2023届上海市青浦区高三下学期二模英语试卷(4)

2023届上海市青浦区高三下学期二模英语试卷(4)
一、听力选择题
1. What will the man do later?
A．Go to a party.B．Do his work.C．Catch a bus.
2. What will Lily do next Monday?
A．Deliver some paper.B．Make a speech.C．Borrow some books.
3. Who is Nicole?
A．The man’s sister.B．The man’s daughter.C．The man’s niece.
4. How does the woman feel about the news?
A．Worried.B．Scared.C．Angry.
5.
A．His project couldn’t continue due to the government.
B．He didn’t need any support from the government.
C．His project’s financial problem has been solved.
D．He has already stopped his project halfway.
二、听力选择题
6. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.
A．He is good at socializing with others.
B．He has got addicted to technology.
C．He often talks big when he is calling.
D．He likes to call others if in a hurry.
2.
A．Because he had a very fast thumb then.
B．Because he thought it was cool to do so.
C．Because he wanted to maintain friendship.
D．Because he needed to practice his speed.
3.
A．It reminds him of school life.B．It is informal but fashionable.
C．It tests his word-guessing ability.D．It is childish and unprofessional.
4.
A．She tends to talk for a long time when making phone calls.
B．She text-messages others quite a lot to ask some questions.
C．She strongly advises people around to learn text-messaging.
D．She thinks that her father is too old to learn text-messaging.
7. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A．The preparations for a camping
B．The changeable weather.
C．Their favorite food.
2. What will the man take?
A．Bread.B．Hamburgers.C．Cards.
8. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1. What does the woman want to prepare for her mother?
A．Some nice food.B．A clean house.C．A comfortable chair.
2. What does the man suggest the woman do?
A．Prepare a trap with glue on it.
B．Feed the mouse with peanuts.
C．Go to a field to find a mouse.
3. What kind of mouse does the woman think is in her house?
A．A small mouse.B．A fat mouse.C．A friendly mouse.
9. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1. What does the man plan to do this afternoon?
A．Go swimming.B．Go to class.C．Go to the library.
2. What does the woman offer to do for the man?
A．Collect information for his paper.
B．Help him with his chemistry.
C．Teach him to study math.
三、听力选择题
10. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1. Why is the speaker giving the talk?
A．To encourage teenagers to join the center.
B．To introduce the sports in the center.
C．To explain some rules in the center.
2. When did the center reopen?
A．In July.B．In August.C．In September.
3. What did the center have before?
A．A volleyball court.B．An indoor swimming pool.C．An outdoor swimming pool.
4. Who will get a 50% discount on membership?
A．People under 18.B．People under 25.C．People under 50.
四、改错
11. 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误
仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I would like to talk about my favorite sport, running. I only take it up a few months ago thanks to my colleagues whom are professional runners.
I spend more than two hours run every afternoon. There are several reasons why I am fond this sport. First, it is the pretty cheap and easy sport to
try. All I need is a pair of running shoes. Second, this is a sport that can bring us some new friends. Third, since I started this sport I have hardly caught any more common health issue like fever, flu, or cold. What’s more, I can show higher productivity than before and work for longer hours without feeling tiring. All in all, I recommend that everyone tries this sport.
五、完形填空
文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文。

文章讲述了3岁的克里斯托弗走进森林后失踪，经过四天的寻找仍未找到，最终一个叫蒂姆的人在当局的搜查范围之外发现了克里斯托弗，小男孩成功获救。

12. It was a normal afternoon when Mom Araceli returned home from selling food along the roadside in Texas. While her back was turned, her 3-
year-old son, Christopher, followed a neighbor’s dog into the ________.
When they couldn’t find Christopher, the ________ family called for help, and within a few hours, the people in the same ________ immediately took action to completely search through every corner around their house, and Araceli ________ for her sons safe return. After four long days and
六、阅读理解
nights, ________ the police received a call from a man named Tim. Tim ________ that he went into the forest after supper, and there he noticed a ________ standing under a tree. It was Christopher! He was completely unharmed but was found outside the ________ where authorities were looking for him, so it’s pretty ________ that Tim discovered him there.
When hearing the news, Christopher’s family ________ to Tim’s house. Araceli couldn’t wait to hug her little kid ________. “I am so happy to have my son back, and I want to ________ you for your kindness,” she said. “I don’t know how to ________ you!”
This is definitely an unexpected result. Even law officials believed that the child had a “guardian angel” ________ him during his time outside. In fact, it was the power of the community that made this ________ a success.1.A ．room B ．woods C ．Park D ．barber’s 2.A ．frightened B ．angry C ．panicked D ．patient 3.A ．community B ．hotel C ．school D ．office 4.A ．answered B ．looked C ．apologized D ．prayed 5.A ．shortly B ．casually C ．finally D ．fortunately 6.A ．recalled B ．believed C ．learned D ．required 7.A ．volunteer B ．figure C ．friend D ．relative 8.A ．ability B ．power C ．range D ．direction 9.A ．amazing B ．amusing C ．risking D ．annoying 10.A ．walked B ．rushed C ．toured D ．drove 11.A ．freely B ．formally C ．slowly D ．tightly 12.
A ．examine
B ．consult
C ．thank
D ．praise 13.A ．respect B ．repay C ．encourage D ．contact 14.A ．watching over B ．waiting for C ．looking through D ．calling on 15.A ．reaction
B ．connection
C ．reality
D ．rescue
文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文。

文章主要讲述了由于一次搭建蚂蚁窝的经历，作者对制造小东西产生了兴趣，在制作小型雕塑方面很有一套。

虽然他成年后被诊断出患有自闭症，但是仍然在微观世界、在生活中的微小事物中获得快乐。

13. Growing up in Wolverhampton, I loved observing insects. When I was five, my dog destroyed an ants’ nest. Trying to make it up to them, I started making little houses, using wood pieces and leaves. When my mother saw my work, she told me that the smaller I made things, the bigger my name would become. Her words were some lost on me, but when I saw ants in their new houses, curiosity about making small things was seeded.
As a teenager, I began working with new materials, and my designs became more complicated and distinctive. I used many materials, including gold, to create my sculptures and processed them with tools I made. I sometimes worked for 16 hours a day, and it took me up to three months to finish a sculpture. I had to hold my breath during the process, and slowed my heartbeat to control my fingers. It wasn’t actually an enjoyable process — I could only enjoy it when I’d finished.
My sculptures have taken me to incredible places. However, I find it hard to celebrate these milestones, as there’s always room for improvement.One time, a fly landed on an Alice in Wonderland sculpture I was working on based on the tale. Its wings blew my Alice away when it left. I sought for it for hours, yet it was tiny. The Alice is now in Wonderland forever. But it did give me the chance to make an even better one.
I was found to have autism (自闭症) as an adult. Back in the 1960s, when I was at school, there wasn’t much awareness of the condition. Some pointed me out as an example of failure; I shared the view then. Now I treasure my autism. It’s made me focused and pushed me to be the best I can be. I hold workshops in schools for neurodiverse children, telling them my life story and helping them create their own figures.
The microscopic world has always been my happy place. I’ve tried to make big sculptures, but small ones are best for me. I appreciate the little things in life. They can be overlooked, but can also be mighty.1. What inspired the author to start making small sculptures?
A ．His observation of insects.
B ．The encouragement from his mother.
C ．His passion for tiny things.
D ．The experience of building an ants’ nest.2. What does it take to finish a sculpture according to paragraph 2?
A ．Complex and unique design.
B ．Precious materials.
C．Great patience and caution.D．Vivid imaginations.
3. What does the underlined sentence imply about the Alice in Wonderland sculpture?
A．It is one of the milestones.B．The author failed to find it at last.
C．It is housed in a wonderland.D．The author remembers it forever.
4. What does the author say about his autism?
A．It inspires nearly all kids.B．It happened to him in adulthood.
C．It contributes to his creations.D．It was the consequence of failure.
文章大意：这是一篇说明文。

文章主要说明了切罗基人打算把大烟山国家公园最高峰的名字改回来，并讲述了切罗基人的悲惨历史。

14. Great Smoky Mountains National Park lies on both sides of the border between North Carolina and Tennessee. Its highest peak is called “Clingmans Dome”. But before it got that name, the Cherokee people called the mountain “Kuwahi”. It sits on ancestral Cherokee homelands. Since the ancient times, the landscape, including mountains and streams, has shaped the history of Cherokee people. They used that name for hundreds of years. Now, tribal members are hoping to return to the Kuwahi name.
The Cherokee Nation once spread across what is now Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama. In 1838, the tribe was forcibly relocated to present-day Oklahoma—in what was later known as the “Trail of Tears”. Through sickness and terrible travel conditions, nearly 4,000 Cherokee people died during the forced removal from their homeland. Some Cherokee managed to avoid relocation to Oklahoma by going into hiding, including on Kuwahi. “We’re here today because our ancestors hid in those mountains, specifically in Kuwahi,” Hill said.
The name change of the Cherokee’s mountain came in 1859, when geographer and professor Arnold Henry Guyot labeled Kuwahi “Clingmans Dome”. The peak was named after Thomas Lanier Clingman, who was a strong supporter of slavery. Clingman was not connected to the Cherokee people in any way. “Naming the mountain after Clingman erases everything that the Cherokee people are in order to rename it after someone with zero ties to our community. He didn’t even live here,” said Hill.
In June 2022, Y ellowstone National Park’s Mount Doane was renamed to First Peoples Mountain. “That was a huge victory for our brothers and sisters,” Hill said. “I hope it’s just the beginning of accurately recognizing and honoring numerous historically significant sites for tribes and native people nationwide. There were so many places that were special and important to native people prior to colonization. I want to be the voice for my people, for my ancestors.”
1. What do the Cherokee people intend to do according to Paragraph 1?
A．Save their language.B．Go back to their homeland Kuwahi.
C．Reshape their history.D．Change the name back to “Kuwahi”.
2. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A．The sad history of the Cherokee people.
B．The sheltering place for the Cherokee people.
C．The causes of the decrease of the Cherokee people.
D．The traveling route of the ancient Cherokee Nation.
3. What does Hill think of “Clingmans Dome”?
A．It is related to the culture of the Cherokee people.
B．It reminds the Cherokee people of their ancestors.
C．It removes everything about the Cherokee history.
D．It reflects the slave position of the Cherokee people.
4. What does Hill actually mean in the last paragraph?
A．To add great honor to her ancestors.B．To make his homeland well-known.
C．To express the opinions of her people.D．To name more historically significant sites.
文章大意：本文是一篇说明文。

主要介绍水下雕塑公园。

在意大利托斯卡纳海岸附近的海底深处，一个不同寻常的海底雕塑公园正静静地守护着大海。

这些雕塑上已覆盖了一层海藻，这正是海底自然栖息地渐渐复苏的标志，其艺术建筑与水生态系统的结合让人耳目一新！
15. In the blue-green depths of the sea off the coast of Tuscany, Italy, an unusual seafloor sculpture park is defending its watery setting.
Since fisherman Paolo’s teens, he has been leading out daily to fish in these coastal waters along the Maremma coastline. It was in the 1980s that he began to notice the clear signs: a seabed that was becoming poor, with exhausted fish stocks. Until recently, he was forced to share catches with a threatening part: illegal “bottom trawlers’’(拖网捕鱼的人), who randomly spoil a large quantity of ocean life as they fish, dragging a weighted net along the seafloor behind their boats.
Paolo’s style of artisanal fishing, in contrast,needs to be sustainable as damaging the ecosystem could reduce fisher men’s income. Paolo understood that the success of his fishing activity was linked to the good state of the environment. “If the sea dies, so does the fisherman. Y ou can’t just take. Y ou have to give, too,” said Paolo. The underwater “House of Fish”sculpture park, which was started in 2015, was encouraged by this fisher man’s desire to do something that went beyond the handful of concrete blocks he had previously convinced local authorities and some environmental groups to drop into the sea to try and stop illegal trawling.
Concrete blocks or sculptures can break weighted trawler nets. They can also play a role as artificial reefs, giving corals and other sea life a place to live, and varying shade and lighting to help species flourish. Thanks to the underwater sculptures, some species not seen in a long while such as groupers and lobsters have returned. The sculpture park represents both an artistic statement and a physical barrier to seafloor trawling.
Today, 39 huge,other-worldly stone sculptures dot the seabed along a stretch of Tuscan coastline near the town of Talamone. These artworks have been already coated with algae, a sign that the natural habitat is being revived. In the immediate future, Paolo hopes to continue his beautiful solution in coastal waters. “Man is still destroying the seas,” he says. “And my mission continues.”
1. What threatens Paolo’s work of artisanal fishing?
A．Increasing fishermen.B．Frequent bad weather.
C．Illegal trawling industry.D．Concrete blocks on the seafloor.
2. Why does Paolo want to build underwater sculpture parks?
A．To show his creativity in carving.
B．To protect the ecosystem of the sea.
C．To boost the development of local tourism.
D．To warn people against fishing in coastal waters.
3. What is paragraph 4 mainly about?
A．The process of building sculpture parks.
B．The results of banning seafloor trawling.
C．The roles of sculpture parks under the sea.
D．The damaging effects of trawling on sea life.
4. What could be the best title of this text?
A．The First Underwater Park in the World.
B．Fanciulli’s Innovation in Cleaning the Ocean.
C．Waters with Sculptures: Better Habitats for Fishes.
D．Seafloor Parks: Artworks for Protecting Our Sea.
文章大意：这是一篇说明文。

威尔士家具制造商Andy Dix使用英国种植的白蜡树制造自行车，这将减少环境污染，对环境保护有非常重要的意义。

16. Bicycle riding has taken the world by storm. Bicycles are typically made of steel or aluminum (铝) but now there is a unique company that is growing bikes on trees, literally. These bicycles are made of British grown ash trees by Welsh maker Andy Dix. His Hay-on-Wye company, Twmpa Frames, is making bikes that are of high performance and environmentally sustainable.
“It’s great to push for more bikes and fewer cars on the road, but there’s no escaping the fact that the bike industry as a whole is pretty energy intensive,” Dix told Cycling Industry, “I’ve always tried to minimize environmental impact in my work. Rather than relying on heavily-processed metals, or layers of plastic that will one day end up in landfill, I’m building bikes from captured carbon, in a process powered by sunlight.”
It took two years to build the prototype (雏形) that was made from ash wood. Dix tested the wooden bike on the roughest roads he could find and discovered that it was comfortable, durable, and excellent at absorbing shakes. He put more than 3,000 miles on the bike. Dix explained, “I was running along battered roads that would have shaken me to bits on a aluminum bike. The penny dropped. Not only could I make a bike out of wood, but it had inherent advantages over other materials.”
Though cutting down trees can add to more carbon in the atmosphere, sustainable tree farming is possible. Dix said that manufacturing a British tonne of aluminum results in carbon emissions of 4,532 kg while producing a tonne of wood only emits 457 kg. Currently, the cost of a new Twmpa Cycle is out-of-reach for many bicycle riders; but the idea of using sustainable materials like ash trees could start a new cycling revolution that puts the environment first. Helping the environment could be just a pedal away.
1. What’s paragraph 2 mainly about?
A．The materials for building bikes.B．The driving force for wooden bikes.
C．The problems with cycling industry.D．The process of building wooden bikes.
2. What does the underlined part “The penny dropped” in paragraph 3 probably mean?
A．The truth came out.B．Money was missing.
C．The bike broke down.D．The efforts were in vain.
3. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A．Logging trees is a wrong practice.
B．Developing sustainable forestry is a must.
C．Carbon emission calls for urgent attention.
D．The wooden bike does more good than harm.
4. Which of the following is a suitable title of the text?
A．Less Carbon, More Sustainable B．Amazing? Bikes Grow on Trees
C．No Innovation, No Development D．Amusing? Bike Riding Is Taking off
七、阅读理解
文章大意：这是一篇说明文。

文章主要解释了为什么老虎是橙色的。

17. Why Are T igers Orange?
The colors of an animal serve lots of different purposes — for instance, to help them hide into surroundings and escape from being noticed by preys (猎物). For tigers, their ability to be invisible will just decide whether they catch dinner or go hungry. 1
As for humans, orange is a color used for items that need to stand out, like traffic lights and safety vests. That’s because we have what’s called trichromatic color vision, which differentiate three types of color: blue, green and red. 2 But most other mammals, including dogs, horses and deer, have dichromatic (二色的) color vision for only two colors: blue and green. Humans who get information only of blue and green are considered color-blind, and can’t distinguish between red and green colors. 3
Mammals like deer are the tiger’s main prey, and their dichromatic vision means they don’t see tigers as orange — they see them as green. That makes the tiger much harder to spot as it’s prowling behind a bush or crouching in the grass. Although green tigers would probably be even harder to spot, evolution (进化) just doesn’t work with the ingredients necessary to make green fur. 4 The only recognizably green mammal is a sloth, and its fur isn’t green in fact. That’s an alga that grows in its fur.
5 There seems to be no evolutionary pressure, particularly for deer, which are the main prey of the tiger, to become trichromatic. That’s
probably because the tiger doesn’t know it’s orange either. So, the evolutionary race really doesn’t exist for that color. It’s just that the tiger has evolved over the sweep of evolution to have a coloring, a hiding system, which protects it very well in its jungle setting.
A．Actually, there are no green furry animals.
B．Orange fur makes tigers relatively easy to spot.
C．The same is likely true for dichromatic animals.
D．Then, why don’t deer evolve the ability to see orange?
E．So, of all the colors they could be, why are tigers orange?
F．Colors of humans’ eyes are quite similar to many other mammals’.
G．We share this style of vision with some mammals like apes and certain monkeys.
八、语法填空
文章大意：本文是一篇说明文。

在农历正月十五庆祝元宵节，是中国传统节日春节的延续。

文章主要介绍了中国的传统节日——元宵节。

18. 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Lantern Festival, celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunar month, is a continuation of a 1 (tradition) Chinese festival, the Spring Festival. The day leads to the first full moon night of the year, and is also the night 2 the earth returns to spring.
During the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24), more than 2,000 years ago, Emperor Wen ordered that the 15th day of the first lunar month be the Lantern Festival officially 3 memory of putting down the rebellion (谋反) of an influential family. It was also a romantic festival in ancient China,
4 (provide) a chance for unmarried men and women to meet.
In ancient times, young women, 5 (especial) daughters of rich families, hardly stepped out of 6 (they) houses. But during the Lantern Festival, it was a tradition that all people, including those young women, came out for lantern shows. Watching lanterns at night was just 7 opportunity for young women to find a man whose appearance appealed to them. Another activity, guessing the answers to lantern riddles (灯谜),
8 (give) young people some time 9 (interact) with each other and know more about each other. For thousands of years, there have been
numerous love 10 (story) originating during the Lantern Festival.。