore in a small U. S. town has succeeded for many years by giving people a chance to buy a lot of books for a low price.The large and simple bookstore is in the small eastern town of Mount Crawford，Virginia.The Green Valley Book Fair is made up of two large storage buildings totaling 2, 300 square meters.Some customers like Zoe Dellinger have been buying books at the store for many years.“I have been coming here since I was in my early 20s. The thrill of finding a new book is very serendipitous (机缘巧合的) here because you can’t come and say Fm buyin g the new Nicholas Sparks book today.’ That’s not what this place is about—this place is about finding wonderful treasures. ”And those treasures are not costly.“I found a wonderful book that I wanted. It was very expensive at the time—26 dollars was expensive for me to purchase a new book. I found the book here for five dollars. I was so excited, so that has kept me coming back just to see what treasures 1 11 find. ”The Green Valley Book Fair has 500，000 new and old books about politics, religion, science，travel, cooking and many other subjects.Michele Branner is the manager of the store.“My parents actually started this bookstore about 46 years ago. My dad collected old books and then decided that he wanted to sell some of them. And it went so well that it’s just kind of evolved to what it is today. ”The bookstore is only open six times a year for three weeks. About 25, 000 people visit during each period. The store sells about $ 2 million worth of books every year.“We buy our books at a fraction of retail (零售价的几分之一) and we can sell them for the prices that we do and keep our overhead low. That’s why we don’t have any fancy buildings or anything like that.”People have visited the store from many American states and from Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Russia.Tom Whitlon is from the eastern city of Bristol, Connecticut.“We have our whole family with us this time. So we said, ‘Oh you gotta see this book fair, ’ and9 / 11so we brought ’em all here today. It meets every family’s need that likes to read. ”V.Translation (15%)Directions：Translate the following sentences into English，using the words given in the brackets.72.当那些外宾正要离开时，天就开始下雨了。
上海市2020届高考英语试题最后冲刺卷二 Word版含解析
上海市英语高考模拟试卷(五)I . Listening ComprehensionSection A (10%)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.【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】A. Working.B. Jogging.C. Having a drink.D. Dancing.【答案】B【解析】【原文】此题为听力题，解析略。
2.【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】A. The exam.B. The paper.C. His teacher.D. The interview.【答案】B【解析】【原文】此题为听力题，解析略。
3.【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】A. Five weeksB. Three days.C. Two days.D. Not mentioned.【答案】B【解析】【原文】此题为听力题，解析略。
4.【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】A. He had a fever.B. He was in the hospital.C. He overslept.D. He had an unexpected visitor.【答案】B【解析】【原文】此题为听力题，解析略。
上海市2020届高三高考最后冲刺卷(四)英语试题 PDF版含答案
上海市英语高考模拟试卷(四)I. Listening ComprehensionSection A (10%)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 mill 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. Summer. B. Winter. C. Autumn. D. Spring.2. A. She doesn't have a bike. B. Her mother made up the story.C. She didn’t tell the man the truth.D. She knows nothing about the accidcnt.3. A. A clerk. B. A librarian. C. A waitress. D. A weatherman.4. A . Canada. B. Turkey. C. Italy. D. France.5. A. He doesn’t, want the woman to open the window.B. He has caught a cold.C. It’s too cold outside.D. He doesn’t like the fresh air.6. A. $60. B. $120. C. $90. D. $30.7. A. Tom was talking with the postman.B. Tom was running around the corner.C. Tom was helping the postman with his work.D. Tom was always wasting his time.8. A. Buy a fan. B. Use electricity.C. Cool himself down.D. Travel to a cold place.9. A. He was late for work.B. He quarreled with the man speaker.C. He criticized the man speaker too seriously.D. He criticized the man speaker out of no reason.10. A. The woman speaker. B. Thompson’s sister.C. Daisy’s sister.D, Thompson's niece.Section B (15%)Directions ： In Section B，you will hear two passages and one longer conversation. After each passage and conversation，you will be asked several questions. The passages and the conversation 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. South Korea. B. Japan. C. USA. D, Germany.12. A. How many students reach what level of education.B. Students’ abilities in reading, maths and science.1C. Students' self-evaluation.D. Teachers' feedback.13. A. Germany occupies the 19th place out of 24 nations in the study.B. Germany was strong in its educational tradition.C. Learning can be encouraged by a loving, stimulating environment.D. Educational disadvantage is born not in the home but at school.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. A policeman. B. A clerk. C. A news reporter. D. A tour guide.15. A. 3. B. 4. C. 5. D. 6.16. A. Buy alcohol in this country at the age of 13.B. Use the crossing for walking.C. Buy cigarettes or tobacco at the age of 14.D. Throw away waste materials in a public place.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. A job interview. B. A chat between friends.C. A visa interview.D. A spoken English test.18. A. To make friends. B. To help his job.C. To satisfy his interest.D. To live in America.19. A. Grammar. B. Vocabulary.C. Pronunciation.D. Writing.20. A. The job back in China. B. His mother’s cooking.C. The soap operas.D. The school he once studied in.II. Grammar and VocabularySection A (10%)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 pro per form of the given word ； for the other blanks，use one word that best fits each blank.If you take the bus or subway to school every workday, chances are (21) ____ you will be wearing headphones. And if you take a look around, you will notice that they are everywhere.Sol Republic, a US audio manufacturer, carried out a survey among millennials (千禧一代）in 2014. It found that 53 percent of them owned three or more pairs of headphones and wore them for nearly four hours every day to enjoy music.In fact, headphones are (22) ____ common n owadays that men’s fashion magazine GQ says that they're an important part of a man's wardrobe (衣柜）.“The newest fashion accessory (饰品）isn’t a fashion accessory at all. It’s high-style headphones that make as much of a statement as anything else you’re wear ing,” it said.Besides those (23) ____ wear headphones just for fashion, does this mean people really love music?It’s perhaps the privacy (隐私），alongside the music, (24) ____ we enjoy when we put on headphones. “They give us control over our audio-environment，allowing us to make our public2/ 11。
最新上海市2020届高三高考最后冲刺卷(三)英语试题含答案
上海高考英语最后冲刺卷三I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections：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.luggage.1. A. She’s weighing the man’ｓluggage, B. She’s checking the man’ｓtrunk,C. She’s browsing the man’ｓbooks. D. She’s searching the man’ｓ2. A. She’s spoilt her appetite. B. She is not feeling well.C. She is very hungry.D. She has eaten too much.3. A. He wants to have his car repaired, B. He wants to find the nearest car-park.C. He wants to hire a car on a tour.D. He wants to look round in a taxi.4. A. At a butcher shop, B. In a McDonald's.C. In a grocery.D. At a buffet.5. A. Young lovers. B, Bride and bridegroom.C. A married couple.D. Divorced parents.6. A. His jacket doesn’t match his pants.B. He is wearing a dark jacket.C. His jacket doesn’t fit him well.D. He has gone to work in a jackets7. A. The critic has a very funny comment on the musical.ion of the musical.B. The woman agrees with the man’s opinC. The woman has a very positive comment on the musical.D. The man and the woman differ in their opinion of the musical.8. A. He no longer buys souvenirs like toys for his children.efore.B. He doesn’t send cards to his children as he did bC. He still sends cards to all his children except Tod.D. Toys are still his children^ favorites though they are grown up.9. A. The book reports can be handed in after November 13*B. November 13 is the deadline for handing in the book reports.C. The book reports can be handed in any time they are finished.D. November 13 is the date when the book reports are handed in.10. A. He became the club champion though his leg muscles tightened.B. He lost to the club champion because his leg muscles badly hurt.C. He failed to win the club championship for his leg muscle pain.D. He had to quit the match because of sudden pain in his leg muscles.Section BDirections ：In Part B, you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked some questions on the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. 20 hours* B. 22 hours. C. 24 hours. D. 18 hours.12. A. People can live in New York’s most attractive residential area.B. It serves as a transport system from Roosevelt to Manhattan.C. Roosevelt Islanders now can have a view of Manhattan’s skylines.D. The cable car has created more jobs for Roosevelt Islanders.13. A. It ferries just across the East River every 15 minutes.B. It carries Roosevelt Islanders to Manhattan every 15 minutes.C. It ferries to and fro between Roosevelt Island and Manhattan.D. It operates only in morning and evening rush hours.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. It can identify different flowers through its built-in sensors,B. It can record various smells digitally and reproduce them,C. It can make sweet smells by mixing flowers with vapour,D. It can create smells and give them off to any scenes.15. A. It helps shoppers locate the right brand of perfume.B. It helps shoppers check out the perfumes before they buy,C. It helps make sure that perfumes are truly genuine.D. It can recommend right perfumes to shoppers*16. A. The device is made small enough to be easily carried.B. The device is sensitive to any smell the human nose can detect.C. Smells are programmed to accompany movie scenes.D. The device has recreated the smells of fish and gasoline.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. Men’s good manners on public occasions.B. Traditional views of married life.C. The equality of husband and wife.D. The dictionary definition of equality.18. A. Sharing housework. B. Keeping house.C. Earning money.D. Waiting on husband.19. A. A woman should support her family financially after marriage.B. Women should be treated politely on all social occasions.C. Men should have more household responsibilities than women.D. Men should treat women like babies in their family life.20. A. Men should observe the rule of lady first strictly.B. Husband and wife should pay their own way.，C. Man’s and woman’s roles are different in a familyD. Husband should treat his wife like a good friend.Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections：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.I teach a course in marine biology at a college in central Maine. In order to give each student the individualized attention he or she (21)__________(deserve) , I cap the class size at 15. Someyears back，while calling out names from the roster (花名册)on the first day，I noticed a gray-hairedwoman of about 70. She (22)__________(hang) about at the door, with her new bookslike a schoolgirl."I'm not on the roster, she volunteered, clearly self-conscious about all the (23 )__________(seat)18-year-olds looking her over. But I was wondering if I (24) just sit in on the first class，to seewhat it’s about. ”，so I invited her to There were already 15 in the class, but this woman’s eagerness impressed mehave a seat.I began by chatting informally with the class to get a feel for how much knowledge they werebringing to (25)__________course. The result of open admissions is that professors are faced withvery uneven crops of students, many of (26) __________ know relatively little about the worldaround them.In marine biology I like to see if they know the difference between fishes and seagoingmammals (哺乳动物).I often hold up a (海绵）in the hope (27)__________ someone will recognizeit as an animal rather than a plant. I talk about the difference between a sea and an ocean.(28)__________ I questioned，most of my new students remained silent. But Natalie, the olderwoman, was on the edge of her seat, (29)__________( volunteer) answers with the quickness of agame show contestant. In time, I felt as if it were just she and I engaged in a private conversation. Atthe end of class，she came up to me and apologized for being the “extra” student. “I certainly wiingcould take this course，’’ she said. “Will you offer it next week?” Alarmed at the prospect of los her, I acted quickly to relieve (30)_____ concern.，” T said.“I’ll see you next classSection BDirections：Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used onlyonce. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. removableB. functionalC. restrictionsD. alterE. break F, reportedlyG. overload H. channel I. access J. track K. handlingThe Trunkster, a bag with built-in smart features might just challenge the standard roller bag.The main security feature: It's zipperless(无拉链）. A sliding roll top-door design allows for easy31_________by the owner, but reduces the risk of theft or accidental opening during baggage32________. If airport security has to search the bag, there is a TSA-approved combination lock.Need to juice up your phone? A 33_________battery can charge portable devices through a USBconnection. Perhaps the coolest part — especially if your holiday shopping habits put you at risk ofgoing beyond baggage weight 34_________- is a built-in digital scale. Want to know how muchstuff you，re pulling? Lift the bag and the display on 出e handle shows weight in pounds orkilograms.Trunkster co-founder Jesse Potash said he and his co-founder, based in New York, created theluggage in 2014, after finding nothing they believed prioritized accessibility. They wanted to极简with zippers —for “the modem’ minimal (“completely 35________” the classic case —Polash says. He adds that they didn’t want to 36________the user with “as many的）traveler,” features as possible" because that would not be required.One more feature you can add on? Tracking. Airlines are 37________ doing a better job thesedays of not losing bags. But for those who want to 38________ their cases there are stand-alone gadgets（精巧的装置）like the Trakdot or Pocket-Finder Luggage Tracker. For an extra $40, you canadd a subscription-free, removable GPS to the Trunksler.But smarting up a 39 object comes with a problem. "When you have this much technology in asuitcase ... there are more things to break," says George Hobica, a world traveler. Besides, the Trunkster is all black, and we all know that finding a black-colored bag in a sea of suitcases is likesearching for a blade of grass on a football field. Attention, luggage manufacturers looking to 40 thetypical pattern：Go bolder with unusual colors and designs.Reading Comprehension Section ADirections ：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.Most of the time, people are well aware of the circumstances of exchange：they exchange this-giving in return, they canfor that. But in the rare circumstances when they’ve not prepared with giftbe 41________ with feelings of guilt. Receiving a gift, Jacques Derrida, a French thinker, thought,could make one feel like a 42 trapped in a cycle of economic exchange. People don^ like the feelingof being under obligation ( 人情债) , and try to dismiss the 43 they can feel as quickly as possible.Private gift-giving, as the Frankfurt school theorist Theodor Adorno worried, has become anempty procedure. There’s no denying that in at least some cases, people give gifts 44________. This has less to do with gift-giving itself, and more to do with the choosing of gifts. Gift-giving looks likean obligation, and a fairly 45________one at that. Sure, there is giving gifts to lovers, friends andfamily. But then there is also the world of gift-giving like Secret Santa Claus, practices that keepgift-giving routines going well 46 the circles of people we know well enough to make choosing presents 47 .-printed For these forced occasions, for, say, the coworker we‘ve never spoken to, there are pre cards and commercial guides. Even when the receiver is well-known, people want to 48________theeffort needed for gifting. A relative once sent me a gift basket of dried fruit, nuts and cured meats;both the offending party and I are vegetarians.If gift-giving has become more transaction (交易的），with the give-and-take a ( n )49________itself, so has complimenting.This 50________choice — fulfill your obligation to return the 51 or resign yourself lo guilt —comes from belonging to a society structured around commodities and their 52________.The troubleis, if compliments are transactions, feeling that we5re under obligation is a natural state of affairs. Toimagine that we could completely overcome our ways of thinking about compliments, 53________，requires 54________our social and economic forms of life. 55________ a difficult demand，thiscould be the true gift Adorno and Derrida were hoping for.41. A. proud B. troubled C. happy D. debtor42. A.owner B. loaner C. donor D. exchange43. A. prejudice B. inferiority C. inequality D. priority44. A. reluctantly B. quickly C. carefully D. gladly45. A.affordable B. widespread C. influential D. commercial46. A. within B. behind C. againstD. beyond47. A. unpleasant B. enjoyable C. adequate D. fashionable48. A. minimize B. maximize C. complicate D, formalize。
上海市2020届高三高考最后冲刺卷(二)英语试题含答案
上海高考英语最后冲刺卷二I . Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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. She doesn’t like the photos taken in Britain.B. The weather affects the color of the photos.C. She feels sorry that she looks a little grey.D. Bad weather spoils her trip to Britain.2. A. 200 dollars. B, 100 dollars. C. 300 dollars. D. 600 dollars.3. A. At a nursery. B. In a hospital. C. At a police station. D. In a library.4. A. In April. B. In May C. In June. D. In July5. A. He will read it on Saturday.B. He will lend it to Sandy first.C. He will lend it to Jane first.D. He will keep the paper until Sunday.6. A, He is talking with someone.B. He is on the phone.C, He is in the middle of a trip.D. He is engaged now.7. A. Husband and wife.B. Frank’s friends.C. Teacher and student.D. Clerk and customer.8. A. The woman would rather stay at home.B. The woman would like to travel aloneC. The woman has been to Asian countriesD. The woman doesn’t like Sri Lanka.9. A. It cost too much money.B. It destroyed the environment.C. It will bring huge profit.D. It is very luxurious.10. A. They should buy a smaller tableB. They don’t need any new furniture.C. The new table is not a good match for the dining roomD. Ifs unreasonable to buy a new house for a dining table.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked some questions on the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken onlyonce. 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. Uses of different smoke alarms.B. The best location of smoke alarms.C. Smoke alarms in the home.D. The installation of smoke alarms.12. A. The engineer. B. The detective. C. The home owner. D. Anyone.13. A. All the smoke alarms. B. Battery-powered smoke alarmsC. Photoelectric smoke alarms.D. Hard-wired smoke alarms.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Because that was his first night at sea.B. Because he had nothing to do but wait.C. Because his watch was very annoying.D. Because he didn’t know who will save him.15. A. Annoyed. B. Depressed. C. Anxious. D. Disappointed.16. A. To throw away his watch into the sea.B. To put back his watch into his pocket.C. To find out where the airplanes were.D. To wait patiently until rescue comes.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. In a library. B. In a bookstore.C. In a classroom.D. In an office.18. A. The bookstore has sold out the book.B. The book is not used for any course at the university.C. The professor did not order enough copies of the book.D. The bookstore does not carry the book.19. A. It is a newest computer science book.B,He needs the book for his assignments.C. The book was written by Professor Kayne.D. The professor needs the book for the course.20. A. Save a copy of the book for him when it comes in.B. Order more copies of the book within a week.C. Call the computer store across the street.D. Find another bookstore that sells the book.II. Grammar and V ocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word t fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word；for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Mystery of the White Gardenia (栀子花）(Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12, a white gardenia was delivered to my house. No card or note came with it.)One month before my high-school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. My feelings ranged from grief to abandonment, fear and (21)___________ (overwhelm) anger that my dad was missing some of the most important events in my life. I became completely uninterested(22)__________my upcoming graduation, the senior-class play and the prom (班级舞会）.But my mother, in the midst of her own grief, (23)__________not hear of my skipping any of those things.The day before my father died, my mother and I (24)__________(go) shopping for a prom dress. We’d found a spectacular one, with yards and yards of dotted Swiss in red, white and blue, (25)__________ made me feel like Scarlett O’ Hara, (26)__________ it was the wrong size. When my father died, I forgot about the dress.My mother didn’t. The day before the prom, I found that dress — in the right size — draped majestically over the living-room sofa. It wasn't just delivered, still in the box. It (27)________(present) to me ---- beautifully, artistically, lovely. I didn’t care if I had a new dress or not. But my mother did.She wanted her children to feel (28)__________(love) and lovable, creative and imaginative, filled with a sense (29)__________ there was magic in the world and beauty even in the face of adversity. In truth, my mother wanted her children to see (30)__________ much like the gardenia — lovely, strong and perfect — with a feeling of magic and perhaps a hit of mystery.My mother died ten days after I married. I was 22 years old. That was the year the gardenias stopped coming.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each wordPoetry is a kind of writing in which the sound and meaning of groups of words express ideas or emotion in addition to the experiences or strong feelings the writer 31__________. Unlike most other forms of writing, poetry is often written in lines, rather than paragraphs. Poetry also sounds different from other forms of writing, often using rhythm and rhyme to create an interesting sound when read aloud. Poetry catches the attention of a reader because it 32 _ to both emotions and senses.Sound is 33 _________the single most important aspect of any poem. The sound that any poem. The sound that any given word makes, or the sounds that come from specific groups of words used together, are what make poetry so unique as a form of writing. A typical story or report does not focus on the sounds that each 34_________ word makes when read. But poems generally contain few words, so it is important that each word plays a role in making an impact on the reader. Rhythm is the flow of sounds created by successive words in a poem. When you read a poem you can often hear this 35_________ pattern,or “beat,” in the sounds. This is called meter.Some of the oldest and best-known poetry in the world came from Ancient Greece. As far back as 700 BCE, poets there recited their work at public 36_________ and religious ceremonies, the great epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer came from Greece. The Greeks eventually 37_________ Roman poets, such as Virgil, who wrote the Aeneid 30 BCE. In medievaltimes, poems such as Beowulf, The Divine Comedy by Dante, and The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer were written. Religion and romance became the 38_________ of choice for many poets at that time.Poetry 39_________ even more during the Renaissance period of history, an era of many great cultural achievements. This was the period during which Shakespeare, the most well-known poet, was making his mark! Needless to say, a trend had started. Poetry has continued to grow and change as a form of 40 expression in modem times, III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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.When a human infant is born into any other community in any part of the world, it has two things in common with any infant, provided neither of them has been damaged in any way either before or during birth.Firstly, and most obviously, new born children are completely 41_________. Apart from a powerful capacity to draw attention on their helplessness by using sound, there is nothing the new born child can do to 42_________his own survival. Without 43_________ from some other human being or beings, be it mother, grandmother, or human group, a child is very unlikely to survive. This helplessness of human infants is in marked contrast with the 44_________ of many new born animals to get to their 45 within minutes of birth and run with the herd within a few hours. Although young animals are certainly in 46_________ ,sometimes for weeks or even months after birth, compared with the human 47_________,they very quickly develop the capacity to 48_________themselves. It is during this very long period in which the human infant is totally 49_________on the others that it reveals the second feature which it 50_________with all other undamaged human infants, a capacity to learn 51_________.For this reason,biologists now suggest that language is “species specific” to the human race, that is to say, they consider the human infant to be genetically 52_________ in such a way that it can 53_________ language. This suggestion implies that just as human beings are designed to see three-dimensionally and in color and just as they are designed to 54_________upright rather than to move on all fours, so they are designed to learn and use language as part of their normal 55_________ as well-formed human beings.41. A. ignorant B. unknown C. inexperienced D. helpless42. A. ensure B. gain C. emphasize D. solidify43. A. notice B. affection C. care D. permission44. A. possibility B. capacity C. try D. attempt45. A. arms B. body C. feet D. limbs46. A. anger B, danger C, control D. advance47. A. race B. body C. infantD. power48. A. feed B. defend C. help D. guard49. A. dependent B. concentrated C. focusing D. operating50. A. combines B, shares C. carries D. brings5L A. walking B, feeding C. language D, skill52. A. programmed B, set C. arranged D. made53. A. create B. distinguish C. enrich D. acquire54. A. sit B. walk C. stand D. move55, A, state B. development C. performance D. behaviorSection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or 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.AA knight(骑士）was a mounted warrior of medieval Europe who served a king or other feudal superior, usually in return for land. Knighthood was taken quite seriously and had to be earned.At about the age of eight, a boy would begin training in preparation for knighthood. This young trainee, known as a page (学习骑士）,would train with mentors to learn about horses, armor, and weapons. Pages practiced fighting with a sword against a wooden stake and learned to skillfully use a bow and arrow. The lady of the castle taught a young page about manners and social graces, as well as how to sing, play instruments, and dance. A priest might give a page religious training and teach him to read and write. By the age of fourteen, the page would become a squire (骑士的随从).A squire was responsible for dressing a knight for battles and tournaments and taking care of the knight^ armor and weapons. He would even follow his master on the battlefield to protect him if the knight fell.A squire had to gain skill in using a lance (长矛) , spear, or sword, so he would practice against a wooden dummy called a quintain(矛靶) The quintain and a shield were hung on a wooden pole, and when hit, the whole structure would spin. The squire would learn to ride up and hit the shield’s center, but then quickly move out of the way without getting hit and knocked off his horse by the quintain.At about age twenty, a squire was finally prepared to be called a knight, which involved an extended ceremony. On the evening before becoming a knight t the squire confessed his sins to a priest, was given a symbolic bath, and then fasted in order to cleanse his soul. The squire would dress all in white and stay in a chapel all night praying and watching over his weapons and armor.In the morning, the squire would dress in symbolically-colored clothing: red for hisblood, white for purity, and brown for his return to the earth after death. At this ceremony, the knight wore a code of chivalry, which required him always to be brave, loyal, courteous, and to protect he defenseless. Knighthood was granted by the overlord (领主）and the new knight was tapped on the shoulders or neck with the flat side of the sword.If this new knight ever broke his promise or acted dishonorably, he would be stripped of his knighthood in another ceremony, in which he was 14 buried. In the Middle Ages, a knight without honor was considered as good as dead.56. What were the responsibilities of a squire?A. Practicing fighting with a sword and using a bow and arrow skillfully.B. Looking after weapons and learning manners from the Lady of the castle.C. Confessing his sin and praying for his mentors.D. Dressing a knight for fighting and protecting him.57. What does the underlined word “ chivalry” mean ?A. The noble spirit a knight possesses.B. The tough task a knight has to finish.C. The high goal a knight must achieve.D. The military discipline a knight should obey.58. If a knight failed to keep his promise, what would happen?A. He would be sentenced to death.B. He would be robbed of his title.C. He would be forced to leave Court.D. His land would be returned to the King.59. What does the passage mainly tell us?A. Why people wanted to be knights.B. How one became a knight.C. When knighthood started.D. Who knights had to serve.BModem technology allows scientists to look inside a living human brain to see what is happening. These procedures are safe and painless. By understanding the normal brain activity, doctors and scientists are better able to assess the brain^ behavior during times of injury, disease, and mental illness.CT or CAT scans: Computed tomography (CT) or computerized axial tomography (CAT) shows images of the brain by passing multiple X-ray beams through the brain tissue. CT or CAT scans show a cross-section of the brain. These scans can be used to find brain tumors.MRI scans : Magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI) uses powerful magnet to cause the atoms of the brain to shake, MRI sensors pick up the signals emitted ( Hi) from the brain5s atoms and a computer interprets them as a picture, MRIs show more detail than CT or CAT scans can. They are especially useful in finding brain tumors that grow on the back of the brain, between the ears.PET scans : Positron emission tomography ( PET) is different from other scans because it shows how the brain functions. After a person^ bloodstream is injected with a small dose of glucose (葡萄糖）,which is what gives the brain energy, scanners aroundthe head detect where the glucose moves. The PET scan shows which part of the brain uses a lot of glucose, which are the more active parts. PET scans are helpful for diagnosing strokes, studying mental illness, and learning how the brain processes language.59. How can doctors and scientists understand the brain’s reaction to in jury,disease, or mental illness?A. By contrasting/comparing it with normal brain activities.B. By passing the X-Ray beams through the brain tissue,C. By picking up the signals emitted from the brain^ atoms.D. By being injected with glucose and detecting where it moves.60. Which of the following is helpful for diagnosing brain tumors?A, CT / CAT and PET. B. MRI and PET.C. CT/CAT and MRI.D. CT and CAT.61. If a person suffers from defect in speaking, which scan will a doctor like to suggest?A. CT/CAT.B. MRI.C. PET.D. Any of them.CInnovation is key to business survival, and companies put substantial resources into inspiring employees to develop new ideas but not necessarily succeed. And there are those who don’t have a budget, or much s pace, but who innovate successfully.For Robert B. Cialdini, Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University, one reason that companies don’t succeed as often as they should is that innovation starts with recruitment. Research shows that the fit be tween an employee’s values and a company’s values makes a difference to what contribution they make and whether, two years after they join, they're still at the company.One of the most famous photographs in the story of rock’n’roll emphasizes Cialdini’s views.The 1956 picture of singers Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis jamming at a piano in Sun Studios in Memphis tells a hidden story. Sun’s million-dollar quartet (四重唱）” could have been a quintet (五重唱）.Missing from the picture is Roy Orbison, a greater natural singer. Sam Phillips, who owned Sun, wanted to revolutionize popular music. All of them except Orbison believed in it. Orbison wasn’t inspired by the goal,and only ever achieved one hit with the Sun label.Cialdini a lso believes that the “follow-the-leader syndrome” is dangerous, not least because it encourages bosses to go it alone. “It’s been scientifically proven that three people will be better than one at solving problems, even if that one person is the smartest person in the field. To prove his point, Cialdini cites an interview with molecular biologist James Watson. Watson,together with Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA. “When asked how they had cracked the code ahead of other highly rival investigators, he said something that surprised me. He said he and Crick had succeeded because they were aware that they weren’t the most intelligent of the scientists pursuing the answer. The smartest scientist was called Rosalind Franklin who, Watson said,‘ was so intelligent that she rarely sought advice ’Authority doesn't have to inhibit （抑制）innovation but it often does. Manytheorist believe the ideal boss should lead from behind, taking pride in collective accomplishment and giving credit where it is due. Cialdini says,“ Leaders should encourage everyone to contribute and assure all concerned that every recommendation is important to making the right decision and will be given full attention, A manager who wants to create a truly innovative culture can make their job a lot easier by recognizing these psychological realities.62. The example of the “million-dollar quartet” underlines the writer’s point about______________.A. recognizing talentB. working as a teamC. having a shared objectiveD. being an effective leader63. James Watson suggests that he and Francis Crick won the race to discover the DNA code because they______________A. were conscious of their own limitationsB. brought complementary skills to their partnershipC. were determined to outperform their brighter rivalsD. encouraged each other to realize their joint ambition64. In the last paragraph, the writer suggests that it is important for employees to______________.A. be aware of their company’s goalsB. have respect for their co-worke rs’ achievementsC. understand why certain management decisions are madeD. feel that their contributions are valued65. Which of the following is probably the best title for this passage?A. The key to becoming an innovative company.B. The psychology of innovation.C. The environment giving rise to Innovation.D. How to be an innovative company leader.Section CDirections: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. EachMany people go through life’s usual phases of ups and downs,which are commonand normal stages in life, but when your self-esteem is low, you may need to know how to boost your self-esteem ,since it can lead to problems you may not have thought of.Self-esteem plays a key role in the maturity of a person, especially when trying to get away from a dangerous situation, going through a series of trials in life.(67)____________________________Always compliment yourself daily, especially by trying to look for specific tasks you did well for that day and congratulate yourself for it.(68)____________________________ List down all things you are good at doing and achieving, be it a talent, skill, sport or building up other people.You can add more focus to these good points and fuel your passion to do better and make you not only understand yourself more, but also give you the true meaning and measurement of self worth and this is how you see yourself as important.Sometimes when you tend to see things in a different light or perspective from others, don’t focus too much on making sure that what you think will cause things to change. (69)____________________________When you have good self-esteem you will realize that what you did was right and was made under your own food judgment, sound principles and concepts based on your personal outlook and attitude towards life.Do not let negative feedback affect you. Of course, one cannot help but feel bad about negative comments or reactions, but you have to consider that these are tests against your characterand personality. (70) ____________________________ So try to look at yourself and see, and if you feel less important or are not satisfied with how you see and look at things, then think about ways on how to boost your self-esteem. You’ll thank yourself for it.IV.Summary WritingDirections :Read the following passage. Summarize in no more than 60 words the main idea of the passage and how it is illustrated. Use your own words as far as possible.One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime left. He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I owe you?”“You don’t owe me anything,’’ she replied. “Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a kindness. ” He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart. ” As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but it also increased his faith in the human race. He was about to give up and quit before this point.Years later the young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists can be called in to study her raredisease. Dr. Howard Kelly, now famous, was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from,a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately, he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room.Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room and determined to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave special attention to her case.After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was afraid to open it because she was positive that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her attention. She read these words **Paid in full with a glass of milk. (Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly" and tears of joy flooded her eyes. Love spread through human hearts and hands.V.TranslationDirections :Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1.民众呼吁政府延长对失业的救济. (appeal)2.用户名和密码不要经常改动,否则会引起不必要的麻烦。
2020届上海市高考英语试题最后冲刺卷一(解析版)
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A.Canada.B.Turkey.C.Italy.D.France.
【答案】B
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A.He doesn’t want the woman to open the window.
C.She didn’t tell the man the truth.D.She knows nothing about the accidcnt.
【答案】C
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A.A clerk.B.A librarian.C.A waitress.D.A weatherman.
【答案】14. D 15. C 16. D
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【14题详解】
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A.A job interview.B.A chat between friends.
【答案】A
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A.The woman speaker.B.Thompson’s sister.
C.Daisy’s sister.D.Thompson's niece.
上海市2020届高三最后冲刺卷五英语试题
上海市2020届高三最后冲刺卷五英语试题一、阅读理解本大题共4道小题。
1.Your DNS cache (域名存储器) stores the locations (IP addresses) of web servers that contain web pages which you have recently viewed. If the location of the web server changes before the entry in your DNS cache updates, you can no longer access the site.If you encounter a large number of HTML 404 error codes, you may need to clear your DNS cache. After you clear your DNS cache, your computer will query(询问) nameservers (域名服务器) for the new DNS information. The following methods allow you to remove old and inaccurate DNSinformation that may result in 404 errors.Windows 7To clear your DNS cache if you use Windows 7,perform the following steps:Click Start.Enter cmd in the Start menu search text box.Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator.Run the following command:Ipconfig/flushdnsIf the command succeeds, the system returns the following message: Windows IP configuration successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.Windows® 8To clear your DNS cache if you use Windows 8, perform the following steps:On your keyboard press Win+X to open the WinX Menu.Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator.Run the following command:Ipconfig/flushdnsIf the command succeeds, the system returns the following message:Windows IP configuration successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.Windows XP, 2000, or Vista®To clear your DNS cache if you use Windows XP, 2000, or Vista®, perform the following steps:Click Start.On the Start menu, click Run.If you do not see the Run command in Vista, enter run in the Search bar.Run the following command:ipconfig/flushdnsIf the command succeeds, the system returns the following message: Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.MacOS® 10.10.4 and aboveTo clear your DNS cache if you use MacOS X version 10.10.4 or above, perform the following steps: Click Applications.Click Utilities.Click Terminal.Run the following command:sudo killall-HUP mDNSRespondeIf the command succeeds, the system does not return any output(输出信息).Warning:To run this command, you must know the computer‘s administrator account password.60. If the command succeeds, all the following systems return a massage except .A. Windows® 8B. Windows 7C. Windows XP, 2000, or Vista®D. MacOS® 10.10.4 and above61. What is the main purpose of writing the passage?A. To introduce something about several systems on computer.B. To explain how to solve some problem in several systems on computer.C. To explain how to access some sites in several computer systems.D. To explain how to install DNS cache in several computer systems.62. Which of the following is true about DNS cache according to the text?A. DNS cache stores the IP addresses of web servers.B. DNS cache needs to be cleared, if you meet a large number of error codes.C. DNS information may result in 404 errors.D. Unless the entry in your DNS cache updates, the location of the web server won‘t change.2.You are enrolled in a full-time schoo l called “life”. Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or hate them, but you have designed them as part of your curriculum.Why are you here? What is your purpose? Humans have sought to discover the meaning of life for a very long time.Each person has his or her own purpose and distinct path, unique and separate from anyone else’s. As you travel your life path, you will be presented with numerous lessons that you will need to learn in order to fulfill that purpose. The lessons you are presented with are specific to you; learning these lessons is a key to discovering and fulfilling the meaning and connection of your own life.As you travel through your lifetime, you may encounter challenging lessons that others don’t have to face, while others spend years struggling with challenges that you don’t need to deal with. You may never know why you are blessed with a wonderful marriage while your friends suffer through bitter arguments and painful divorces, just as you cannot be sure why you struggle financially while your peers enjoy abundance. The only thing you can count on for certain is that you specifically need to learn; whether we choose to learn them or not is entirely up to you.The challenge here, therefore, is to align (保持一致) yourself with your own unique path by learning individual lessons. But, remember, don’t compare your path to the people around you and focus on the difference between their lessons and yours. You need to remember that you will only be faced with lessons that you are capable of learning and are specific to your own growth.Our sense of fairness is the expectation of equity — the assumption that all things are equal and that justice will always prevail. Life is not, in fact, fair, and you may indeed have a more difficult lift path than others around you, deserved or not. Everyone's circumstances are unique, and everyone needs to handle his or her own circumstances differently. If you want to move toward calm, you will be required to move out the comparing phrase of “it's not fair”. Focusing on the unfairness of circumstances keeps you comparing yourselfwith others rather than appreciating your own special uniqueness. You miss out on learning your individual lessons by distracting yourself with feeling of bitterness and anger.63. According to the passage, how can the meaning of your life be realized?A.Having the same opinions as others.B. Taking the distinct path from others.C. Learning the lessons presented to you.D. Doing the different things from others. 64. From the passage we can conclude ____. A. everyone has his own track to follow B. the same thing usually happens to the peers C. a painful divorce must lie in financial problems D. a wealthy man must have a wonderful marriage 65. Which of the following is TRUE? A. All things are equal and justice will always prevail. B. You should learn to appreciate your specific uniqueness. C. One has to fix his mind on the unfairness of circumstances. D. The teachers have designed the lessons as part of your curriculum in the life school. 66. Life is called a full-time school, because ____. A. it is full of all lessons to learn B. you have plenty of time to learn lessonsC. you meet with specific lessons every dayD. there are so many subjects for you to choose3.Wikipedia, the US-based online encyclopedia (百科全书), is 10 this year. It is the largest encyclopedia ever. The site, ___41___ in 2001 by Americans Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, is now the fifth most-visited on the Internet. It has about 17 million articles in over 270 languages and about 400 million people go to the site each day, ___42___ information on just about anything: maths, languages, art, culture and company histories. There are articles on sports stars, too, and even ___43___ soap operas from the 1970s.Wikipedia ___44___ an open editing model. Except for a small number of pages, anyone ran edit articles, anonymously or with a user account, and ___45___ users can create their own articles. Editing is unpaid, although Wikipedia does employ a small staff. Wikipedia is freely available to all netizens. Wikipedia ___46___ a new way to share information and its founders hoped that the model would be able to make use of the___47___ wisdom of human beings.However, ___48___ have raised doubts about the accuracy and ___49___ of Wikipedia’s content, since itseditors are mostly ____50____ rather than professionals.There is no doubt that Wikipedia pages contain many errors, although the organization does attempt to solve problems with its content ____51____ system.However, several studies have concluded that Wikipedia is as accurate as most printed encyclopedias.____52____, a 2005 report in the journal Nature found it to be only ____53____ less reliable than the Encyclopedia Britannica. Jimmy Wales has big plans for the future. He wants Wikipedia in every language of the world and hopes the number of visitors will reach 1 billion by 2015. There is no doubt that Wikipedia faces challenges. It carries no ads. Its funds come from ____54____. Perhaps more importantly, the number of its volunteer editors is falling.However, Wales says he will still ____55____ his aspiration —“to do something useful for the world,” as he told The Washington Post.41. A. published B. created C. proposed D. installed42. A. making up B. summing up C. looking up D. building up43. A. permanent B. temporary C. contemporary D. long-forgotten44. A. enrolls B. employs C. appoints D. entitles45. A. justified B. participated C. registered D. rewarded46. A. expanded B. enlarged C. struck D. pioneered47. A. collective B. idealistic C. individual D. imaginative48. A. professionals B. critics C. psychologists D. supporters49. A. access B. convenience C. explanation D. authority50. A. executives B. amateurs C. authorities D. experts51. A. review B. facility C. licence D. proposal52. A. Incredibly B. Reasonably C. Cheerfully D. Indeed53. A. undoubtedly B. increasingly C. slightly D. necessarily54. A. negotiations B. commerce C. routines D. donations55. A. make room for B. stick to C. put forward D. go in for4.My six-year-old granddaughter, Caitlynd and I stopped at Tim Horton’s shop for a blueberry cake. As we were going out of the door，a young teenage boy was coming in.This young man had no hair on the sides of his head and a set of blue spiked (竖起) hair on top of it.One of his nostrils (鼻孔) was pierced, and a ring ran through the hole and a chain went across his face and was attached to a ring he was wearing in his ear. He held a skateboard under one arm and a basketball under the other.Caitlynd, who was walking ahead of me, stopped at once when she saw the teenager. I thought he’d scared her and she'd frozen on the spot.I was wrong.My granddaughter backed up against the door and opened it as wide as it would go. Now I was face to face with the young man. I stepped aside and let him pass. His gracious response was a polite “Thank you very much.”.On our way to the car, I praised Caitlynd for her manners in holding open the door for the young man. She d idn’t seem to be troubled by his appearance but I wanted to make sure. If a grandmother s talk about freedom of self-expression and allowing people their differences was suitable. I wanted to be ready.As it turned out, the person who needed the talk was me.The only thing Caitlynd noticed about the teenager, was the fact that his arms were full. “He would have a hard time in opening the door.”I saw the partially shaved head, the set of spiked hair, the piercings and the chain. She saw a person carrying something under each arm and heading toward a door.In the future, I hope to get down on her level and raise my sights.56. What did the author think of the young man at first sight?A. Polite.B. Common.C. Frightening.D. Fashionable.57. Caitlynd helped the young man because _____.A. she was not scared at allB. she was in favor of his dressing codeC. she wanted to avoid himD. it would be difficult for him to open the door58. The underlined sentence suggests that ____.A. people should have more freedom to express themselvesB. the author didn’t know how to give a talk on freedomC. a talk on freedom was useless for the granddaughterD. the author was ashamed of herself59. The author intends to tell us that ____.A. we shouldn’t judge a person by his l ookB. we should allow people more freedom to dress differentlyC. we should be more helpful and tolerant to strange dressing of the youngD. we shouldn’t be too particular about people in life一、书面表达本大题共2道小题。
上海市2020届高三最后冲刺卷六英语试题
上海市2020届高三最后冲刺卷六英语试题一、完型填空本大题共1道小题。
1.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that over 50,000 people every year sustain some sort of winter-related back injury，and 5，800 of those are holiday decorating- ___41___. These aches and pains can ___42___ bring trouble to people’s life. It is said that people’s back could sustain all sorts of strain from carrying heavy ___43___，and from the increased stress of lugging suitcases, decorations and gifts. Dr. Alanna Levine spoke to Debbye Turner Bell on “The Early Show” about how to ___44___ the back for the holiday season.The first ___45___ Dr. Levine gave was about carrying heavy shopping bags. Smaller bags, she said, are better. “You don’t want to load everything up into one bag and lug it around,” Dr. Levine explained. “You want to ___46___ the weight on your body. ” She also ___47___ putting heavier items towards the bottom in those bags and lighter items on top. Also, if you can, make frequent trips to the car to drop ___48___ purchases.___49___ can be another pain in the back—from carrying heavy luggage. Again, Dr. Levine ___50___ not to pack everything into one bag. Even though it may cost more, she said that packing two smaller bags is safer than packing a heavy one. Also, choose a lightweight bag, so that the only weight you’re carrying is the___51___ inside the suitcase.When unloading bags from an airport baggage claim, Dr. Levine suggested standing ___52___ to the carousel (圆盘传送带) and bending your knees to lift it up. “You want to avoid that reach-and-lift. It puts a(n) ___53___ on your lower back,” she said.When it ___54___ holiday decorating, people take more ___55___. Dr. Levine suggested decorating in pairs, so that one person can hand the lights and ornaments to the other person to hang, thus avoidingreaching or twisting to get what you need.41. A. kept B. stayed C. related D. connected42. A. necessarily B. undoubtedly C. vitally D. blindly43. A. products B. purchases C. tools D. cases44. A. provide B. prevent C. preserve D. protect45. A. tip B. way C. method D. step46. A. display B. distribute C. distract D. discuss47. A. refused B. recognized C. rejected D. recommended48. A. on B. in C. off D. out49. A. Travel B. Housework C. Task D. Labor50. A. considered B. thought C. wished D. stressed51. A. contracts B. contests C. contents D. contexts52. A. separately B. close C. apart D. far53. A. burden B. impression C. pressure D. focus54. A. seems to B. goes to C. speaks to D. comes to55. A. time B. risks C. efforts D. effect一、阅读理解本大题共3道小题。
2020届上海市市西高级中学高三英语模拟试卷及参考答案
2020届上海市市西高级中学高三英语模拟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ADon’t know where to enjoy yourself? Here are some choices for you.Santa Cruz Mission State Historic ParkPopUp Picnics in the park return for the fourth summer in a row, taking place on Thursdays. Take a break to enjoy tacos (墨西哥玉米薄饼卷). Prices changefrom $ 2 to $ 10. Cash only.144 School Street June 13-August 15 Start at 11:30 am and end at 1:30 pmThe Crow’s NestEach summer on Thursday evenings the Crow’s Nest offers its Summer Beach Party series on the beach. The party starts at 5:30 pm each week and goes until sunset. Families are welcome, and there is no entrance fee. After the sun sets, the fun begins with dancing to the best live music of local bands.2218 East Cliff Drive May 30-August 29 Start at 5:30 pm and end at 8:30 pmBargetto WineryJoin us for a beautiful weekend of art and wine. Bargetto Winery will be hosting their yearly gathering of artists and foodies（美食家）at their amazing Soquel winery. No entrance fee. Wine tasting with purchase of $ 15 festival glass. 3535 North Main StreetJuly 20 - July 21 Start at 11:00 am and end at 5:00 pmChaminade Resort & SpaChef Page takes guests on a journey showing the area rich fruits, vegetables, and meats. Dinner begins at 6:30 pm with a five-course menu and good wines. Seating booked is not a choice, as all guests are seated at large, connecting, beautifully set tables designed to invite open conversations among guests. Ticket price: $ 90 per person. Tickets can be gotten online.Chaminade Lane July 26 Start at 6:00 pm and end at 9:00 pm1. What can we know about PopUp Picnics in the park?A. It lasts two days.B. It is held on Thursdays.C. It has been held twice.D. It can be paid in credit card.2. What can people do in the Crow’s Nest?A. Enjoy tacos.B. Talk with artists and foodies.C. Watch the sunrise on the beach.D. Watch the performance of the bands.3. Which activity can be booked on the Internet?A. The Crow's Nest.B. Bargetto Winery.C. Chaminade Resort & Spa.D. Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park.BJapan has announced emergency Covid measures in Tokyo and three other areas in order to control rising infections (传染病), just three months before the country is set to host the Olympics. The government said the state of emergency — set to last for about two weeks— would be “short and powerful”. Under the measures, bars will be required to close and big sporting events will be held without audience. The government has insisted that the Olympics will go ahead in July.Prime minister Yoshihide Suga announced the measures on Friday, saying they would begin on Sunday and remain in place until 11 May. In addition to to Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo will be affected. It has marked the third state of emergency in japan since the pandemic began. “I sincerely apologize for causing trouble for many people again,” he said. “It is feared that infection in major cities will spread across the whole country if we take no measures.”Under the rules, major facilities like department stores will close, as well as restaurants, bars, and KTV rooms serving alcohol. Restaurants that do not serve alcohol are being told to close early, and companies are being asked to make arrangements for people to work remotely. Schools will remain open. Besides, the emergency measurescoincide withthe country’s “Golden Week” holiday, which runs from late April to the first week of May and is the busiest travel period of the year. Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike urged residents to start taking precautions immediately. In an effort to discourage people from going out at night. She said neon signs (霓虹灯) would be turned off.The coronavirus toll in Japan has been much lower than that in many other countries, with about 558,000 cases and fewer than 10,000 deaths, according to figures collected by Johns Hopkins University. But there are concerns over the latest rise in infections, with reports of hospital bed shortages in some areas.Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto said at a news conference on Friday that organizers were not considering canceling the event. “I hope the coronavirus situation improves with the prevention measures the government, Tokyo, and other regional governments have put into place,” she said. “We, as Tokyo 2020, continue to wish for the swift return to normal and will continue to work closely to make sure a safe and secure Olympicscan happen.”4. According to the passage, what does Japanese government advise people to do?A. To watch a live game.B. To work at home.C. To hang out in the evening.D. To study at home.5. What is the aim of bringing in emergency Covid measures?A. To relieve people's fear of the the pandemic.B. To settle the problem of hospital bed shortages.C. To test government’s management of emergency.D. To ensure the smooth running of the upcoming Olympics.6. Which words can best describe the government’s action?A. generous and brilliant.B. costly but useless.C. positive and considerate.D. accidental but efficient.7. What does the underlined phrase “coincide with” in Paragraph 3 mean?A. meet withB. deal withC. make upD. set upCIt was New Year time, but I wasn’tlooking forward to it. That winter, my mother and my stepfather moved our family toSouthern California. My brother and I were leaving our ruralAlabamabehind. This would be our first New Year away fromAlabama. My mother took toCalifornialike a swan to a royal lake. My athletic little brother, Paul, was keyed up at a climate that allowed him to go to the beach whenever he wanted.I, however, was a fat child with heavy southern pronunciation. My first day in the new class, I introduced myself in a low voice. The moment I opened my mouth to speak, the whole class burst into laughter, “He talks funny.” It was so frustrating that I went to place a call to Granny Smith after school, who was my biggest support, But I didn’t get through.On Sunday evening, the phone rang. It was Granny. She often took advantage of the discounted long-distance rates on Sundays. She said she’d shipped a New Year package. Sure enough, it arrived. Surprised at the box, large enough to hold a small refrigerator, we eagerly tore it open. The smell of Granny’s house filled the room: a combination of fried meat, sausages, furniture polish and decorations. Her house was tiny and always filled withtackyholiday decorations and homemade food before New Year. But in my childhood eyes, it was precious and fantastic.There were countless tins and containers. We open hem to discover piles of holiday treats. She even includedour traditional candy bats. The box was as bottomless as a magical box. There, beneath all these, was familiar holiday.Every New Year that we spent inCalifornia, the postal service would call and say our package was arrived. Over the years, many treasures arrived in the box. For me, it’s always been the best part of the holiday.8. How did the author’s brother feel when they were moving toCalifornia?A. Indifferent.B. Joyful.C. Appreciative.D. Disappointed.9. Why did the author’s classmates laugh at him?A. He spoke in a low voice.B. He made a humorous talk.C. He looked overweight.D. He had a strong accent.10. What does the underlined word “tacky” probably mean?A. Suitable.B. Expensive.C. Cheap.D. Attractive.11. Which of the following can be the best title of the text?A. Granny’s Care PackageB. An UnforgettableHolidayC. Our Move toCaliforniaD. A Telephone Call from GrannyDGray wolves have lived inNorth Americafor at least half a million years. Their living areas once included most of the continentalUnited States. But during the 1800s and early 1900s, wolves were hunted to near extinction(灭绝).By the 1960s, theU. S.wolf population was limited to a handful of creatures in small comers of the northernMidwest.Then, in 1973, a law, the ESA, was passed to protect animals from becoming extinct. Gray wolves were one of the first animals placed on the endangered-species(濒危物种)list. Killing them wasillicit. And theU. ernment worked to promote their protection. In a famous example of this effort, starting in 1995, 31 wolves were moved fromCanadatoYellowstoneNational Park. By 2015, more than 500 gray wolves were living in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem(生态系统).Today, the continentalU. S.is home to more than 6,000 gray wolves. On January 4, 2021, theU. ernment removed gray wolves from the endangered-species list.Usually, an animal's removal would be cause for celebration. But some environmental protectors say the wolves still need protection. In some parts of the country, wolves are increasing in numbers. More than a thousand of them can be found just inMichiganandWisconsin. But overall, their range is still a small part of what it was. Wolves used to live across most of the U. S. Now they , are found in fewer than a dozen states. Others argue that as long as a species is not in danger of extinction, it doesn't belong on the endangered-species list. Andfarmers with land near wolf living areas say that if the wolf's population continues to grow, more of their farm animals will be killed by wolves.But some protection groups worry that without protection, the wolf population will crash again. They hope that no matter what, people and wolves can get along peacefully with each other. They are promoting ways to make that happen.12. What caused gray wolves to be almost extinct?A. Losing their living areas.B. Too many natural enemies.C. The extreme climate changes.D. Being hunted in great numbers.13. What does the underlined word "illicit" in paragraph 2 mean?A. Rather difficult.B. Against the law.C. Totally normal.D. Conditionally allowable.14. Why was the gray wolf removed from the endangered-species list?A. They have a much larger population already.B. They have all been put into the safe natural parks.C. They have been feeding on farmers, farm animals.D. They have grown too strong to be protected by humans.15. What do farmers living near gray wolves' living areas think of the animals?A. The wolves are trouble for them.B. The wolves must be better protected.C. The wolves get along peacefully with them.D. The wolves should live where they belong.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。