2018届上海市奉贤区高三上学期期末考试(一模)英语试题及答案
2018届上海市各区高三英语一模试题汇编：阅读理解C篇(带答案已经校对)
Section 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have just read.(C)Crude awakeningA battle between two energy exchanges[1] OPEN-OUTCRY trading is supposed to be an odd, outdated practice, rapidly being replaced by sleeker, cheaper electronic systems. Try telling that to the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), the world’s largest commodities exchange. On November 1st the NYMEX opened an open-outcry pit(公开叫价交易厅）in Dublin to handle Brent crude futures（布伦特原油期货）, the benchmark（基准）contract for pricing two-thirds of the world’s oil.[2] The NYMEX is trying to grab liquidity from London’s International Petroleum Exchange (IPE), which trades the most Brent contracts; the New York exchange has so far concentrated on West Texas Intermediate, an American bench mark grade. The new pit is a response to the IPE’s efforts to modernise. On the same day as NYMEX traders started shouting Brent prices in Dublin, the IPE did away with its morning open-outcry session: now such trades must be electronic, or done in the pit after lunch.[3] The New York exchange claims that customers, such as hedge funds (对冲基金) or energy companies, prefer open-outcry because it allows for more liquidity. Although most other exchanges are heading in the opposite direction, in commodity markets such as the NYMEX, pressure from “locals”--self-employed traders--is helping to support open-outcry, although some think that customers pay up to five times as much as with electronic systems. Even the IPE has no plans to close its floor. Only last month it signed a rental agreement, lasting until 2017, for its trading floor in London.[4] Dublin’s new pit is “showing promise”, says Rob Laughlin, a trader with Man Financial, despite a few technical glitches. On its first day it handled 5,726 lots of Brent (each lot, or contract, is 1,000 barrels), over a third of the volume in the IPE’s new morning electronic session. By the year’s end, predicts Mr Laughlin, it should be clear whether the venture will be feasible. Itwould stand a better chance if it moved to London. It may yet: it started in Ireland because regulatory approval could be obtained faster there than in Britain.[5] In the long run having both exchanges offering similar contracts will be unsustainable (不可持续的). Stealing liquidity from an established market leader, as the NYMEX is trying to do, is a hard task. Eurex, Europe’s largest futures exchange, set up shop in Chicago this year, intending to grab American Treasury-bond contracts from the Chicago Board of Trade. It has made little progress. And the NYMEX has tried to get Brent contracts before, without success.[6] Given the importance of liquidity in exchanges, why do the IPE and the NYMEX not work together? There have been talks about cooperation before, and something might yet happen. Some say that the freewheeling NYMEX and the more serious IPE could never mix. For now, in any case, the two exchanges will compete until one has won --across the Irish Sea as well as across the Atlantic.63. According to the text, the NYMEX and IPE are __________.A. both using open outcry trading as a major trading formB. partners that benefit each other in their business activitiesC. rivals that are competing in the oil trading marketD. both taking efforts to modernize their trading practice64. The word “glitches” in Line 2, Paragraph 4 most probably means __________.A. backwardnessB. disappointmentsC. engineersD. problems65. From Paragraph 4 we can infer that __________.A. trading volume in the IPE’s new morning electronic session is fallingB. London is a better business location for energy exchanges than DublinC. Britain’s regulators are less efficient than those of IrelandD. the Dublin pit of the NYMEX will be more prosperous next year66. We can draw a conclusion from the text that __________.A. it’s very unlikely that the NYMEX and the IPE could combine their businessesB. the NYMEX will fail in Ireland as many precedents have shownC. the two energy exchanges will figure out a way to cooperate with each otherD. the market environment for both energy exchanges is getting betterKeys:63-66: C D B ASection 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 read.( C )①Australians have long been known for having a relaxed and casual attitude to life. According to Dr Tanya King, senior lecturer from Victoria’s Deakin University, “It’s Australians’ egalitarianism, sense of humor and informal language that are most commonly mentioned as examples of this attitude”.②Egalitarianism roots in the way that the nation was built. In Australia’s founding era in the late 1700s, criminal settlers were often cruelly treated and robbed of their basic human rights by governors. The criminal class, who were mostly working-class Brits and Irish, was unable to seek civic positions that were reserved for immigrants who were not the criminal, with the latter arguing that if criminals gained equal rights it would be ‘rewarding criminality’. Bec ause of this, an egalitarian spirit was worn as a symbol of honor by many criminal settlers. They may not have had power, education or wealth, but they had a shared belief in equality.③The informal way Australians use language is also believed to root in criminal times. Philologist Sidney Baker once wrote that ‘no other class would have a better talent for creating new terms to fit in with their new conditions in life’. Cockney rhyming slang brought over by the British working class was abbreviated even further –so ‘have a Captains Cook’ (have a look), became ‘ava captains’. This same practice was used to economize ordinary clauses. Words like ‘good day’ became ‘g’day’, and barbecue was ‘barbie’.④The tough conditions of settler times also played a part in Australians’ dry, self-criticizing and sarcastic（讽刺的）sense of humor. While in many countries it’s considered poor taste to find humor in difficult circumstances, Australians tend to look at the lighter side. On one road trip, as I hit the state line and entered Victoria, I drove past some blackened trees, the leftovers of a recent bushfire. A road sign warning drivers about wildlife was half-melted and bent, but the shape of a hopping kangaroo was still distinct. Behind the figure, someone had drawn flames making it look asthough the animal’s tail was on fire. I couldn’t help but laugh – it was a brilliant reminder of the country’s ‘nothing upsets us’ and anti-authoritarian attitude.⑤And one thing you can’t help but notice when driving around Australia is the country’s plentiful amounts of space. This, along with considerable leisure time plus favorable climate, all contribute to Australians’ relaxed attitude.63. The underlined word “egalitarianism” is closest to __________ in meaning.A. criminalityB. crueltyC. equalityernmentalism64. Which of the following is a feature of the way Australians use language?A. They use more slangs than other people.B. They give new meanings to existent words.C. They favour shortened forms of expressions.D. They coin terms in memory of criminal times.65. What can be inferred from paragraph 4?A. Kangaroos’ living condition s are getting tougher.B. Forest fires threaten Australian s’ life to a great extent.C. Potential danger is here and there on the roads in Victoria.D. Australians’ jokes may not be as careless as they seem on the surface.66. The passage mainly talks about __________.A. how the late 1700s impacted AustraliaB. why Australians enjoy casual life so muchC. what cont ributes to Australians’ relaxed lifestyleD. how Australians present their attitude towards lifeKeys: 63-66 CCABSection 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.(C)Dental health: Brush with confidenceChildren should be taught to brush their teeth regularly. But the suspicion remains among some people, dentists included, that even so, certain children are doomed to develop dental cavities. The hypothesis behind this fear is that some combinations of genes may give rise to the sorts of oral bacteria which are responsible for cavities. If true, that would be sad for the youngsters concerned. But a study just published in Cell Host and Microbe, by Andres Gomez and Karen Nelson of the J. Craig Venter Institute, in San Diego, suggests it isn’t true.The mouth is home to many species of microbes. Most are good. Some, though, are well known to secrete acidic waste products when fed sugar. This acidity weakens teeth, causing them to decay.To try to fin d out whether a child’s genes play any role in encouraging such acid-secreting bugs, Dr Gomez and Dr Nelson set up an experiment with twins.Their“volunteers”were 280 pairs of fraternal twins and 205 pairs o f identical twins, all aged between five and 11, who had not taken antibiotics during the previous six months. The children were asked to stop brushing their teeth the evening and the morning before the crucial moment of data collection. This was when the researchers swabbed the children’s gingival sulci（the clefts between teeth and gums, in which bacteria collect）to find out what was there. The children also had their teeth scored by dentists as belonging to one of three categories: having no signs of current or previous dental cavities: having signs of current or previous cavities affecting the enamel（a tooth’s hard, outer layer）; or having signs of cavities that penetrated the enamel and affected the underlying dentine as well.Dr Gomez and Dr Nelson found that, though identical twins shared many groups of bacteria which were not shared by fraternal twins, none of these was a type responsible for cavities. Moreover, similarities in bacterial flora were greatest among five-to seven-year-olds, weaker among seven- to nine-year-olds and weakest among nine-to 11-year-olds. This suggests that any role genes do play in regulating the mouth’s ecology fades with time.Far from supporting the idea that some children are fated to suffer from cavities no matter how well they brush their teeth, these results make it clear that the power to control the growth of the relevant bacteria is very much within reach of children and their parents. Brushing, however, may not be the onlyapproach. Avoiding sugary foods is obviously de rigueur. It seems likely, though, that which other foods a child eats may help shape his oral ecosystem, too. This is an area of ongoing research. But, as in the intestines（肠道）, so in the mouth, scientific medicine is at last coming to grips with the fact that the mixture of microbes present is both important and capable of manipulation, to the benefit of the host.63. What doe s“hypothesis”refer to in paragraph 1?A. Children’s failure to brush their teeth properly leads to tooth decay.B. Some children are programmed to develop tooth decay.C. Youngsters are suspicious of the effectiveness of tooth-brushing.D. Some genes are more likely to lead to dental cavities.64. Dr Gomez and Dr Nelson conducted an experiment to find out .A. whether genes have anything to do with dental decayB. which group of twins are more likely to have decayed teethC. what kinds of foods tend to give rise to tooth decayD. why the ecosystem of the intestines is similar to that of the mouth65. Which of the following statements is UNTRUE according to the passage?A. Scientists are not yet sure how ecosystem of the mouth is formed.B. The role genes play in controlling ecosystem of the mouth weakens with the time.C. The children are classified into three groups according to the degrees of dental cavities.D. Identical twins are not as genetically close to each other as fraternal twins.66. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. The existence of multiple microbes benefits children’s oral ecosystem.B. What a child eats enhances the healthfulness of a child’s oral ecosystem.C. Cutting down on sugar intake is the most likely way to prevent tooth decay.D. Parents are in no position to help their children maintain healthy oral ecosystem.Keys: 60-62 DCBSection 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 read.( C )Many United States companies have made the search for legal protection from import competition into a major line of work. Since 1980, the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has received about 280 complaints alleging damage from imports that benefit from subsidies(补贴) by foreign governments. Another 340 charge that foreign companies “dumped”their products in the United States at “less than fair value.”Even when no unfair practices are claimed, the simple claim that an industry has been injured by imports is sufficient grounds to seek relief(救济).Contrary to the general impression, this request for import relief has hurt more companies than it has helped. As corporations begin to function globally, they develop a complicated web of marketing, production, and research relationships. The complexity of these relationships makes it unlikely that a system of import relief laws will meet the strategic needs of all the units under the same parent company. Internationalization increases the danger that foreign companies will use import relief laws against the very companies the laws were designed to protect. Suppose a United States-owned company establishes an overseas plant to manufacture a product while its competitor makes the same product in the United States. If the competitor can prove injury from the imports—and that the United States company received a subsidy from a foreign government to build its plant abroad—the United States company’s products will be uncompetitive in the United States, since they would be subject to duties.Perhaps the most shameful case occurred when the ITC investigated allegations(控诉) that Canadian companies were injuring the United States salt industry by dumping rock salt, used to deice roads. The bizarre aspect of the complaint was that a foreign conglomerate（联合企业）with United States operations was crying for help against a United States company with foreign operations. The “United States”company claiming injury was a unit of a Dutch conglomerate, while the “Canadian”companies included a unit of a Chicago firm that was the second-largest domestic producer of rock salt.63.The passage is chiefly concerned with_______________.A. arguing against the increased internationalization of US corporations.B. warning that the application of laws affecting trade frequently has unintended consequences.C. recommending a uniform method for handling claims of unfair trade practices.D. advocating the use of trade restrictions for "dumped" products but not for other imports.64.What can be inferred about the minimal basis for a complaint to the ITC ____________.A. A foreign competitor is selling products in the US at less than fair market value.B. A foreign competitor has greatly increased the volume of products shipped to the US.C. The company requesting import relief has been banned from exporting products.D. The company requesting import relief has been injured by the sale of imports in the US.65.What is the function of the last paragraph?A. It summarizes the discussion and suggests additional areas for research.B. It makes a recommendation based on the evidence presented earlier.C. It uses a specific case to illustrate a problem in the previous paragraph.D. It introduces an additional area of concern not mentioned earlier.66.Which of the following is most likely to be true of US trade laws?A. They will eliminate the practice of "dumping" products in the US.B. Those applied to international companies will help to gain more profits.C. They will affect US trade with Canada more negatively than trade with other nations.D. Those helping one unit within a parent company won’t necessarily help other units. Keys:63-66 BDCDSection 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.(C)More than five million different kinds of organisms(生物体) live on the Earth. For thousands of years, humans have searched for ways to organize this diversity(多样性). In the eighteenthcentury, a Swedish professor, physician, and naturalist named Carolus Linnaeus developed the system of naming and classifying organisms that we use today.Linnaeus contributed to the modern classification of organisms in two ways. He first developed a convention for naming life forms.Before Linnaeus came up with a standardized system of naming, there were often many names for a single species, and these names tended to be long and confusing. Linnaeus decided that all species names should be in Latin and should have two parts, one indicating the genus(plural: genera), a group that includes similar species and one indicating the specific name of the species. When written alone, the specific name is meaningless since many different species in different genera have the same specific name. The specific name familiaris, for example, is commonly used to describe species. Therefore, when used by itself, it would not describe any one organism. When the genus is also given, however, as in Canis familiaris, we know that the name refers to a specific organism: the domestic dog.Linnaeus was also the originator of modern taxonomy, a system of classifying nature based on hierarchical(分层的) groupings. Linnaeus first grouped life forms into three broad groups, called kingdoms. These kingdoms were animals, plants, and minerals. He divided each of these kingdoms into classes, classes into orders, orders into genera (genus is singular) and then genera into species, grouping organisms according to shared physical characteristics.Although modern taxonomists still use the hierarchical structure of Linnaeus’s classification system as well as his method of grouping organisms according to observable similarities, they have added hierarchical levels and significantly changed Linnaeus’s original groupin gs. The broadest level of life is now a domain. All living things fit into only three domains. Within each of these domains there are kingdoms. Each kingdom contains phyla (singular is phylum), followed by class, order, family, genus, and species.In addition to the Linnaean kingdoms of plants and animals, biologists recognize prokaryotes, protists, and fungi as separate kingdoms. The prokaryotes are the oldest and most abundant group of organisms. They are also the smallest cellular organisms. Common bacteria, which have been known to survive in many environments that support no other form of life, fall into this category. The protist kingdom is made up of a variety of single-celled or simple multicellular organisms. Protists do not have much in common. They are, essentially, those organisms which do not fit into any other kingdom. Fungi compose a third kingdom. Like plants, the cells of fungi have cell walls,giving them a tube-like structure. However, fungi do not produce their own carbon as plants do. Rather, they acquire nutrients by absorbing and digesting carbon produced by other organisms. Yeasts and mushrooms are examples of fungi.63. The writer gives the scientific name of the domestic dog in paragraph 3 in order to__________.A. demonstrate Linna eus’s method of classificationB. introduce the need for a better system of naming organismsC. criticize the complexity of Linnaeus’s naming systemD. illustrate the necessity of including two parts when naming organism64. Which of the following can be learned from the passage?A. The hierarchical structure of Linnaeus’s system for classifying is no longer in use.B. Linnaeus’s original system of classification consisted of 3 domains.C. Linnaeus’s original system of classification is used today with lit tle modifications.D. Modern taxonomists have added categories and regrouped organisms.65. Which of the following is TRUE about protists?A. They do not share the characteristics of any of the other four kingdoms.B. They are grouped together based on similar characteristics.C. They are limited to single-cell organisms.D. They acquire nutrients by eating other organisms.66. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. The Father of Modern TaxonomyB. Classifying OrganismsC. Development in Life FormsD. Linnaeus’s Classification SystemKEYS: 63-66 DDABSection BDirections:Read the following 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 theone that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(C)One of the main challenges facing many countries is how to maintain their identity in the face of globalization and the growing multi-language trend. "One of the main reasons for economic failure in many African countries is the fact that, with a few important exceptions, mother-tongue education is not practiced in any of the independent African states." said Nellie Alexander, Director of the Project for the Study of Alternative education in South Africa at the University of Cape Town.In response to the spread of English and the increased multi-language trends arising from immigration, many countries have introduced language laws in the laws in the last decade. In some, the use of languages other than the national language is banned in public spaces such as advertising posters. One of the first such legal provisions was the 1994 "Toubon Law" in France, but the idea has been copied in man y countries since then. Such efforts to govern language use are often dismissed as futile by language experts, who are well aware of the difficultly in controlling fashions in speech and know from research that language switching among bilinguals is a natural process.It is especially difficult for native speakers of English to understand the desire to maintain the “purity” of a language by law. Since the time of Shakespeare, English has continually absorbed foreign words into its own language. English is one of the most mixed and rapidly changing languages in the world, but there has not been a barrier to acquiring prestige and power. Another reason for the failure of many native English speakers to understand the role of state regulation is that it has never been the Anglo-Saxon way of doing things. English has never had a state-controlled authority for the language, similar, for example, to the Academic Francaise in France.The need to protect national languages is, for most western Europeans, a recent phenomenon—especially the need to ensure that English does not unnecessary take over too many fields. Public communication, education and new modes of communication promoted by technology, may be key fields lo defend.63. Neville Alexander believes that?A. mother-tongue education is not practiced in all African countriesB. globalization has resulted in the economic failure of AfricaC. globalization has led to the rise of multi-language trendsD. lack of mother-tongue education can lead to economic failure64. The underlined word “futile” (i n paragraph 2) most probably means “”.A. workableB. practicalC. uselessD. unnecessary65. Why do many English-speaking countries not support the language protection effortsdescribed in the passage?A. They think language protection laws are ineffective.B. They want their language to spread to other countries.C. They have a long history of taking words from other languages.D. It reduces a language's ability to acquire international importance66. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. English has taken over fields like public communication and educationB. Many sheets of national culture are threatened by the spread of English.C. Most language experts believe it is important to promote a national language.D. Europeans have long realized the need to protect their national languages.KEYS: 63-66 D C C BSection BDirections:Read the following 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.(C)With the coming of big data age, data science is supposed to be starved for, of which the adaption can point a profound change in corporate competitiveness. Companies, both born in the digital era and traditional world are showing off their skills in data science. Therefore, it seems to have been creating a great demand for the experts of this type.Mr Carlos Guestrin, machine learning professor from University of Washington argues that all software applications will need in built intelligence within five years, making data scientists-people trained to analyze large bodies of information-key workers in this emerging “cognitive” technology economy. There are already critical applications that depend on machine learning, a subfield of data science, led by recommendation programs, fraud detection systems, forecasting tools and applications for predicting customer behavior.Many companies that are born digital-particularly internet companies that have a great number of real-time customer interactions to handle-are all-in when it comes to data science. Pinterest, for instance, maintains more than 100 machine learning models that could be applied to different classes of problems, and it constantly fields requests from managers eager to use this resource to deal with their business problem.The factors weighing on many traditional companies will be the high cost of mounting a serious machine-learning operation. Netflix is estimated to spend $ 150m a year on a single application and the total bill is probably four times that once all its uses of the technology are taken into account.Another problem for many non-technology companies is talent. Of the computer science experts who use Kaggle, only about 1,000 have deep learning skills, compared to 100,000 who can apply other machine learning techniques, says Mr Goldbloom. He adds that even some big companies of this type are often reluctant to expand their pay scales to hire the top talent in this field.The biggest barrier to adapting to the coming era of “smart” applications, however, is likely to be cultural. Some companies, such as General Electric, have been building their own Silicon Valley presence to attract and develop the digital skills they will need. Despite the obstacles, some may master this difficult transition. But companies that were built, from the beginning, with data science at their center, are likely to represent serious competition.63. Which one is obstacle for many traditional companies to popularize learning operation?A. Technological problemB. Expert crisisC. High costD. Customer interactions64. What can not be interred from the passage about the machine learning?A.Machine learning operations are costly in Netflix.B.Machine learning plays an important role in existent applications.。
2018届奉贤区高考英语一模
2017学年奉贤区调研测试英语试卷I. Listening ComprehensionSection A1. A. interviewer and interviewee. B. teacher and student.C. doctor and nurse.D. boss and secretary.2. A. 9:00. B. 9:10. C. 9:30. D. 9:35.3. A. pass the journal. B. listen to the woman.C. repeat his request.D. take the journal himself.4. A. exciting. B. disappointing.C. interesting.D. satisfactory.5. A. to make a budget for her. B. to buy a gift for Mary.C. to give her mother information about Mary.D. to give some suggestions.6. A. he wants to finish his study. B. he wants to earn a lot of money.C. he wants to finish his study.D. he wants to have a good rest.7. A. The woman should not get involved in the situation.B. The woman should not be angry with the friends.C. he will explain to the woman what happened.D. he will talk to Sally and Mark soon.8. A. good weather tomorrow. B. the vacation plan.C. getting up early in the morning.D. possible heavy traffic.9. A. interested. B. fascinated. C. hostile. D. reluctant.10. A. intelligence determines admission to college.B. highly motivated students usually do well in college.C. successful college students are usually intelligent.D. a successful college motivates its students.Section BQuestions 11 through 13 are based on the following news.11. A. two terms. B. three terms. C. four terms. D. five terms.12. A. because he had been a policeman.B. because he earned a law degree in a night school.C. because they had formed a good opinion of him.D. because there was a large population of black people in Los Angeles.13. A. they want people in Los Angeles voted.B. an introduction about Thomas Bradley, major of Los Angeles.C. the reasons why white candidates failed in the vote.D. something Thomas Bradley did for the vote.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. he has more than fourteen pills a day. B. he has two pills a day.C. he has four times a day.D. he has nine pills a day.15. A. all of them. B. three kinds of medicine.C. two kinds of medicine.D. almost none.16. A. children over twelve years old. B. older people with a fever.C. old people with heart attack.D. adults with a cold.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. she has made an attempt to become pregnant.B. she has requested her supervisor to transfer her to another department.C. she has bought the new equipment for the laboratory.D. she has complained to the government about the issue.18. A. because the new equipment is not available now.B. because the patient has made too many complains.C. because the hospital wants to tighten its budget.D. because the new equipment carries a health risk.19. A. a technician in the hospital lab. B. a doctor working in the hospital.C. a teacher working in the school.D. head of hospital administration.20. A. she will be likely to quit her job. B. she still feels at a loss as what to do.C. she will complain to the administration.D. she will fight to get her income back.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADifferent background shouldn’t mean less education. Fifty years ago, in a primary school classroom, two boys aged 11 took an examination called the 11-plus, (21)______ would make decisions about the rest of their lives. Paul passed and went to a “grammar school”. Baz failed the examination and went to a “secondary modern school”. They did not see each other again for years.Many grammar schools (22)______ (establish) hundreds of years ago to teach the Latin language to children who were not from rich families. They encouraged students to study (23)______ they were 18 and then to go to university. Secondary modern school students left at 16, usually with fewer qualifications than grammar school students. Baz says the secondary modern school had (24)______ (few) resources and the quality of teaching was not as good.Things have changed. In the 1960s and the 1970s “comprehensive schools” were created. Today, 90 percent children aged 11 to 16 from the same area to the same school without (25)______ (take) any entry examination.The British often disagrees about the best way (26)______ (educate) their children. Many people say that comprehensive schools help more children to succeed because they provide everybody (27)______ similar opportunities in a fairer way. Another view, though, is that more intelligent children, especially (28)______ from poor homes are better supported at grammar schools. Now, the government plans to open new grammar schools (29)______ ______ almost two million children will go to the same type of school that Paul attended.And Paul and Baz? Aged 60, they met again and compared (30)______ had happened to them. After university, Paul qualified as a teacher. Baz went to work in a factory at 16 and later became an engineer. In fact, Baz had a much higher salary than Paul – so perhaps life is fair after all.There’s nothing more annoying than settling down to sleep and hearing the sound of a mosquito buzzing around you.The only thought most of us ever give to this noise is “I need to get rid of this insect, immediately”, but it turns out that the mosquito is actually quite a(n) __31__ creature.A term of scientists from Oxford University in the UK, in __32__ with the Royal Veterinary College in London and Chiba University in Japan, recently published a study that found some interesting facts about the world’s most __33__ insect.By placing eight cameras inside a tiny film studio, the scientists could study several mosquitoes up close. The high-tech cameras filmed the insects at 1,000 frames per second, meaning the scientists were able to study the insects’ __34__ in never-before-seen detail. However, it wasn’t always straightforward.“Recording mosquitoes during free-flight represented a huge technical challenge due to their small size, __35__ wing beat frequency, and the presence of large antennae and legs that can __36__ the view of their wings,” Simon Walker of Oxford University, co-author of the study, wrote.Published in the journal Nature, the study found that mosquitoes flap their wings around 800 times a second. As a __37__, house flies flap their wings about 200 times a second, and hummingbirds 50 times a second.Richard Bomphrey of the Royal Veterinary College, the study’s leader, believes that mosquitoes have a unique flying method that sets them apart from other flying insects.“We predicted that they must make use of clever tricks, as the wings __38__ the ir direction at the end of each half-stroke,” he wrote in the study.Hopefully, the discovery of the mosquito’s special abilities will be of benefit to engineers in the future. The findings could lead to better aircraft, or even improvement to tools like lenses or pumps.But the scientists hope their study can one day be __39__ to new developments in more human-focused use.“The more we know about mosquitoes, the better our chance of understanding their flight behavior, how they carry disease and __40__ how to stop them from doing so,” Walker wrote.III. Reading ComprehensionSection AArtists have long claimed alcohol and other drugs as inspiration for their creativity. But is there really a(n) __41__ between intoxication（醉酒）and inspiration? A recent study published in Consciousness and Cognition explored the effects of moderate drunkenness on people’s creativity. The authors suggest that alcohol’s well-known effect in __42__ executive function may be helpful for these types of creation problems: “Somet imes a reduced ability to __43__ one’s attention can have positive implications for select cognitive tasks,” they write.The findings raise the question of whether drugs that __44__ attention and focus, in particular, stimulants（兴奋剂）, would have the opposite effect on creative thinking __45__, very little research has been done on the issue, and what results exist so far have been mixed. The outcomes may well vary according to individual __46__ to the drugs. __47__, some research has found that while stimulants can __48__ test performance for those who are less intelligent, for the smartest folks, the drugs can have the opposite effect.If less executive function is linked to more creativity, this may also explain why artists, writers and musicians appear to be more __49__ to have an addiction. Perhaps creative people are more likely than others to be __50__ to drugs in the first place, as a possible source of inspiration. And then, if reduced executive function is __51__ in part for their initial talent, this, too, could make them more easily influenced by __52__ once they start using. Having less executive control before you even take drugs means you’ll have less ability to stop once you start.Whatever the real relationship between drunkenness, addiction and art, the authors __53__ that their study findings don’t give people __54__ to get drunk to “inspire the muse（冥想）.” Co-author Jennifer Wiley, associate professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, told the British Psychological Society’s Research Digest: “We tested what happens when people are slightly drunk-not when people drank to __55__. There could be no argument from these findings that drinking excessively would have the same effects.”A glass of wine or two, however, may occasionally help.41. A. attraction B. reservation C. connection D. decoration42. A. strengthening B. damaging C. maintaining D. assessing43. A. block B. reduce C. disturb D. control44. A. remain B. drop C. shift D. increase45. A. However B. Moreover C. Instead D. Therefore46. A. additions B. responses C. oppositions D. contrasts47. A. For example B. On the contrary C. As a result D. On the other hand48. A. conceal B. executive C. improve D. delete49. A. vital B. likely C. ideal D. difficult50. A. attracted B. contributed C. responded D. withdrawn51. A. responsible B. illegal C. natural D. impossible52. A. confusion B. ambition C. addiction D. exhaustion53. A. lower B. monitor C. function D. caution54. A. sacrifice B. privacy C. appreciation D. license55. A. priorities B. extremes C. bottom D. AffectionSection B(A)I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in her 60s. When it was her turn to pay, the cashier greeted her by name and asked her how she was doing.The woman looked down, shook her head and said: “Not so good. My husband just lost his job and my son is up to his old tricks again. The truth is, I don’t know how I’m going to get through the holidays.”Then she gave the cashier food stamps（食品券）.My heart ached. I wanted to help but didn’t know how. Should I offer to pay for her groceries, ask for her husband’s resume?As I walked into the parking lot, I spotted the women returning her shopping cart. I remembered something in my purse that I thought could help her. It wasn’t a handful of cash or an offer of a job for her husband, but maybe it would make her life better.My heart pounded as I approached the woman.“Excuse me,”I said, my voice trembling a bit. “I couldn’t help overhearing what you said to the cashier. It sounds like you’re going through a really hard time right now. I’m so sorry. I’d like to give you something.”I handed her the small card from my purse.When the woman read the card’s only two words, she began to cry. And through her tears, she said, “You have no idea how much this means to me.”I was a little startled by her reply. Having never anything like this before, I didn’t know what kind of reaction I might receive. All I could think to say was, “Oh. Would it be OK to give you a hug?”After we embraced, I walked back to my car -- and began to cry, too.The words on the card?“You Matter.”A few weeks earlier, a colleague gave me a similar card as encouragement for a project I was working on. When I read the card, I felt a warm glow spread inside of me. Deeply touched, I came home and ordered my own box of You Matter card and started sharing them.56. Which of the following is TRUE according to the first three paragraphs?A. The woman’s family mainly depends on her son.B. The cashier helped the woman by giving her some food for free.C. The woman and her family were having a tough lime.D. The author wondered why the cashier was familiar with the woman.57. The woman cried when she got the card, probably because ______.A. it greatly encouraged herB. she could use it to buy foodC. it could solve her present problemD. it could land her husband a job58. The underlined word “startled” in Paragraph 10 probably means ______.A. interestedB. gratefulC. ashamedD. astonished59. From the article, we can tell that the author is a ______ person.A. smartB. kind-heartedC. knowledgeableD. confident(B)Seek Out a Unique BeachVISITOregon. For sun and fun away from the crowed beaches of Florida, check out the Oregon coast and its 363 miles of gorgeous shoreline, stretching from the Columbia River south to the redwood forests of California. Every beach is public and free. “The coast is a perfect place to watch sea lions sun themselves or simply see the mighty Pacific weaves crash in the sunset followed by a seafood feast in one of the busy fishing communities located between the coves（小海湾）,” says Bramblett. July and August aren’t peak gray whale migration season, but there’s still a good chance you could catch a glimpse of some of the 200 whales that spend the summers off the Oregon coast.SLEEPNext to a lighthouse. Imagine yourself an ancient mariner when you book a room overlooking the Pacific Ocean at the Heceta Head Lighthouse Bed and Breakfast in Yachats, Oregon. The working lighthouse, which dated to 1894, cast a bright beam 21 miles out to sea, making it the brightest light on the Oregon coast. The cliff-top rooms a t the Light Keeper’s home nearby aren’t cheap-you’ll sell out up to $ 385 for a weekend night during peak season (price includes a seven-course breakfast).BEW AREDangerous currents Unless you love cold water (or wear a wet suit), you may not wait to venture into the sea off the Oregon coast, even during the summer. But if you do, be prepared for the U.S. Lifesaving Association. Swim parallel to the beach until you’re no longer being pulled out to sea, then swim diagonally（成对角线地）toward the shore.BRINGBaby powder. Use a generous amount of baby powder to remove sand rom your hands, feet or hair. The powder quickly absorbs moisture, allowing sand to fall off easily.60. It can be inferred rom the section SLEEP that ______.A. the price of one night stay remains the same all the year aroundB. those who stay there can have a free access to the beach and the lighthouseC. those who want to stay there have to pay more during a tourist seasonD. the price includes the breakfast for seven people61. What is suggested by the leaflet if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach?A. Avoid wearing wet suits.B. Never dive into the cold water off the coast.C. Bring baby powder to protect your skin from sand scratches.D. Don’t swim straight toward the shore when there’re dangerous currents.62. Oregon coast will provide you with all the following experiences EXCEPT ______.A. a perfect view of sea lionsB. a mariner like stay in the more than 100-year-old lighthouseC. a seafood feast in the popular local communityD. sun and fun of the less crowed beach.(C)With the coming of big data age, data science is supposed to be starved for, of which the adaption can point a profound change in corporate competitiveness. Companies, both born in the digital era and traditional world are showing off their skills in data science. Therefore, it seems to have been creating a great demand for the experts of this type.Mr. Carlos Guestrin, machine learning professor from University of Washington argues that all software applications will need inbuilt intelligence within five years, making data scientists-people trained to analyze large bodies of information-key workers in this emerging “cognitive” technology economy. There are already critical applications that depend on machine learning, a subfield of data science, led by recommendation programs, fraud detection systems, forecasting tools and applications for predicting customer behavior.Many companies that are born digital-particularly internet companies that have a great number of real-time customer interactions to handle-are all-in when it comes to data science. Pinterest, for instance, maintains more than 100 machine learning models that could be applied to different classes of problems, and it constantly fields requests from managers eager to use this resource to deal with their business problem.The factors weighing on many traditional companies will be the high cost of mounting a serious machine-learning operation. Netflix is estimated to spend $ 150m a year on a single application and the total bill is probably four times that once all its uses of the technology are taken into account.Another problem for many non-technology companies is talent. Of the computer science experts who use Kaggle, only about 1,000 have deep learning skills, compared to 100,000 who can apply other machine learning techniques, says Mr. Goldbloom. He adds that even some big companies of this type are often reluctant to expand their pay scales to hire the top talent in this field.The b iggest barrier to adapting to the coming era of “smart” applications, however, is likely to be cultural. Some companies, such as General Electric, have been building their own Silicon Valley presence to attract and develop the digital skills they will need.Despite the obstacles, some may master this difficult transition. But companies that were built, from the beginning, with data science at their center, are likely to represent serious competition.63. Which one is obstacle for many traditional companies to popularize learning operation?A. Technological problem.B. Expert crisis.C. High cost.D. Customer interactions.64. What can not be inferred from the passage about the machine learning?A. Machine learning operations are costly in Netflix.B. Machine learning plays an important role in existent applications.C. Machine learning experts are not highly paid in some non-technology companies.D. Machine learning models are not sufficient to solve business problems in Pinterest.65. What’s the author’s main purpose in writing this article?A. To point out the problems facing machine learning experts.B. To call on companies to cultivate more experts in data science.C. To tell the readers the present situation of data science.D. To advice non-technology companies to look beyond the advantages they face.66. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?A. Data science: A forefront force in tech businessB. Corporate competition: An obstacle to the transitioncoming.__70__ Some people do not take hints. Some people do not read body language. For these people, it really works to just say, “I really want us to work well together. I will help you and back you up, and you help me and back me up.”IV. Summary WritingA Father’s Influence Makes for Better GradesAdolescents from low-income families in particular are more likely than their middle-class peers to underachieve and to drop out of school. Studies have shown that a positive attitude towards school work and the support and encouragement from their parents can help at-risk youngsters to overcome theeconomic barriers and lack of resources they face. Most of the evidence about the effects of parental involvement comes from research on mothers. Little is known, however, about how adolescents experience their fathers’ warmth and the beliefs and behaviors that are most affected by it.This new study is part of a larger one focusing on low-income families conducted in four middle schools in the southwestern United States. Data were analyzed from questionnaires completed by 183 sixth-graders about how optimistic and motivated they were about their schoolwork, and how they experienced their fathers. The questionnaires were completed primarily by respondents of Mexican American, African American and European American descent. Their maths and language arts grades were also obtained.Their findings show how fathers can support their teenagers in ways that result in greater optimism, self-efficacy, and, ultimately, higher achievement at school.These positive effects extend to both sons and daughters, while in different ways. Experiencing their father’s warmth first influences daughters’ sense of optimism, and then spills over into their feeling more determined and certain about their academic abilities. This in turn leads to better math grades. There is a more direct link between their fathers’ involvement and teenage boys’ belief in their ability to succeed on the academic front. This heightened self-confidence increased their success in English language arts classes.Suizzo suggests that counselors and educators should encourage fathers to communicate warmth and acceptance to their children, because of the positive influence these emotions have on their well-being.V. Tranalation72. 这个城市近几年来发生了翻天覆地的变化。
2018年上海市奉贤区中考一模(上学期期末)英语试题
.2018年上海市奉贤区中考英语一模试卷Choose the best answer （选择最恰当的答案）1.Which of the following word matches the sound[θru：]？A. thoughB. throughC. thoughtD. thorough2.Alisa is such_______ honest student that she is often praised by her teachers．A a B. an C. the D. /3.The lift in our building suddenly broke down and we got trapped_______floors．A. inB. onC. betweenD. among4.The high﹣speed rail train"FuXing"can run at a speed of over _______kilometers an hour．A. three hundredB. three hundredsC. three hundred ofD. three hundreds of5.﹣﹣How soon will you leave？﹣﹣I'm not sure，probably in______ten minutes．A. OtherB. othersC. anotherD. the other6.The doctor gave me some useful ______on how to improve my physical health．A. suggestionB. messageC. medicineD. advice7.Please practice playing the violin regularly，______you will improve your skills．A. andB. orC. butD. so8.The music my cousin has just played sounds really______．I enjoyed every minute of it．A. beautifullyB. wellC. wonderfulD. gently9.After so many experiments，Susan was finally awarded_____ scientist of the year．A. creativeB. more creativeC. most creativeD. the most creative10.Angela needs to download"Translating App"when she visits Spain．She_____ speak asingle Spanish word．A. mustn'tB. can'tC. needn'tD. shouldn't11.﹣﹣﹣_____do you usually visit your grandparents？﹣﹣﹣We used to visit them once a month．But now we go to see them twice a month．A. How farB. How longC. How oftenD. How soon12.Joan can't join us．She _____ for the lesson she will have next week．A. preparesB. will prepareC. is preparingD. prepared13.I didn't pick up Lucy at the airport. she _ by the time I arrived.A. has leftB. will leaveC. leftD. had left14.A lot of new houses _____ in this large open area in the past five years.A. are builtB. have been builtC. were built ....D. will be built15.﹣﹣﹣Would you like to go to the cinema with us tonight？﹣﹣﹣Thank you，but I would rather____at home and watch the Realty Show on TV．A. stayB. to stayC. stayingD. stayed16.Many young people spend much of their spare time____online．A. chatB. to chatC. chattingD. chatted17.____important memory it is!We cannot work well without it．A. HowB. How anC. WhatD. What an18.Could you please tell me _________？A. how can I get to the supermarketB. how could I get to the supermarketC. how I can get to the supermarketD. how I could get to the supermarket19.﹣﹣﹣I was ill and missed many classes．I don't know how to keep up with my classmates．﹣﹣﹣_________________________．A. Don't worry．I'll help youB. That's all rightC. I don't feel like itD. I'm afraid I have no time20.﹣﹣﹣I'm terribly sorry that I laughed at you this afternoon．﹣﹣﹣_______，but please don't make fun of others next time．A. All rightB. No problemC. Never mindD. With pleasureComplete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once （将下列单词或词组填入空格．每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）.It is said that the eyes are the windows to our soul．However，to have healthy eyes，you have to look after them properly．Your eyes need___21___attention．First，you have to pay more attention to your___22___．Have more fresh fruits，vegetables，fish，eggs and milk．Ifs good for your eyes．Besides，a regular amount of Vitamins A and B2should also be taken．Second，you must have a___23___and sound sleep．It relaxes the eye muscles and gives them the rest required．Sleep can help the body to___24___ its tired tissues（组织）．Usually，you must sleep for at least seven to eight hours every day．Loss of sleep can give you dark circles under the eyes．Next，it's necessary for you to___25___your eyes every day．Blink your eyes at regular periods to make the eyeballs watery，and give them a good wash．Last，you should use your eyes correctly．For example，if a small thing goes into your eye，don't start rubbing it．Rubbing is___26___ to your eyes．Don't read or write in poor or bright sunlight because sunlight can cause eye.tiredness．Remember to use sunglasses to stop the sunshine from shining___27___into your eyes．Too much reading，writing，watching television or___28___ the computer can also cause eye tiredness，so a good rest is required．Take care of God's most beautiful gift!Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms （用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词）29. My workmate won first prize in the City Half Marathon when he was in his_____．（fifty）30. The school uniforms in their school are usually designed by students_____.（they）31. We should make full use of science and technology to enjoy a_____life.（colour）32To improve your writing skills，you'd better_____a habit of reading．（development）33. Airships use much_____fuel than planes，so they are better for the environment.（little）34. His homework was_____done so there were few mistakes in it．（careful ）35. She is a woman with a strong_____．Once she has made a decision，no one can change her mind.（person）36. He has_____for his carelessness several times，but she still seems unhappy.（apology）Rewrite the following sentences as required （根据所给要求，改写下列句子．每空格限填一词）37. Shanghai Disney Resort welcomed over a million tourists last year．（改为一般疑问句）_____Shanghai Disney Resort_____over a million tourists last year？38. Frame sizes are varied to make the strip more interesting．（对划线部分提问）__________frame sizes varied？39. Her youngest son knows nothing about his hometown．（改为反义疑问问）Her youngest son knows nothing about his hometown，_____？40. You can buy train tickets from the station．You can also buy them on the Internet．（合并一句）You can buy train tickets_____from the stationon_____ the Internet．41. The maths problem was too difficult for anybody to work out．（保持句意基本不变）The maths problem was_____difficult that_____could work it out．42. Mary wrote a letter in English to her pen﹣pal in the US•（改成被动语态）A letter_____in English to her pen﹣pal in the US by Mary．43. green consumers，let's，and，a better life，enjoy，on the Earth，be，（连词成句）_____．阅读理解I teach economics in a university three times per week．Last Monday，at the beginning of class，I asked my students how their weekend had been．One young man said that his weekend had not been so good．He had his wisdom teeth removed．Then he went on to ask me why I always seemed to be so cheerful．His question reminded me of something I'd read somewhere before：Every morning when you get up，you have a choice about how you want to live that day．I said，"I choose to be cheerful．，"Let me give you an example，"I continued．"Besides teaching here，I also teach at a college in Henderson，17miles down the freeway from where I live．One day a few weeks ago，I exited the freeway and turned onto College Drive．I only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the college．But just then my car died．I tried to start it again，but the engine wouldn't work．So I put my flashes on，took my books，and walked down the road to the college．As soon as I got there，I called AAA （汽车协会）and asked for a tow truck to meet me at my car after class．The secretary there asked me what had happened．"This is my lucky day，"I replied，smiling．"Your car breaks down and today is your lucky day？What do you mean？""My car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway．It didn't，"I replied．"Instead，it broke down at the perfect place：off the freeway，within walking distance of here．I'm still able to teach my class，and I've been able to ask for the tow truck to meet me after class!If my car was meant to break down today，it couldn't have been arranged in a more convenient way．"I ended my story．In spite of （尽管）the early hour，no one in my class seemed to be asleep．Somehow，my story had touched them．44. The writer of this story is a．A. traffic policemanB. university teacherC. secretary at AAAD. a professional writer45. In the young man's eyes，the writer was．A. a happy personB. a lucky manC. a rich manD. a good driver.46. The writer when his car broke down that day．A. complained for a long timeB called AAA for help at onceC. waited there for someone's helpD. walked to his workplace47The secretary must have felt when she heard the writer said"This is my lucky day．A. pleasedB. surprisedC. disappointedD. excited48. The writer meant by saying"This is my lucky day．''A. he was just a little bit late for work that dayB. there were no big problems with his carC. everything still went well although his car diedD. it was great that his car died49. We can learn from the story that．A. it's important to keep your car in good conditionB. we should learn to be positive in times of troubleC. teachers need special skills to give good lessonsD. personal experiences can touch a person's heart．How do you get on with your teachers？Every day，we spend hours with our teachers at school．We learn from them and they teach us to be good people．The relationship between students and teachers is very important．Teachers care about our studies and lives，and it seems they know everything about the___50___ they teach．They also have the right to decide___51___ should be the class leader or represent the class to take part in the activities．So many students want to be the teachers*pets．We show teachers great respect．In class，we obey the rules and keep quiet if the teacher doesn't ask us to speak．We___52___ have opinions．different from our teachers'．When they make a mistake，we are afraid to point it out．Some of usdon't want to contact teachers after class because we don'twant to bother them．At American schools，the situation is a little different．Teachers and students are more likefriends．Calling a teacher by his or her name is common．In class，Students___53___ their opinions freely and challenge teachers whenthey don't agree．If it___54___that a teacher made a mistake，theteacher will say"___55___''in front of the whole class．Students andteachers also communicate through email，Facebook or Twitter afterclass．They chat about studies and life experiences．Teachers are like our parents and our friends．So we shouldrespect our teachers．50. A. studies B. subjects C. stories D. suggestions51. A. what B. which C. who D. how52. A. often B. sometimes C. almost D. hardly53. A. express B. explain C. expect D. excuse54. A. takes out B. turns out C. comes out D. puts out55. A. OK B. thanks C. sorry D. yes．Have you ever eaten at a restaurant that seizes Western food？If so，do you remember what the menu looked like？Western restaurant menus are quite different from Chinese restaurant menus．But how are they different？Most Western restaurant menus do not have as many p ___56___as Chinese ones do．In some fancy Western restaurants，the menus might not have any pictures at all．But most Western menus show a list of ingredients for each dish．If you order a burger，the menu might tell you that the burger has cheese，ketchup and mustard（芥末）．The menu can also tell you how the food is cooked﹣﹣﹣for example，w___57___it is fried or steamed．Western restaurants use many different methods to design their menus and make them more a___58___．In fact，there is a whole industry called "menu engineering"，according to theBBC．Menu engineers are experts at designing menus．Their menus can i___59___sales and influence customers' thoughts．A well﹣designed menu can encourage customers to eat certain dishes．It can e___60___make them believe that your restaurant's food is of higher quality，thought they might haven't eaten the food．For example，using descriptive （描述性的）words s___61___"juicy "or" cheesy" can help dishes sell better．Instead of just writing "steak" in their menu，a restaurant might write "sizzling steak"．This makes the steak sound more delicious．Also，it is k___62___that people pay the most attention to items placed at the top of a page．This is the best place for dishes that you want to promote．As you can see，menus are not just simple lists of food!Answer the questions （根据以下内容回答问题）When taking an elevator，do you often push the"Close"button？You hope by pushing it，the elevator door will close faster．But what if the button is actually fake（假的）？Karen Penafiel is the executive director（执行董事）of the US'NationalElevator Industry．She said that elevators'"close"buttons are a complete trick，at least in the US，and that doors will not close any faster despite how hard you push．In the 1990s the Americans with Disabilities Act （《美国残疾人法案》）was passed in the US．It means all elevators have to stay open long enough to allow disabled people to enter．Only US firefighters and elevator workers can really use the buttons with special keys．But the buttons aren't completely useless．According to psychologists（心、理学家），fake buttons can make you feel better．They give you a sense of control that can help reduce stress．That's why some other buttons in our lives are fake，too，For example，many offices in the US have fake thermostats（温控器）．People may feel better when they think they can control the temperature in their workspace．You were told that traffic light buttons could help make the traffic signals change faster．But they may not reallywork either．However，even when people know these little"white lies"，they still push fake buttons．As long as the doors finally close，it seems worthy，John Kounios is a psychology professor at Drexel University in the US．He told The New York Times that he always pushes the traffic light buttons．"After all，I've got nothing else to do while waiting．So why not push the button on the off chance that this one will work？"63. The"close"buttons of the elevators in the US don't really work，do they？_____64. What do people hope when they push the"close"button in an elevator？_____65. Who can really use the"close"buttons of elevators in the US according to the passage？_____66. Why do the fake buttons make people feel better？_____67. What other examples does the passage show that fake buttons aren't completely useless？_____68. Will you push the fake buttons next time when you take the elevator or wait at the traffic lights？Why or why not？_____．Writing （作文）69.Write at least 60words on the topic"Imagine 2020"（以"畅想2020 年"为题，写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格）未来已来，请发挥你的想象力，畅想2020年你的生活中会有哪些令人欣喜的变化．（注意：短文中不得出现任何人名．校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分．）The following is for reference only （以下表达仅供参考）enjoybe more convenientnot…any longer．。
2018届奉贤区高考高三英语一模试卷和答案
2017 学年奉贤区调研测试英语试卷I.Listening ComprehensionSection A1. A. interviewer and interviewee. B. teacher and student.C. doctor and nurse.D. boss and secretary.2. A. 9:00. B. 9:10. C. 9:30. D. 9:35.3. A. pass the journal. B. listen to the woman.C. repeat his request.D. take the journal himself.4. A. exciting. B. disappointing.C. interesting.D. satisfactory.5. A. to make a budget for her. B. to buy a gift for Mary.C. to give her mother information about Mary.D. to give some suggestions.6. A. he wants to finish his study. B. he wants to earn a lot of money.C. he wants to finish his study.D. he wants to have a good rest.7. A. The woman should not get involved in the situation.B.The woman should not be angry with the friends.C.he will explain to the woman what happened.D.he will talk to Sally and Mark soon.8. A. good weather tomorrow. B. the vacation plan.C. getting up early in the morning.D. possible heavy traffic.9. A. interested. B. fascinated. C. hostile. D. reluctant.10. A. intelligence determines admission to college.B.highly motivated students usually do well in college.C.successful college students are usually intelligent.D.a successful college motivates its students.Section BQuestions 11 through 13 are based on the following news.11. A. two terms. B. three terms. C. four terms. D. five terms.12. A. because he had been a policeman.B.because he earned a law degree in a night school.C.because they had formed a good opinion of him.D.because there was a large population of black people in Los Angeles.13. A. they want people in Los Angeles voted.B.an introduction about Thomas Bradley, major of Los Angeles.C.the reasons why white candidates failed in the vote.D.something Thomas Bradley did for the vote.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. he has more than fourteen pills a day. B. he has two pills a day.C. he has four times a day.D. he has nine pills a day.K. appliedJ. mask I. absolutely H. partnership G. unloved E. comparison D. extreme C. eventually B. movements A. impressiveF. reverse 15. A. all of them.B. three kinds of medicine.C. two kinds of medicine.D. almost none. 16. A. children over twelve years old.B. older people with a fever.C. old people with heart attack.D. adults with a cold.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. she has made an attempt to become pregnant.B. she has requested her supervisor to transfer her to another department.C. she has bought the new equipment for the laboratory.D. she has complained to the government about the issue.18. A. because the new equipment is not available now.B. because the patient has made too many complains.C. because the hospital wants to tighten its budget.D. because the new equipment carries a health risk.19. A. a technician in the hospital lab. B. a doctor working in the hospital.C. a teacher working in the school.D. head of hospital administration.20. A. she will be likely to quit her job. B. she still feels at a loss as what to do.C. she will complain to the administration.D. she will fight to get her income back.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADifferent background shouldn’t mean less education. Fifty years ago, in a primary school classroom, two boys aged 11 took an examination called the 11-plus, (21) would make decisions about the rest of their lives. Paul passed and went to a “grammar school”. Baz failed the examination and went to a “secondary modern school”. They did not see each other again for years.Many grammar schools (22) (establish) hundreds of years ago to teach the Latin language to children who were not from rich families. They encouraged students to study (23) they were 18 and then to go to university. Secondary modern school students left at 16, usually with fewer qualifications than grammar school students. Baz says the secondary modern school had (24) (few) resources and the quality of teaching was not as good.Things have changed. In the 1960s and the 1970s “comprehensive schools” were created. Today, 90 percent children aged 11 to 16 from the same area to the same school without (25) (take) any entry examination.The British often disagrees about the best way (26) (educate) their children. Many people say that comprehensive schools help more children to succeed because they provide everybody (27) similar opportunities in a fairer way. Another view, though, is that more intelligent children, especially (28) from poor homes are better supported at grammar schools. Now, the government plans to open new grammar schools (29) almost two million children will go to the same type of school that Paul attended.And Paul and Baz? Aged 60, they met again and compared (30) had happened to them. After university, Paul qualified as a teacher. Baz went to work in a factory at 16 and later became an engineer. In fact, Baz had a much higher salary than Paul – so perhaps life is fair after all.Section BThere’s nothing more annoying than settling down to sleep and hearing the sound of a mosquito buzzing around you.The only thought most of us ever give to this noise is “I need to get rid of this insect, immediately”, but it turns out that the mosquito is actually quite a(n) 31 creature.A term of scientists from Oxford University in the UK, in 32 with the Royal Veterinary College in London and Chiba University in Japan, recently published a study that found some interesting facts about the world’s most 33 insect.By placing eight cameras inside a tiny film studio, the scientists could study several mosquitoes up close. The high-tech cameras filmed the insects at 1,000 frames per second, meaning the scientists were able to study the insects’ 34 in never-before-seen detail. However, it wasn’t always straightforward.“Recording mosquitoes during free-flight represented a huge technical challenge due to their small size, 35 wing beat frequency, and the presence of large antennae and legs that can 36 the view of their wings,” Simon Walker of Oxford University, co-author of the study, wrote.Published in the journal Nature, the study found that mosquitoes flap their wings around 800 times a second. As a 37 , house flies flap their wings about 200 times a second, and hummingbirds 50 times a second.Richard Bomphrey of the Royal Veterinary College, the study’s le ader, believes that mosquitoes have a unique flying method that sets them apart from other flying insects.“We predicted that they must make use of clever tricks, as the wings 38 their direction at the end of each half-stroke,” he wrote in the study.Hopefully, the discovery of the mosquito’s special abilities will be of benefit to engineers in the future. The findings could lead to better aircraft, or even improvement to tools like lenses or pumps.But the scientists hope their study can one day be 39 to new developments in more human-focused use.“The more we know about mosquitoes, the better our chance of understanding their flight behavior, how they carry disease and 40 how to stop them from doing so,” Walker wrote.III.Reading ComprehensionSection AArtists have long claimed alcohol and other drugs as inspiration for their creativity. But is there really a(n) 41 between intoxication（醉酒）and inspiration? A recent study published in Consciousness and Cognition explored the effects of moderate drunkenness on people’s creativity. The authors suggest that alcohol’s well-known effect in 42 executive function may be helpful for these types of creation problems: “Sometimes a reduced ability to 43 one’s attention can have posit ive implications for select cognitive tasks,” they write.The findings raise the question of whether drugs that 44 attention and focus, in particular, stimulants （兴奋剂）, would have the opposite effect on creative thinking 45 , very little research has been done on the issue, and what results exist so far have been mixed. The outcomes may well vary according to individual 46 to the drugs. 47 , some research has found that while stimulants can48 test performance for those who are less intelligent, for the smartest folks, the drugs can have the opposite effect.If less executive function is linked to more creativity, this may also explain why artists, writers and musicians appear to be more 49 to have an addiction. Perhaps creative people are more likely than others to be 50 to drugs in the first place, as a possible source of inspiration. And then, if reduced executive function is 51 in part for their initial talent, this, too, could make them more easily influenced by 52 once they start using. Having less executive control before you even take drugs means you’ll have less ability to stop once you start.Whatever the real relationship between drunkenness, addiction and art, the authors 53 that their study findings don’t give people 54 to get drunk to “inspire the muse（冥想）.” Co-author Jennifer Wiley, associate professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, told the British Psychological Societ y’s Research Digest: “We tested what happens when people are slightly drunk-not when people drank to 55 . There could be no argument from these findings that drinking excessively would have the same effects.”A glass of wine or two, however, may occasionally help.41. A. attraction B. reservation C. connection D. decoration42. A. strengthening B. damaging C. maintaining D. assessing43. A. block B. reduce C. disturb D. control44. A. remain B. drop C. shift D. increase45. A. However B. Moreover C. Instead D. Therefore46. A. additions B. responses C. oppositions D. contrasts47. A. For example B. On the contrary C. As a result D. On the other hand48. A. conceal B. executive C. improve D. delete49. A. vital B. likely C. ideal D. difficult50. A. attracted B. contributed C. responded D. withdrawn51. A. responsible B. illegal C. natural D. impossible52. A. confusion B. ambition C. addiction D. exhaustion53. A. lower B. monitor C. function D. caution54. A. sacrifice B. privacy C. appreciation D. license55. A. priorities B. extremes C. bottom D. AffectionSection B(A)I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in her 60s. When it was her turn to pay, the cashier greeted her by name and asked her how she was doing.The woman looked down, shook her head and said: “Not so good. My husband just lost his job and my son is up to his old tricks again. The truth is, I don’t know how I’m going to get through the holidays.”Then she gave the cashier food stamps（食品券）.My heart ached. I wanted to help but didn’t know how. Should I offer to pay for her groceries, ask for her husband’s resume?As I walked into the parking lot, I spotted the women returning her shopping cart. I remembered something in my purse that I thought could help her. It wasn’t a handful of cash or an offer of a job for her husband, but maybe it would make her life better.My heart pounded as I approached the woman.“Excuse me,” I said, my voice trembling a bit. “I couldn’t help overhearing what you said to the cashier. It sounds like you’re going through a really hard time right now. I’m so sorry. I’d like to give you somet hing.”I handed her the small card from my purse.When the woman read the card’s only two words, she began to cry. And through her tears, she said, “You have no idea how much this means to me.”I was a little startled by her reply. Having never anything li ke this before, I didn’t know what kind of reaction I might receive. All I could think to say was, “Oh. Would it be OK to give you a hug?”After we embraced, I walked back to my car -- and began to cry, too.The words on the card?“You Matter.”A few weeks earlier, a colleague gave me a similar card as encouragement for a project I was working on. When I read the card, I felt a warm glow spread inside of me. Deeply touched, I came home and ordered my own box of You Matter card and started sharing them.56.Which of the following is TRUE according to the first three paragraphs?A.The woman’s family mainly depends on her son.B.The cashier helped the woman by giving her some food for free.C.The woman and her family were having a tough lime.D.The author wondered why the cashier was familiar with the woman.57.The woman cried when she got the card, probably because .A. it greatly encouraged herB. she could use it to buy foodC. it could solve her present problemD. it could land her husband a job58.The underlined word “startled” in Paragraph 10 probably means .A. interestedB. gratefulC. ashamedD. astonished59.From the article, we can tell that the author is a person.A. smartB. kind-heartedC. knowledgeableD. confidentVISIT(B)Seek Out a Unique BeachOregon. For sun and fun away from the crowed beaches of Florida, check out the Oregon coast and its 363 miles of gorgeous shoreline, stretching from the Columbia River south to the redwood forests of California. Every beach is public and free. “The coast is a perfect place to watch sea lions sun themselves or simply see the mighty Pacific weaves crash in the sunset followed by a seafood feast in one of the busy fishing communities located between the coves（小海湾）,” says Bramblett. July and August aren’t peak gray whale migration season, but there’s still a good chance you could catch a glimpse of some of the 200 whales that spend the summers off the Oregon coast.SLEEPNext to a lighthouse. Imagine yourself an ancient mariner when you book a room overlooking the Pacific Ocean at the Heceta Head Lighthouse Bed and Breakfast in Yachats, Oregon. The working lighthouse, which dated to 1894, cast a bright beam 21 miles out to sea, making it the brightest light on the Oregon coast. The cliff-top rooms at the Light Keeper’s home nearby aren’t cheap-you’ll sell out up to $ 385 for a weekend night during peak season (price includes a seven-course breakfast).BEWAREDangerous currents Unless you love cold water (or wear a wet suit), you may not wait to venture into the sea off the Oregon coast, even during the summer. But if you do, be prepared for the U.S. Lifesaving Association. Swim parallel to the beach until you’re no longer being pulled out to sea, then swim diagonally（成对角线地）toward the shore.BRINGBaby powder. Use a generous amount of baby powder to remove sand rom your hands, feet or hair. The powder quickly absorbs moisture, allowing sand to fall off easily.60.It can be inferred rom the section SLEEP that .A.the price of one night stay remains the same all the year aroundB.those who stay there can have a free access to the beach and the lighthouseC.those who want to stay there have to pay more during a tourist seasonD.the price includes the breakfast for seven people61.What is suggested by the leaflet if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach?A.Avoid wearing wet suits.B.Never dive into the cold water off the coast.C.Bring baby powder to protect your skin from sand scratches.D.Don’t swim straight toward the shore when there’re dangerous currents.62.Oregon coast will provide you with all the following experiences EXCEPT .A.a perfect view of sea lionsB.a mariner like stay in the more than 100-year-old lighthouseC.a seafood feast in the popular local communityD.sun and fun of the less crowed beach.(C)With the coming of big data age, data science is supposed to be starved for, of which the adaption can point a profound change in corporate competitiveness. Companies, both born in the digital era and traditional world are showing off their skills in data science. Therefore, it seems to have been creating a great demand for the experts of this type.Mr. Carlos Guestrin, machine learning professor from University of Washington argues that all software applications will need inbuilt intelligence within five years, making data scientists-people trained to analyze large bodies of information-key workers in this emerging “cognitive” technology economy. There are already critical applications that depend on machine learning, a subfield of data science, led by recommendation programs, fraud detection systems, forecasting tools and applications for predicting customer behavior.Many companies that are born digital-particularly internet companies that have a great number of real-time customer interactions to handle-are all-in when it comes to data science. Pinterest, for instance, maintains more than 100 machine learning models that could be applied to different classes of problems, and it constantly fields requests from managers eager to use this resource to deal with their business problem.The factors weighing on many traditional companies will be the high cost of mounting a serious machine-learning operation. Netflix is estimated to spend $ 150m a year on a single application and the total bill is probably four times that once all its uses of the technology are taken into account.Another problem for many non-technology companies is talent. Of the computer science experts who use Kaggle, only about 1,000 have deep learning skills, compared to 100,000 who can apply other machine learning techniques, says Mr. Goldbloom. He adds that even some big companies of this type are often reluctant to expand their pay scales to hire the top talent in this field.The biggest barrier to adapting to the coming era of “smart” applic ations, however, is likely to be cultural. Some companies, such as General Electric, have been building their own Silicon Valley presence to attract and develop the digital skills they will need.Despite the obstacles, some may master this difficult transition. But companies that were built, from the beginning, with data science at their center, are likely to represent serious competition.63.Which one is obstacle for many traditional companies to popularize learning operation?A. Technological problem.B. Expert crisis.C. High cost.D. Customer interactions.64.What can not be inferred from the passage about the machine learning?A.Machine learning operations are costly in Netflix.B.Machine learning plays an important role in existent applications.C.Machine learning experts are not highly paid in some non-technology companies.D.Machine learning models are not sufficient to solve business problems in Pinterest.65.What’s the author’s main purpose in writing this article?A.To point out the problems facing machine learning experts.B.To call on companies to cultivate more experts in data science.C.To tell the readers the present situation of data science.D.To advice non-technology companies to look beyond the advantages they face.66.Which of the following is the best title for this passage?A.Data science: A forefront force in tech businessB.Corporate competition: An obstacle to the transitionC.Machine learning: A key to smart technologyD.Technique experts: A decisive factor of the coming era.Section CA.Therefor, it would be advisable to remain thoughtful of how you conduct yourself and deal withothers around you.B.State out right that you ant to get along.C.In other words, do not allow yourself to take out your negative emotions on others around you.D.Getting along with someone, regardless of their passions, isn’t about being their best friend orsharing all their hobbies.E.You can only change how you interact with people, you can not change them.F.So it is better to listen to what the conversation is about before speaking.There are a lot of different people in the world, but despite our differences we all want to get along. Humans are social beings, and we enjoy being treated nicely. 67 It is about treating people with respect and care.Be a good listener. To start a conversation, it is important to listen first, especially when you are in a group. Don’t indulge（放纵）yourself in instant chant when you have just arrived. Examine the situation and the conversation, and then say whatever you think fit. It is better to say something valuable, rather than something meaningless. 68 Don’t try to change people. It is not your job to change anyone else. It is not in your power to change anyone else. Let other people live how they want to live. 69 If you do not like how someone acts, you can arrange things so that you interact with them as little as possible. You can always maintain a good attitude towards them so that your relationship with them might be change.Keep a smile. A little laughter goes a long way, and a smile eases tensions, where a frown can create tensions. If someone teases you, try to laugh at it off. If someone is frowning, smile at them. Be mindful of your facial expression. If you are persistently and optimistic, people will cheer up when they are see you coming.70 Some people do not take hints. Some people do not read body language. For these people, it really works to just say, “I really want us to wor k well together. I will help you and back you up, and you help me and back me up.”IV.Summary WritingA Father’s Influence Makes for Better GradesAdolescents from low-income families in particular are more likely than their middle-class peers to underachieve and to drop out of school. Studies have shown that a positive attitude towards school work and the support and encouragement from their parents can help at-risk youngsters to overcome theeconomic barriers and lack of resources they face. Most of the evidence about the effects of parental involvement comes from research on mothers. Little is known, however, about how adolescents experience their fathers’ warmth and the beliefs and behaviors that are most affected by it.This new study is part of a larger one focusing on low-income families conducted in four middle schools in the southwestern United States. Data were analyzed from questionnaires completed by 183 sixth-graders about how optimistic and motivated they were about their schoolwork, and how they experienced their fathers. The questionnaires were completed primarily by respondents of Mexican American, African American and European American descent. Their maths and language arts grades were also obtained.Their findings show how fathers can support their teenagers in ways that result in greater optimism, self-efficacy, and, ultimately, higher achievement at school.These positive effects extend to both sons and daughters, while in different ways. Experiencing their father’s warmth first influences daughters’ sense of optimism, and then spills over into their feeling more determined and certain about their academic abilities. This in turn leads to better math grades. There is a more direct link between their fathers’ involvement and teenage boys’ belief in their ability to succeed on the academic front. This heightened self-confidence increased their success in English language arts classes.Suizzo suggests that counselors and educators should encourage fathers to communicate warmth and acceptance to their children, because of the positive influence these emotions have on their well-being.V.Tranalation72.这个城市近几年来发生了翻天覆地的变化。
2018届上海市奉贤区高三上学期期末考试(一模)英语试题及答案
2018学年奉贤区调研测试高三英语试卷（1.16）（考试时间120分钟，满分150分。
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）第I卷（共 103分）I. ListeningSection A Short conversations (10分)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. In a restaurant. B. At the theatre.C. In a meeting room.D. At the office.2. A. Teacher and student. B. Doctor and patient.C. Manager and office worker.D. Travel agent and customer.3. A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four4. A. Reading newspapers. B. Writing up local news.C. Talking about sports.D. Putting up advertisement.5. A. He rescued a baby from a fire. B. He behaved bravely in a fire.C. He ran the fastest in a race.D. He jumped from a carriage which was on fire.6. A. Take a break. B. Go to work.C. Do the other problem.D. Keep trying.7. A. He doesn’t enjoy business trips as much as he used to.B. He doesn’t think he is capable of doing the job.C. He thinks the pay is too low to support his family.D. He wants to spend more time with his family.8. A. Thirty yuan. B.Thirty-five yuan.C. Forty yuan.D. Forty-five yuan.9. A. He wants to get a new position. B. He is asking the woman for help.C. He has left the woman a good impression.D. He enjoys letter writing.10. A. He probably won’t listen to the man’s advice.B. He has made a good decision.C. He has done the thing.D. He will follow the man’s advice.Section B Passages (12分)Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11.A. Photos as clues to the past. B. Fashionable families in recent history.C. Photographers of the past.D. Details of photography from the past.12. A. Their shoes. B. Some money. C. Their relatives’ hands. D. Theirplaythings.13. A. The location of the house.B. The social and economic position of the family.C. The types of games children played.D. The profession of the owner of the house.14. A. Its meat as a source of food. B. The wide classification of penguins.C. The penguin’s successful career.D. Penguin’s life in groups.15. A. The king penguin. B. The emperor penguin.C. The bare-footed penguin.D. Theblack-footed penguin.16. A. The penguin may become extinct soon.B. The poisonous chemicals influence the penguins’life.C. The chemicals have poisoned many penguins to death.D. The penguin population will drop greatly.Section C Longer conversations (8分)Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the followingBlanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.each answer.II. Grammar and Vocabulary.Section A (16分)Directions: Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.(A)Are you a bookworm?Do you love to read? Your teachers probably tell you how important reading is all the time. And guess what? They’re right! Reading helps you in many ways beyond just (25)_________(be) able to read and get good grades in tests. Being an eager reader helps you become a good speller and writer. In fact, the more you read, the better you’ll do in all your subjects.Do you have friends who always have books in their hands? We bet they are caught (26)_________ (read)almost all the time. Sometimes those people who love reading and even collecting books are called bookworms. Is it really (27)__________ they look like earthworms? No! So where did that nickname come from?The term “bookworm” (28)_____________ (use) since the 1500s. Way back then, libraries did not have the modern air conditioning systems (29)____________(control) the environment (30) ____________ (surround) the books. As a result, some old libraries became musty and attracted various pests, some of which then took the form of insects and worms loving to eat paper and stay inside of books, (31)_________________ they would spend their entire lives. It was just natural to transfer the “bookworm”idea to humans who loved to consume books as much as these pests did.So if you see a trip to the library (32)_____________ an adventure and can’t wait to read a new book, you’re probably a bookworm. And that’s OK! You are not alone and there are millions and even billions of us in the world.Keys: 25. being 26.reading 27.because 28.has been used29.to control 30.surrounding 31.where 32.as Analyses:本篇文章讲述了“书虫”本身的含义以及之后指代书籍爱好者的由来。
2018届奉贤区高考英语一模
2017学年奉贤区调研测试英语试卷I. Listening ComprehensionSection A1. A. interviewer and interviewee. B. teacher and student.C. doctor and nurse.D. boss and secretary.2. A. 9:00. B. 9:10. C. 9:30. D. 9:35.3. A. pass the journal. B. listen to the woman.C. repeat his request.D. take the journal himself.4. A. exciting. B. disappointing.C. interesting.D. satisfactory.5. A. to make a budget for her. B. to buy a gift for Mary.C. to give her mother information about Mary.D. to give some suggestions.6. A. he wants to finish his study. B. he wants to earn a lot of money.C. he wants to finish his study.D. he wants to have a good rest.7. A. The woman should not get involved in the situation.B. The woman should not be angry with the friends.C. he will explain to the woman what happened.D. he will talk to Sally and Mark soon.8. A. good weather tomorrow. B. the vacation plan.C. getting up early in the morning.D. possible heavy traffic.9. A. interested. B. fascinated. C. hostile. D. reluctant.10. A. intelligence determines admission to college.B. highly motivated students usually do well in college.C. successful college students are usually intelligent.D. a successful college motivates its students.Section BQuestions 11 through 13 are based on the following news.11. A. two terms. B. three terms. C. four terms. D. five terms.12. A. because he had been a policeman.B. because he earned a law degree in a night school.C. because they had formed a good opinion of him.D. because there was a large population of black people in Los Angeles.13. A. they want people in Los Angeles voted.B. an introduction about Thomas Bradley, major of Los Angeles.C. the reasons why white candidates failed in the vote.D. something Thomas Bradley did for the vote.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. he has more than fourteen pills a day. B. he has two pills a day.D. he has nine pills a day.C. he has four times a day.15. A. all of them. B. three kinds of medicine.C. two kinds of medicine.D. almost none.16. A. children over twelve years old. B. older people with a fever.C. old people with heart attack.D. adults with a cold.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. she has made an attempt to become pregnant.B. she has requested her supervisor to transfer her to another department.C. she has bought the new equipment for the laboratory.D. she has complained to the government about the issue.18. A. because the new equipment is not available now.B. because the patient has made too many complains.C. because the hospital wants to tighten its budget.D. because the new equipment carries a health risk.19. A. a technician in the hospital lab. B. a doctor working in the hospital.C. a teacher working in the school.D. head of hospital administration.20. A. she will be likely to quit her job. B. she still feels at a loss as what to do.C. she will complain to the administration.D. she will fight to get her income back.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADifferent background shouldn't mean less education. Fifty years ago, in a primary school classroom, two boys aged 11 took an examination called the 11-plus, (21)______ would make decisions about the restof their lives. Paul passed and went to a “grammar school”. Baz failed the examination and went to a “secondary modern school”. They did not see each other again for years.Many grammar schools (22)______ (establish) hundreds of years ago to teach the Latin language to children who were not from rich families. They encouraged students to study (23)______ they were 18 and then to go to university. Secondary modern school students left at 16, usually with fewer qualifications than grammar school students. Baz says the secondary modern school had (24)______ (few)resources and the quality of teaching was not as good.Things have changed. In the 1960s and the 1970s “comprehensive schools”were created. Today, 90 percent children aged 11 to 16 from the same area to the same school without (25)______ (take) any entryexamination.The British often disagrees about the best way (26)______ (educate) their children. Many people say that comprehensive schools help more children to succeed because they provide everybody (27)______ similar opportunities in a fairer way. Another view, though, is that more intelligent children, especially (28)______ from poor homes are better supported at grammar schools. Now, the government plans toopen new grammar schools (29)______ ______ almost two million children will go to the same type of school that Paul attended.And Paul and Baz? Aged 60, they met again and compared (30)______ had happened to them. After university, Paul qualified as a teacher. Baz went to work in a factory at 16 and later became an engineer. Infact, Baz had a much higher salary than Paul –so perhaps life is fair after all.Section BA. impressiveB. movementsC. eventuallyD. extremeE. comparisonF. reverseG. unlovedH. partnershipI. absolutelyJ. maskK. appliedThere's nothing more annoying than settling down to sleep and hearing the sound of a mosquito buzzing around you.The only thought most of us ever give to this noise is “I need to get rid of this insect, immediately”, but it turns out that the mosquito is actually quite a(n) __31__ creature.A term of scientists from Oxford University in the UK, in __32__ with the Royal Veterinary Collegein London and Chiba University in Japan, recently published a study that found some interesting facts about the world's most __33__ insect.By placing eight cameras inside a tiny film studio, the scientists could study several mosquitoes up close. The high-tech cameras filmed the insects at 1,000 frames per second, meaning the scientists were able to study the insects' __34__ in never-before-seen detail. However, it wasn't always straightforward.“Recording mosquitoes during free-flight represented a huge technical challenge due to their small size, __35__ wing beat frequency, and the presence of large antennae and legs that can __36__ the view oftheir wings,”Simon Walker of Oxford University, co-author of the study, wrote.Published in the journal Nature, the study found that mosquitoes flap their wings around 800 times a second. As a __37__, house flies flap their wings about 200 times a second, and hummingbirds 50 times asecond.Richard Bomphrey of the Royal Veterinary College, the study's leader, believes that mosquitoes have a unique flying method that sets them apart from other flying insects.“We predicted that they must make use of clever tricks, as the wings __38__ their direction at the endof each half-stroke,”he wrote in the study.Hopefully, the discovery of the mosquito's special abilities will be of benefit to engineers in the future. The findings could lead to better aircraft, or even improvement to tools like lenses or pumps. But the scientists hope their study can one day be __39__ to new developments in morehuman-focused use.“The more we know about mosquitoes, the better our chance of understanding their flight behavior, how they carry disease and __40__ how to stop them from doing so,”Walker wrote.III. Reading ComprehensionSection AArtists have long claimed alcohol and other drugs as inspiration for their creativity. But is there really a(n) __41__ between intoxication（醉酒）and inspiration? A recent study published in Consciousness andCognition explored the effects of moderate drunkenness on people's creativity. The authors suggest that alcohol's well-known effect in __42__ executive function may be helpful for these types of creation problems: “Sometimes a reduced ability to __43__ one's attention can have positive implications for select cognitive tasks,”they write.The findings raise the question of whether drugs that __44__ attention and focus, in particular, stimulants（兴奋剂）, would have the opposite effect on creative thinking __45__, very little research hasbeen done on the issue, and what results exist so far have been mixed. The outcomes may well vary according to individual __46__ to the drugs. __47__, some research has found that while stimulants can__48__ test performance for those who are less intelligent, for the smartest folks, the drugs can have theopposite effect.If less executive function is linked to more creativity, this may also explain why artists, writers and musicians appear to be more __49__ to have an addiction. Perhaps creative people are more likely than others to be __50__ to drugs in the first place, as a possible source of inspiration. And then, if reduced executive function is __51__ in part for their initial talent, this, too, could make them more easily influenced by __52__ once they start using. Having less executive control before you even take drugs ll have less ability to stop once you start.'means youWhatever the real relationship between drunkenness, addiction and art, the authors __53__ that their study findings don't give people __54__ to get drunk to “inspire the muse（冥想）.”Co-author JenniferWiley, associate professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, told the British Psychological Society's Research Digest: “We tested what happens when people are slightly drunk-not when people drank to __55__. There could be no argument from these findings that drinking excessivelywould have the same effects.”A glass of wine or two, however, may occasionally help.41. A. attraction B. reservation C. connection D. decoration42. A. strengthening B. damaging C. maintaining D. assessing43. A. block B. reduce C. disturb D. control44. A. remain B. drop C. shift D. increase45. A. However B. Moreover C. Instead D. Therefore46. A. additions B. responses C. oppositions D. contrasts47. A. For example B. On the contrary C. As a result D. On the other hand48. A. conceal B. executive C. improve D. delete49. A. vital B. likely C. ideal D. difficult50. A. attracted B. contributed C. responded D. withdrawn51. A. responsible B. illegal C. natural D. impossible52. A. confusion B. ambition C. addiction D. exhaustion53. A. lower B. monitor C. function D. caution54. A. sacrifice B. privacy C. appreciation D. license55. A. priorities B. extremes C. bottom D. AffectionSection B(A)I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in her 60s. When it was her turn to pay, the cashier greeted her by name and asked her how she was doing.The woman looked down, shook her head and said: “Not so good. My husband just lost his job and my son is up to his old tricks again. The truth is, I don't know how I'm going to get through the holidays.”Then she gave the cashier food stamps（食品券）.My heart ached. I wanted to help but didn't know how. Should I offer to pay for her groceries, ask for her husband's resume?As I walked into the parking lot, I spotted the women returning her shopping cart. I remembered something in my purse that I thought could help her. It wasn't a handful of cash or an offer of a job for herhusband, but maybe it would make her life better.My heart pounded as I approached the woman.“Excuse me,”I said, my voice trembling a bit. “I couldn't help overhearing what you said to the cashier. It sounds like you're going through a really hard time right now. I'm so sorry. I'd like to give yousomething.”I handed her the small card from my purse.When the woman read the card's only two words, she began to cry. And through her tears, she said, “You have no idea how much this means to me.”I was a little startled by her reply. Having never anything like this before, I didn't know what kind ofreaction I might receive. All I could think to say was, “Oh. Would it be OK to give you a hug?”After we embraced, I walked back to my car -- and began to cry, too.The words on the card?“You Matter.”A few weeks earlier, a colleague gave me a similar card as encouragement for a project I was working on. When I read the card, I felt a warm glow spread inside of me. Deeply touched, I came homeand ordered my own box of You Matter card and started sharing them.56. Which of the following is TRUE according to the first three paragraphs?A. The woman's family mainly depends on her son.B. The cashier helped the woman by giving her some food for free.C. The woman and her family were having a tough lime.D. The author wondered why the cashier was familiar with the woman.57. The woman cried when she got the card, probably because ______.A. it greatly encouraged herB. she could use it to buy foodC. it could solve her present problemD. it could land her husband a job58. The underlined word “startled”in Paragraph 10 probably means ______.A. interestedB. gratefulC. ashamedD. astonished59. From the article, we can tell that the author is a ______ person.A. smartB. kind-heartedC. knowledgeableD. confident(B)Seek Out a Unique BeachVISITOregon. For sun and fun away from the crowed beaches of Florida, check out the Oregon coast and its 363 miles of gorgeous shoreline, stretching from the Columbia River south to the redwood forests of California. Every beach is public and free. “The coast is a perfect place to watch sea lions sun themselvesor simply see the mighty Pacific weaves crash in the sunset followed by a seafood feast in one of the busyfishing communities located between the coves（小海湾）,”says Bramblett. July and August aren't peakgray whale migration season, but there's still a good chance you could catch a glimpse of some of the 200whales that spend the summers off the Oregon coast.SLEEPNext to a lighthouse. Imagine yourself an ancient mariner when you book a room overlooking the Pacific Ocean at the Heceta Head Lighthouse Bed and Breakfast in Yachats, Oregon. The working lighthouse, which dated to 1894, cast a bright beam 21 miles out to sea, making it the brightest light on theOregon coast. The cliff-top rooms at the Light Keeper's home nearby aren't cheap-you'll sell out up to $ 385 for a weekend night during peak season (price includes a seven-course breakfast).BEWAREDangerous currents Unless you love cold water (or wear a wet suit), you may not wait to venture into the sea off the Oregon coast, even during the summer. But if you do, be prepared for the U.S. LifesavingAssociation. Swim parallel to the beach until you're no longer being pulled out to sea, then swim diagonally（成对角线地）toward the shore.BRINGBaby powder. Use a generous amount of baby powder to remove sand rom your hands, feet or hair. The powder quickly absorbs moisture, allowing sand to fall off easily.60. It can be inferred rom the section SLEEP that ______.A. the price of one night stay remains the same all the year aroundB. those who stay there can have a free access to the beach and the lighthouseC. those who want to stay there have to pay more during a tourist seasonD. the price includes the breakfast for seven peopleWhat is suggested by the leaflet if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach? 61.A. Avoid wearing wet suits.B. Never dive into the cold water off the coast.C. Bring baby powder to protect your skin from sand scratches.D. Don't swim straight toward the shore when there're dangerous currents.Oregon coast will provide you with all the following experiences EXCEPT ______. 62.A. a perfect view of sea lionsB. a mariner like stay in the more than 100-year-old lighthouseC. a seafood feast in the popular local communityD. sun and fun of the less crowed beach.(C)With the coming of big data age, data science is supposed to be starved for, of which the adaption can point a profound change in corporate competitiveness. Companies, both born in the digital era and traditional world are showing off their skills in data science. Therefore, it seems to have been creating a great demand for the experts of this type.Mr. Carlos Guestrin, machine learning professor from University of Washington argues that all software applications will need inbuilt intelligence within five years, making data scientists-people trainedto analyze large bodies of information-key workers in this emerging “cognitive”technology economy. There are already critical applications that depend on machine learning, a subfield of data science, led byrecommendation programs, fraud detection systems, forecasting tools and applications for predicting customer behavior.Many companies that are born digital-particularly internet companies that have a great number of real-time customer interactions to handle-are all-in when it comes to data science. Pinterest, for instance,maintains more than 100 machine learning models that could be applied to different classes of problems,and it constantly fields requests from managers eager to use this resource to deal with their business problem.The factors weighing on many traditional companies will be the high cost of mounting a serious machine-learning operation. Netflix is estimated to spend $ 150m a year on a single application and the total bill is probably four times that once all its uses of the technology are taken into account. Another problem for many non-technology companies is talent. Of the computer science experts who use Kaggle, only about 1,000 have deep learning skills, compared to 100,000 who can apply other machine learning techniques, says Mr. Goldbloom. He adds that even some big companies of this type areoften reluctant to expand their pay scales to hire the top talent in this field.The biggest barrier to adapting to the coming era of “smart”applications, however, is likely to be cultural. Some companies, such as General Electric, have been building their own Silicon Valley presenceto attract and develop the digital skills they will need.Despite the obstacles, some may master this difficult transition. But companies that were built, from the beginning, with data science at their center, are likely to represent serious competition.63. Which one is obstacle for many traditional companies to popularize learning operation?A. Technological problem.B. Expert crisis.C. High cost.D. Customer interactions.64. What can not be inferred from the passage about the machine learning?A. Machine learning operations are costly in Netflix.B. Machine learning plays an important role in existent applications.C. Machine learning experts are not highly paid in some non-technology companies.D. Machine learning models are not sufficient to solve business problems in Pinterest.65. What's the author's main purpose in writing this article?A. To point out the problems facing machine learning experts.B. To call on companies to cultivate more experts in data science.C. To tell the readers the present situation of data science.D. To advice non-technology companies to look beyond the advantages they face.66. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?A. Data science: A forefront force in tech businessB. Corporate competition: An obstacle to the transitionC. Machine learning: A key to smart technologyD. Technique experts: A decisive factor of the coming era.Section CA. Therefor, it would be advisable to remain thoughtful of how you conduct yourself and deal with others around you.B. State out right that you ant to get along.C. In other words, do not allow yourself to take out your negative emotions on others around you.D. Getting along with someone, regardless of their passions, isn't about being their best friend or sharing all their hobbies.E. You can only change how you interact with people, you can not change them.F. So it is better to listen to what the conversation is about before speaking.There are a lot of different people in the world, but despite our differences we all want to get along. Humans are social beings, and we enjoy being treated nicely. __67__ It is about treating people with respect and care.Be a good listener. To start a conversation, it is important to listen first, especially when you are in a group. Don't indulge（放纵）yourself in instant chant when you have just arrived. Examine the situationand the conversation, and then say whatever you think fit. It is better to say something valuable, rather than something meaningless. __68__ Don't try to change people. It is not your job to change anyone else.It is not in your power to change anyone else. Let other people live how they want to live. __69__ If youdo not like how someone acts, you can arrange things so that you interact with them as little as possible.You can always maintain a good attitude towards them so that your relationship with them might be change.Keep a smile. A little laughter goes a long way, and a smile eases tensions, where a frown can create tensions. If someone teases you, try to laugh at it off. If someone is frowning, smile at them. Be mindful ofyour facial expression. If you are persistently and optimistic, people will cheer up when they are see youcoming.__70__ Some people do not take hints. Some people do not read body language. For these people, it really works to just say, “I really want us to work well together. I will help you and back you up, and youhelp me and back me up.”IV. Summary WritingA Fa ther's Influence Makes for Better GradesAdolescents from low-income families in particular are more likely than their middle-class peers to underachieve and to drop out of school. Studies have shown that a positive attitude towards school worktheovercome to youngsters at-risk help can parents their from encouragement and support the and economic barriers and lack of resources they face. Most of the evidence about the effects of parental involvement comes from research on mothers. Little is known, however, about how adolescents experience their fathers' warmth and the beliefs and behaviors that are most affected by it.This new study is part of a larger one focusing on low-income families conducted in four middle schools in the southwestern United States. Data were analyzed from questionnaires completed by 183 sixth-graders about how optimistic and motivated they were about their schoolwork, and how they experienced their fathers. The questionnaires were completed primarily by respondents of Mexican American, African American and European American descent. Their maths and language arts grades werealso obtained.Their findings show how fathers can support their teenagers in ways that result in greater optimism, self-efficacy, and, ultimately, higher achievement at school.These positive effects extend to both sons and daughters, while in different ways. Experiencing their father's warmth first influences daughters' sense of optimism, and then spills over into their feeling moredetermined and certain about their academic abilities. This in turn leads to better math grades. There is amore direct link between their fathers' involvement and teenage boys' belief in their ability to succeed onthe academic front. This heightened self-confidence increased their success in English language arts classes.Suizzo suggests that counselors and educators should encourage fathers to communicate warmth and acceptance to their children, because of the positive influence these emotions have on their well-being.V. Tranalation72. 这个城市近几年来发生了翻天覆地的变化。
2018年上海市奉贤区中考一模(上学期期末)英语试题(解析版)
2018年上海市奉贤区中考英语一模试卷Choose the best answer （选择最恰当的答案）1.Which of the following word matches the sound[θru：]？A. thoughB. throughC. thoughtD. thorough【答案】B【解析】【详解】句意：下面哪个词的音标是[θru：]？考查单词的发音。
A. though的音标是[ðəʊ]；B. through的音标是[θru：]；C. thought的音标是[θɔ:t]；D. thorough 的音标是[ˈθʌrə]；因此可知through的音标与给出的音标一样，故答案选B。
2.Alisa is such_______ honest student that she is often praised by her teachers．A. aB. anC. theD. /【答案】B【解析】【详解】句意：艾丽莎是如此诚实的一个学生，她经常受到老师的赞扬。
考查冠词用法。
根据Alisa is such_____ honest student that she is often praised by her teachers．可知句意为：艾丽莎是如此诚实的一个学生，她经常受到老师的赞扬。
此处表示的泛指，所以应用不定冠词来修饰，且honest 的发音是以元音音素开头的单词，用an来修饰，故答案选B。
【点睛】本题考查冠词用法。
冠词分为定冠词、不定冠词和零冠词。
不定冠词包括a和an ，表示泛指某人或某物，a用于辅音音素开头的单词前面；an用于元音音素开头的单词前面。
the是定冠词，表示特指某个（些）人或者物，或者在文中再次提到该事物时；零冠词用于一些特殊的结构中。
本题根据句意可知此处表示泛指，而且honest的发音是以元音音素开头的单词，所以用an来修饰，故答案选B。
3.The lift in our building suddenly broke down and we got trapped_______floors．A. inB. onC. betweenD. among【答案】C【解析】【详解】句意：我们大楼的电梯突然坏了，我们被困在两层楼之间。
上海奉贤区调研测试高三英语试卷--讲解稿
2018学年第一学期奉贤区调研测试高三英语试卷I. Listening ComprehensionSection A1. A. In a restaurant. B. At the theatre.C. In a meeting room.D. At the office.2. A. Boss and clerk. B. Teacher and student.C. Policeman and driver.D. Doctor and nurse.3. A. The demand of the job market. B. The location of the hotel.C. The damage to the environment.D. The solution to the issue.4. A. $5. B. $10. C. $15. D. $50.5. A. Green. B. Light blue. C. Green and blue. D. Yellow.6. A. He prefers to eat out. B. He wants to order the food.C. He doesn’t like Japanese food.D. He hopes to pay for the meal.7. A. It’s better than it used to be. B. It’s not as good as it was.C. It’s better than people say．D. It’s even worse than people say.8. A. Confused. B. Annoyed. C. Embarrassed. D. Bored.9. A. She won’t go to the beach if it rains. B. She would like the man to go to the beach.C. It will clear up tomorrow.D. It was pouring when she was at the beach.10.A. Trying to make a map. B. Painting the dining room.C. Discussing a house plan.D. Cleaning the kitchen.Section BQuestions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11.A. Because he looked like a musician. B. Because he was a musician of much influence.C. Because he showed an interest in music.D. Because he was good at playing cornet.12.A. His tale begins in New Orleans. B. He was born before jazz was invented.C. His music was popular with his listeners.D. He learned popular music at a boy’s home.13.A. The Invention of the Jazz Music. B. The Father of the Jazz Music.C. The Making of a Musician.D. The Spread of Popular Music.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14.A. It was expected to be a disaster. B. It turned out to be a disaster.C. It was spoiled by one girl.D. All the students enjoyed it.15.A. A thrilling exploration in the desert. B. How GPS saved the survivors.C. What is GPS and how it works.D. The danger of space exploration.16.A. It was created mainly for scientific research.B. It works better in fine weather conditions.C. It must be located on three satellites.D. Its service is free of charge.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. Computer problems. B. Computer-related crimes.C. Healthcare.D. Computer-related injuries and problems.18. A. Not mentioned. B. Not too close.C. Half a meter away.D. About an arm’s length away.19. A. Having a good chair.B. Keeping your feet flat on the floor.C. Crossing one’s legs.D. Keeping arms and hands relaxed on the keyboard.20. A. There are not so many physical problems despite the wide use of computers.B. A good chair enables people to keep their feet flat on the floor.C. Dr. Kwan’s advice is given to those who suffer from computer-related injuries.D. People should avoid sitting in front of computers for too long without walking around.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ATo Be Joyful, To Be Young 高二下期末考试做过What really works to make sustainable changes in diet and lifestyle? It’s probably not what you think. In the past 30 years of conducting clinical research, I (21)______ (learn) that real keys are pleasure, joy and freedom. Joy of living is sustainable; fear of dying is not.Why? Because life is to be enjoyed. There’s no point (22)______ (abandon) something you enjoy unless you get something back that’s even better, and quickly. When p eople eat more healthfully, (23)______ (quit) smoking, and manage stress better, they find they feel so much better, so quickly. It reconstructs the reason for making these changes from fear of dying to joy of living.When you exercise and eat right, your brain receives more blood flow and oxygen, so you become smarter, have more energy, and need less sleep. Two studies showed just walking for three hours per week for only three months caused so many neurons (神经细胞) (24)______ (grow) that it actually increa sed the size of people’s brains!Your face receives more blood flow, so your skin glows more and wrinkles less. You look younger and more attractive. In contrast, an unhealthy diet, lasting emotional stress and smoking reduce blood flow to your face (25) ______ ______ you age more quickly. Smoking speeds up aging because nicotine contributes to your blood vessel becoming narrower, (26)______ decreases blood flow to your face and makes it wrinkle prematurely. This is why smokers look years older than they really are.One of the most interesting findings was that the mothers’ awareness of stress was more important than (27)______ was objectively occurring in their lives. (28)______ (give) a questionnaire, the women were asked to rate on a three-point scale how stressed they felt each day. The women who realized they were under heavy stress had significantly shortened and damaged telomeres（染色体端粒）compared with (29)_______ who felt more relaxed. Contrarily, some of the women who felt relaxed (30)______ raising a disabled child had more normal-appearing telomeres.In other words, if you feel stressed, you are stressed.21.have learned 22. abandoning 23. quit24.to grow 25. so that 26. which27.what 28. Given/Having been given 29. those30. despite/though/althoughwestern (33)_______ to the capital. The outer walls of today’s structure are in the same position as those of the (34) ______ castle built by William the Conqueror in the 1070s.天的建筑外墙的位置与征服者威廉在1070年代建造的城堡相同。
上海市奉贤区2018-2019高三上学期期末教学质量监控英语试题及参考答案
上海市奉贤区2018-2019高三上学期期末教学质量监控英语试题I. Listening ComprehensionII. 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.To Be Joyful, To Be YoungWhat really works to make sustainable changes in diet and lifestyle? It’s probably not what you think. In the past 30 years of conducting clinical research, I (21) (learn) that real keys are pleasure, joy and freedom. Joy of living is sustainable; fear of dying is not.Why? Because life is to be enjoyed. There’s no point (22) (abandon) something you e njoy unless you get something back that’s even better, and quickly. When people eat more healthfully, (23) (quit) smoking, and manage stress better, they find they feel so much better, so quickly. It reconstructs the reason for making these changes from fear of dying to joy of living.When you exercise and eat right, your brain receives more blood flow and oxygen, so you become smarter, have more energy, and need less sleep. Two studies showed just walking for three hours per week for only three months caused so many neurons(神经细胞) (24) (grow) that it actually increased the size of people’s brains!Your face receives more blood flow, so your skin glows more and wrinkles less. You look younger and more attractive. In contrast, an unhealthy diet, lasting emotional stress and smoking reduce blood flow to your face (25) you age more quickly. Smoking speeds up aging because nicotine contributes to your blood vessel becoming narrower, (26) decreases blood flow to your face and makes it wrinkle prematurely. This is why smokers look years older than they really are.One of the most int eresting findings was that the mothers’ awareness of stress w as more important than (27) was objectively occurring in their lives. (28) (give) a questionnaire, the women were asked to rate on a three-point scale how stressed they felt each day. The women who realized they were under heavy stress had significantly shortened and damaged telomeres(染色体端粒) compared with (29) who felt more relaxed. Contrarily, some of the women who felt relaxed (30) raising a disabled child had more normal-appearing telomeres.In other words, if you feel stressed, you are stressed.Section BDirection: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used onlyWelcome to Windsor CastleWindsor Castle is the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world and the Official Residence of the Queen of Britain. Over a period of nearly 1,000 years it has been31 continuously, and altered and redecorated by monarchs(君主) one after the other. Some were greatbuilders, strengthening the Castle against32 and rebellion; others, living in more peaceful times, created a grand Royal residence. William the Conqueror chose the site, high above the river Thames and on the edge of a Saxon hunting ground. It was a day’s march from the Tower of London and intended to guard the western33 to the capital. The outer walls of today’s structure are in the same position as those of the34 castle built by William the Conqueror in the 1070s.The Queen uses the Castle both as a private home, where she usually spends the weekend, and as a Royal residence at which she undertakes certain formal duties. Windsor Castle is35 used by the Queen to host State Visits from overseas monarchs and presidents. Every year the Queen takes up official residence in Windsor Castle for a month over Easter (March-April).The Castle is huge, so people tend to head for the most36 bits---the State Apartments, St. George’s Chapel, the Gallery and the delightful Queen Mary’s Dolls House. Works of art, antique furniture, curiosities and impressive architecture reflect the tastes of many different royal generations. The State Apartments are37 decorated formal rooms still used for state and official functions.The magnificent and beautiful St. George’s Chapel was started in 1475 by Edward IV and was completed 50 years later by Henry VIII. It38 among the finest examples of late medieval architecture in the UK.The Drawings Gallery39 the exhibition “The Queen: 60 Photographs for 60 Years”. The exhibition presents portraits of the Queen40 in brief moments on both official occasions and at relaxed family gatherings.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.“Nature and Nurture”People have wondered for a long time how their personalities and behaviour are formed. However, it is not easy to explain why one person is intelligent and another is not, or why one is cooperative and another is41 .Social scientists are of course42 interested in these types of questions. They want to explain why we possess certain characteristics and exhibit certain behaviour. There are no clear answers yet, but two43 schools of thought on the matter have developed. As one might expect, the two approaches are very different from each other, and there is a great deal of debate between44 of each theory. The controversy(争论) is often conveniently referred to as “nature and nurture”.Those who45 the “nature” side of the conflict believe that our personalities and behaviour patterns are46 determined by biological factors. That our environment has little, if anything, to do with our abilities, characteristics and behaviour is47 to this theory. Taken to an extreme, this theory states that our behaviour is predetermined to such a great degree that we are almost completely governed by our48 .Supporter s of the “nurture” theory, or, as they are often called, 49 , claim that our environment is more important than our biologically based instincts in determining how we will act. A behaviorist, B. F. Skinner, sees humans as beings whose behaviour is almost completely 50 by their surroundings. The behaviorists’ view of the human b eing is quite mechanistic. They state that, like machines, humans respond to51 stimuli(刺激) as the basis of their behaviour.Socially and politically, the consequences of these two theories are52 . In the US, forexample, blacks often score below whites on standardized intelligence tests. This leads some “nature” supporters to conclude that blacks are genetically lower in status than whites are. Behaviorists, 53 , say that the differences in scores are due to the fact that blacks are often robbed of many of the educational and other environmental advantages that whites enjoy, and that, as a result, they do not develop the same54 that whites do.Neither of these theories can yet fully explain human behaviour. As a matter of fact, it is quite 55 that the key to our behaviour lies somewhere between these two extremes and that the controversy will continue for a long time is certain.41. A. sensitive B. productive C. competitive D. aggressive42. A. moderately B. extremely C. reluctantly D. scarcely43. A. distinct B. reliable C. relevant D. equal44. A. objectors B. operators C. opponents D. advocates45. A. claim B. support C. resolve D. inherit46. A. completely B. largely C. thoroughly D. merely47. A. sensitive B. open C. central D. subject48. A. abilities B. capacities C. personalities D. instincts49. A. experts B. scientists C. environmentalists D. behaviorists50. A. shaped B. dominated C. oppressed D. restricted51. A. environmental B. biological C. genetic D. psychological52. A. temporary B. slight C. fatal D. far-reaching53. A. on the contrary B. as a whole C. after all D. for instance54. A. habits B. responses C. characteristics D. advantages55. A. necessary B. impossible C. unreasonable D. likelySection 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)I’m a student in my fourth year of a biomedical science degree at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, but I also work 38 hours a week at Sainsbury’s to make ends meet. I do three night shifts a week, plus overtime if I can get it. Monday is the most occupied day for me -- I work from 10 pm until 8 am on Saturday and Sunday nights, earning just over £100 a night, and then I have to be at my first lecture at 9 am on Monday. By the time I finish lectur es, at 2 pm, I’m exhausted, but I know I have to be back at work by 10 pm.I constantly have to force myself to stay awake, and to be alert, whatever it takes. A packet of Skittles and a Red Bull usually helps. The work I do at Sainsbury’s is very physical like stacking shelves. I’m lucky because I’m an active person and the amount I lift at work is nothing compared with the weights I lift in the gym. I know I have the strength to bear it.I’m originally from Nigeria. I came here when I was seven, growing u p in Croydon, south London. Money was tight. My parents gave me everything I needed, but there was no money to spend on luxuries. I worked hard at school though and, with the help of GT Scholars, I got some of the best A-level grades in my class.Unfortuna tely, though I had applied for “settled” British residential status when very young, the Home Office waited until I was in sixth form to approve my application. That meant I wasn’teligible for a student loan. The only way I could afford to go to university was that if I got a job that would pay for all my living costs and my parents, who work in market research, paid for my tuition fees. In Scotland, that’s about £7,000 a year.I don’t have much time to socialize because of my job. Ideally, I would also like to have more time to study so I can excel at my course. Yes, I have a lot on my plate, but working hard isn’t new to me. Growing up, my parents and my mentors in the church and at GT Scholars cultivated in me the importance of working hard for what I want in life.My dream is to do an MA in physiotherapy next year and then get a job working for the NHS. But right now, I’m just focused on trying to get the best grades I can. Whenever I find life hard, I tell myself this is about my future. I don’t need much, but I would like to worry less about money and have more free time. That is what I look forward to the most.56. Why does the author work long hours and sometimes overtime every week?A. To help his parents pay off the debts.B. To pay for his tuition fees.C. To prove his ability to earn money.D. To pay for his own living expenses.57. The underlined word “eligible” in the passage can be replaced by ________.A.responsibleB. qualifiedC. feasibleD. anxious58. According to the passage, which of the following words can NOT be used to describe the author?A. Sociable.B. Diligent.C. Ambitious.D. Persistent.59. Which of the following proverbs can best summarize the passage?A. A penny saved is a penny earned.B. Actions speak louder than words.C. God helps those who help themselves.D. Where there is life, there is hope.(B)Should You Become a Full Stack Web Developer?Should you become a full stack web developer? What courses should you take to prepare you for the job? Our courses bring you a step-by-step path that will help you become a qualified candidate and teach you everything you need to k now to succeed. Read on to discover if it’s the right path for you:●What is a Full Stack Web Developer?A full stack web developer is well skilled in both front and back-end web developing. With knowledge of what it means to build applications from start to finish, a full stack developer can plan, manage, and build software with general know-how. A core difference between front and back-end developers is that front-end developers handle building the user interface aspect of a website, while back-end developers deal with internal tasks such as web servers, applications, and databases.Combined, they are responsible for building the technology and coding that makes a website function properly. Both skillsets are crucial for being a well-rounded web developer and will give you a leg up when applying for jobs. If you like to learn new concepts and technologies frequently this is an excellent career path for you.●Demand for Full Stack Web Developers is GrowingBecause of the broad range of skills required to be a full stack web developer, there are fewer candidates applying for positions, leaving more opportunity for qualified candidates. The job outlook for web developers is estimated to grow 13% by 2026, which is faster than the average rate for all occupations. With an impressive resume, full stack web developers can make $87,661 on average.●Get Started TodayWith the help of the course, you will learn everything you need to know to succeed as a full stack web developer. You can start from any level with little to no previous experience required and track your progress as you go.●Here’s What Y ou’ll Learn in the CoursesBuild web applications and develop on both the front-end and back-end stacksLearn Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS, and JavaScriptDevelop web applications in Javascript using front-end framework, Angular, and hybrid mobile applications with Apache CordovaDesign RESTful Ruby on Rails web applications with MongoDB database integration.60. In which column of a newspaper can we most probably find this passage?A. Arts.B. Science-technology.C. Courses.D. Business.61. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Front and back-end developers both are responsible for such tasks as applications and databases.B. Fewer candidates apply for the position of being web developers due to high demand for skills.C. The job prospect for web developers isn’t promising in the long run.D. You can’t start to learn the course of being a full stack web developer unless you have some experience beforehand.62. What is the main purpose of this passage?A. To advertise for full stack web developers.B. To inform people of what is required to be a full stack web developer.C. To persuade people to take the courses which help to become a full stack web developer.D. To help people to explore the full stack web developer career guide.(C)The haunting paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck, on show in the final leg of a travelling tour that has already attracted thousands of visitors in Hamburg and the Hague, may come as a surprise to many. Few outside the Nordic(北欧的) world would recognize the works of this Finnish artist who died in 1946. More people should. The 120 works have at their core 20 self-portraits, half the number she painted in all. The first, dated 1880, is of a wide-eyed teenager eager to absorb everything. The last is a sighting of the artist's ghost-to-be.Prematurely gifted, Schjerfbeck was 11 when she entered the Finnish Art Society's drawing school. “The Wounded Warrior in the Snow”, a history painting, was bought by a private collector and won her a state travel grant when she was 17. Schjerfbeck studied in Paris, went on to Pont-Aven, Brittany, where she painted for a year, then to Tuscany, Cornwall and St Petersburg. During her 1887 visit to St Ives, Cornwall, Sc hjerfbeck painted “The Convalescent”. A child wrapped in a blanket sits supported up in a large wicker(柳条编制的) chair, toying with a sprig(小枝条). The picture won a bronze medal at the 1889 Paris World Fair and was bought by the Finnish Art Society. To a modern eye it seems almost sentimental(感伤的) and is made up for only by the somewhat astonished, sad expression on the child's face, which may have been inspired by Schjerfbeck's early experiences. At four, she fell down a flight of steps and never fully recovered.In 1890, Schjerfbeck settled in Finland. Teaching exhausted her, she did not like the works of other local painters, and she was further isolated when she took on the care of her mother. “If I allow myself the freedom to live an isolated life”, she wrote, “then it is because it has to be that way.” In 1902, Schjerfbeck and her mother settled in the small, industrial town of Hyvinkaa, 50 kilometres north of Helsinki. Isolation had one desired effect for it was there that Schjerfbeckbecame a modern painter. She produced still lives and landscapes but above all moody yet sharp portraits of her mother, local school girls, women workers in town.“I have always searched for the dense depths of the soul, which have not yet been discovered by humans themselves”, she wrote, “where everything is still unconscious -- there one can make the greatest discoveries.” She experimented with different kinds of underpainting, scraped and rubbed, made bright rosy red spots; doing whatever had to be done to capture the subconscious -- her own and that of her models. In 1913, Schjerfbeck was rediscovered by an art dealer and journalist, Gosta Stenman. Once again she was a success.63. Schjerfbeck’s paintings may come as a surprise to many because_______.A. her paintings are rarely known outside the Nordic worldB. her paintings have never been on show out of the Nordic worldC. her paintings have the power to haunt people whoever have seen themD. her paintings focus on supernatural elements such as ghosts64. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. "The Convalescent" is in fact a portrait of Schjerbeck in her childhood.B. "The Convalescent" is a reflection of Schejerbeck’s sentimental childhood.C. "The Convalescent" is made as a result of an accident in Schejerbeck’s childhood.D. "The Convalescent" is featured by the child’s astonished, sorrowful expression.65. Schejerbeck chose to live an isolated life mainly because of _______.A. she was exhausted by her teaching jobB. her personality prefers this kind of styleC. she could not appreciate the work of the other local paintersD. her mother’s health condition required her to adopt such a life style.66. We can infer from the passage that the most outstanding characteristics of Schjer fbeck’s paintings is_________.A. her vivid characterization of common peopleB. her capture of the characters’ soulC. the sorrowful expression of the charactersD. her unconscious sense of some mysterious elementsSection CDirections: After reading the passage below, choose the best answers from the six statementsThe quality of patience goes a long way toward your goal of creating a more peaceful and loving self. The more patient you are, the more accepting you will be of what life is, rather than insisting that life be exactly as you would like it to be. Without patience, life is extremely frustrating.67 Patience adds some ease and acceptance to your life. It's important for inner peace.68 If you are stuck in a traffic jam, late for an appointment, being patient would mean keeping yourself from building a mental snowball before your thinking gets out of hand and gently reminding yourself to relax. It might also be a good time to breathe as well as an opportunity to remind yourself that, in the bigger scheme of things, being late is "small stuff".Patience is a quality of heart that can be greatly enhanced with deliberate practice. 69 They are the periods of time that I set up in my mind to practice the art of patience.Life itself becomes a classroom, and the curriculum is patience. You can start with as little as five minutes and build up your capacity for patience over time. What you'll discover is truly amazing. Your intention to be patient, especially if you know it's only for a short while, immediately strengthens your capacity for patience. Patience is one of those qualities where success feeds on itself. Once you reach little milestone-five minutes of successful patience-you'll begin to see that you do indeed have the capacity to be patient, even for longer periods of time. Over time, you may even become a patient person.Being patient will help you to keep your perspective. You will see even a difficult situation, say your present challenge, isn't "life or death" but simply a minor obstacle that must be dealt with.70 .IV. Summary WritingDirections: 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.A remarkable variety of insects live in this planet. More species of insects exist than all other animal species together. Insects have survived on earth for more than 300 million years, and may possess the ability to survive for millions more. Insects can be found almost everywhere -- on the highest mountains and on the bottom of rushing streams, in the cold South Pole and in bubbling hot springs. They dig through the ground, jump and sing in the trees, and run and dance in the air. They come in many different colours and various shapes.There are many reasons why insects are so successful at surviving. Their amazing ability to adapt permits them to live in extreme ranges of temperatures and environments. The one place where they have not yet been found to any major extent is in the open oceans. Insects can survive on a wide range of natural and artificial foods -- paint, pepper, glue, books, grain, cotton, other insects, plants and animals. Because they are small they can hide in tiny spaces.Also, insects have an enormous reproductive capacity: An African ant queen can lay as many as 43,000 eggs a day.Another reason for their success is the strategy of protective colour. An insect may be right before our eyes, but nearly invisible because it is cleverly disguised(伪装) like a green leaf, lump of brown soil, gray lichen(青苔), a seed or some other natural object. Some insects use bright, bold colours to send warning signals that they taste bad, sting or are poison. Others have wing patterns that look like the eyes of a huge predator, bitter-tasting insects; hungry enemies are fooled into avoiding them.V. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72. 一股诱人的味道唤起了我们遥远的记忆。
2018年上海市奉贤区中考一模(上学期期末)英语试题(解析版)
2018年上海市奉贤区中考英语一模试卷Choose the best answer （选择最恰当的答案）1.Which of the following word matches the sound[θru：]？A. thoughB. throughC. thoughtD. thorough【答案】B【解析】【详解】句意：下面哪个词的音标是[θru：]？考查单词的发音。
A. though的音标是[ðəʊ]；B. through的音标是[θru：]；C. thought的音标是[θɔ:t]；D. thorough 的音标是[ˈθʌrə]；因此可知through的音标与给出的音标一样，故答案选B。
2.Alisa is such_______ honest student that she is often praised by her teachers．A. aB. anC. theD. /【答案】B【解析】【详解】句意：艾丽莎是如此诚实的一个学生，她经常受到老师的赞扬。
考查冠词用法。
根据Alisa is such_____ honest student that she is often praised by her teachers．可知句意为：艾丽莎是如此诚实的一个学生，她经常受到老师的赞扬。
此处表示的泛指，所以应用不定冠词来修饰，且honest 的发音是以元音音素开头的单词，用an来修饰，故答案选B。
【点睛】本题考查冠词用法。
冠词分为定冠词、不定冠词和零冠词。
不定冠词包括a和an ，表示泛指某人或某物，a用于辅音音素开头的单词前面；an用于元音音素开头的单词前面。
the是定冠词，表示特指某个（些）人或者物，或者在文中再次提到该事物时；零冠词用于一些特殊的结构中。
本题根据句意可知此处表示泛指，而且honest的发音是以元音音素开头的单词，所以用an来修饰，故答案选B。
3.The lift in our building suddenly broke down and we got trapped_______floors．A. inB. onC. betweenD. among【答案】C【解析】【详解】句意：我们大楼的电梯突然坏了，我们被困在两层楼之间。
2018届奉贤区高三英语一模试卷及答案
2018学年奉贤区调研测试高三英语一模试卷2018.1本卷命题人：谢永强潘妍汪惠华第一卷<共103分）Ⅰ. Listening ComprehensionSection A Short ConversationsDirections: 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 television. B. A computer.C. A telescope.D. An elevator.2. A. In a cosmetics shop.B. In a library.C. In a supermarket.D. At home.3. A. Caught cods.B. Watered Julie’s plants.C. Travelled overseas.D. Disapproved o her plan.4. A. He is kind.B. He is impolite.C. He is somewhat busy.D. She has no comments.5. A. Take a break.B. Go to work.C. Keep trying.D. Do other problems6. A. He wants to ride to school with the woman.B. He preers to take the bus to school.C. He has to stand on the bus i he takes it to school.D. He doesn’t think the traic is a problem.7. A. He plans to go home.B. He has not registered yet.C. He does not plan to study.D. He has a very busy schedule.8. A. Allow the woman to go ahead o him.B. Accept the wom an’s apology.C. Go to the ront o the line.D. Apologize to the woman.9. A. He is willing to help her.B. He will help her ater he inishes his assignment.C. He is too busy to help her.D. His car broke down and he couldn’t aord a new one.10. A. More people like dancing.B. There is going to be a party.C. More people should learn dancing.D. Big dances are the most fun.Section B PassagesDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Envy and encouragement. B. Willpower and determination.C. Decision and understanding.D. Love and respect or her parent.12. A. She had little experience o social lie.B. She could hardly understand the society.C. She would do something or her own lie.D. She needed to travel more around the world.13. A. How Liz managed to enter Harvard University.B. What a hard time Liz had in her childhood.C. Why Liz loved her parents so much.D. How Liz struggled to change her lie.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. It’s a preparation or next year’s college entrance examination.B. The SAT test is only held in Hong Kong.C. It includes subject tests and reasoning tests.D. It’s a piece o cake or the Chinese students.15. A. He wanted to enter Harvard or Yale.B. His riends encouraged him to do that.C. He wanted to challenge himsel.D. He wanted to prove that survival o the ittest is true both in America and China.16. A. A growing number o Ch inese students have lost interest in China’s college entrance examination.B. All SAT test takers want to apply or American universities.C. Chen Huanlu, a student rom Shandong, has got high marks in SAT.D. By taking the test, you can learn something more than knowledge.Section C Longer ConversationsDirections: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections:After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.( A >When I was young I wanted to be a model, so when a national contest was nearby, I convinced my parents to take me or an (试演>. I (25>______ (select> and told I had potential.I imagined (26>______ (sign> by some amous model companies. or months, any boredom or disappointment I aced was pushed aside because I knew I ______ (27>(have> the chance to be a real model soon.Of course, I wasn’t signed, but (28> ______ hurt the most was being told that if I grew to 1.75 meters, I could be a success. I prayed or a growth (冲刺> because I didn’t want to give up my dream. Then I made an appointment with a local modeling agency.The agency sent me out on a few auditions but with every day I did not receive a call, I grew more (29> ______ (depress>. The final straw came in July (30> ______ I had decided to ocus on commercial modeling. There was an open call in New York City. We spent hours driving, only to be told that I was too short.Years later, I realize that the trip to New York was good as (31>______ made me notice I didn’t actually love modeling, just the idea of it. I wanted to be special and I was naively determined (32>______(reach> an impossible goal. The experience has made me stronger and that will help me in the future.( B >The cold came a little bit earlier this winter. The weather has been harsh and unorgiving.Beijing witnessed the (33>______ (early> snowall since the 1950s on Nov 3. Temperatures in many parts of China have hit record lows, with Inner Mongolia suering rom a killer cold of−40℃. Cold weather also brought heavy snowstorms (34>______ the US, Russia and Europe, (35>______ (cause> deaths and orcing highways to shut down.You may not think they are related in any possible way, but scientists say that the extreme cold started in the North Pole, where the sea ice is melting rapidly(36> ______ the burning offossil fuels. This summer, the National Snow and Ice Data Center in the US announced that the sea ice coverage in(37> ______ Arctic had reached its lowest level – with less than half of the coverage it had our decades ago.Large amounts of sea ice loss could change (38>______ air circulates in the atmosphere. At the same time, melting sea ice also releases more ocean water, which results in increased water vapor in the atmosphere that (39>______ be transormed into snow.Also, the attack of the cold came quickly and without a break this year. This let no time or the temperature to revive (回升>, (40>______ caused the cold to accumulate.Section BDirections: 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.You watch a sad ilm and get caught up in your emotions. You cry your eyes out at the 41 plot —you feel sad or the characters i they suer, or happy or them when they are successul. It is only when the movie is over that you realize that what you were watching is not real.But why couldn’t you accept that when you were so 42 in the movie? It was reported that people simply cannot think emotionally and logically at the same time.It has long been known that something dierent goes on in our brain when we use logic, rather than responding to something emotionally. Thinking logically is a step-by-step 43 , in which people make decisions through 44 and ind answers sensibly. When we think emotionally, we look at things rom someone else’s point o view and try to eel their pain.Now scientists have ound that thinking logically and emotionally are like the two ends o a (跷板> — when we’re busy sympathizing, the part o the brain used or cold, hard 45is restricted. And it’s also true the other way round.To come to this46, scientists gathered 45 people — men and women — to take brain scans as they solved dierent kinds o puzzles. Some o the puzzles were47 and involved math and physics and others were social problems that required participants to put themselves in other people’s shoes. Scientists ound that when participants were doing a math problem, the region in their brain that is 48with logical thinking lit up, and when asked to make emotional decisions, the region or emotional thinking lit up. But the most interesting part is that when asked to solve problems that required both logical and emotional 49 , the participants always used one o the regions at a time while the other one went dark.However, people sometimes ended up using the wrong one. This explains why some people are good at solving complex math problems but have poor social skills. And why even thesmartest people get taken in by ake but 50 stories.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.Prince Harry of Wales, Scottish actress Karen Gillan, Ron Weasley from the movie Harry Potter— what do they have51? They all have ginger hair, or as people usually say, they are all “redheads”.Britain may be the most red-headed country in the world. About 1 to 2 percent of the world’s population has red hair, but in the UK the numbers are much52, with 13 percent of Scots, 10 percent of the Irish, and 6 percent of people in England having red hair.Scientists have tried to explain why some people have red hair or some time and now they may have ound an answer: the dull53in Britain.“I think it’s to do with sunshine,” said Alistair Moat, the headmaster o St Andrews University, UK. The human body needs vitamin D from54 , but unortunately people living in Britain do not have enough of it because of its marine climate.55, Britain gets even more cloud than countries inthe ar north of Europe. In Sweden, or example, the average daily hours o sunshine is 5.4. In Scotland it is only 3.1 hours.To 56 this, the DNA o people living in these areas has changed57; scientists call this a (变异>. Originally, the 58on our body is a mixture of two kinds of (黑色素> —black melanin and red/yellow melanin, but with certain parts of DNA 59, the production o black melanin is restricted while only red/yellow melanin is made. The60 is red hair, light skin color, (雀斑> and a greater 61 to sunlight.“We need 62skin to get as much vitamin D from the sun as possible,” added Moat.63 , what’s more interesting is that the redhead DNA mutation is recessive, which means it is hidden and can often 64generations without showing.“At least 1.6 million Scots carry a red-head gene mutation, and most are 65 that they do,”Moat said. This is why a person who does not have red hair can still produce red-haired children if he or she is a carrier o this special DNA.51. A. in private B. in common C. in particular D. in reality52. A. higher B. deeper C. closer D. more53. A. weather B. phenomenon C. environment D. inance54. A. atmosphere B. vegetable C. sunshine D. nature55. A. As usual B. In act C. In a word D. Vice versa56. A. begin with B. hold back C. go through D. deal with57. A. accidentally B. agreeably C. occasionally D. slightly58. A. coloring B. appearance C. instinct D. ingredient59. A. transplanted B. assembled C. changed D. revealed60. A. evidence B. miracle C. result D. inluence61. A. tendency B. exposure C. acceptance D. sensitivity62. A. light B. special C. smooth D. delicate63. A. Thereore B. However C. Still D. Thus64. A. skip B. pass C. avoid D. bridge65. A. unit B. unwilling C. unsettled D. unawareSection 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>Every day I check my e-mail. Most o the time I am simply doing inger exercises, another form of piano practice without the beautiul notes. Sometimes, however, I receive a gift, reminding me of the gifts in my lie. The following passage is one of those gifts.Peter Jones is a 92-year-old, short, calm and proud man．Every morning he is fully dressed by eight o’clock, with his hair ashionably combed and ace perectly shaved, even though he is unable to see. He would move to a nursing home today. His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.Ater hours of waiting patiently in the entrance ball o the nursing home, he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready. As he moved his walker skillully to the elevator, the nurse provided a visual description of his tiny room. “I love it,” he stated with the ebullience of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new pet dog.“Mr. Jones, you haven’t been to the room,” said the nurse.“That doesn’t have anything to do with it,”he replied. “Happiness is something you decide onahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the urniture is arranged…it’s how I arrange my mind. I have already decided to love it. It’s a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice: I can spend the day in bed complaining of difficulty I have with parts of my body that no longer work, or get out o bed and be thankul or the ones that do. Each day is a gift, and as long as I am alive, I’ll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I’ve stored away.”May each of our days continue to be a gift.66. What do we know about Mr. Jones?A. His wie died many years ago.B. He received a pet rom the nurse.C. His room in the nursing home is big.D. He is blind but very neat.67. How did Mr. Jones feel about his room in the nursing home?A. Content.B. Disappointed.C. Worried.D. Curious.68. The underlined word “ebullience”in paragraph three is closest in meaning to ___________ .A. sadnessB. enthusiasmC. faithD. ambition69. What would be the best title or the passage?A. Living in a nursing homeB. Each day is a giftC. Arranging your mind every dayD. We’re always grateul(B>ATTENTION, ALL OUR NEW STUDENTS!Welcome to West Lakes Institute o Technology. You are strongly advised to adhere to the following three basic rules on this, your irst day, of the secondsemester:1. Wear your pre-admission student number on your (衣服地翻领> at all times.2. Do not enter any classrooms where classes are already inprogress.3. When asked to produce basic inormation about yoursel, beready to show your green enrollment acceptance advice slip.Students who have pre-paid the enrollment feeFrom 9:00 am to 10:00 am (no later> you should visit the foyer o the Old Chapel building to receive your new student inormation kit. Once you have your kit, you are not required until 10:30 am, so you can relax in the Student Centre until you are called over the PA system.Students who are not yet to pay the enrollmentGo directly to the Admissions Centre and be prepared to pay your enrollment ee ($150 — cash only> to the New Admissions Oicer. You will be asked or your address and your pre-admission student number (the number on your green enrollment acceptance advice slip>. Note that this is NOT the number which is later displayed on your student card. Once you have paid your enrollment fee, ollow the instructions above or students who have pre-paid their ee.Student cardsStudent cards will not be issued until Thursday. Photographs, however, will be taken on Monday aternoon. Make your way to the Library at the following times:1:00 pm — ilm and Photographic Arts 3:15 pm — Hotel &Hospitality1:45 pm — Marketing 4:00 pm — ashion & Design2:30 pm — Travel & Tourism 4:45 pm — all other Art studentsPhotographs o students in all other courses will be taken Tuesday aternoon.Welcome AddressThe Director of the college will address all new students in the Main Hall at around 10:45 am. When you hear the announcement that directs you to assemble in the Main Hall, make your way switly past the canteen area, through the courtyard and into the Hall. No ood or drinks are allowed in the Main Hall.LunchThe canteen is situated on the ground loor o the student building. Since the canteen is also used by members o the public, you will be asked to produce your enrollment acceptance advice slip. ailure to do this will result in all purchases being charged or at non-discount prices. Cooked lunches are served only between 12:15 pm and 1:30 pm.70. Who are the intended readers of the passage?A. parentsB. teachersC. students who have graduatedD. students who are going to be registered71. According to the passage, students who have already paid the fee .A. should give their address and student number to the New Admissions OicerB. can enter any classroom to have a restC. are required to receive their kit beore 9 o’clockD. can have a minimum o 30 minutes to relax ater getting the knit72. We can learn rom the text that “students’ enrollment acceptance advice slip”___________.A. displays the same number o that on the student cardB. allows students to buy things in canteen at a lower priceC. is only essential to students who haven’t paid the ee in advanceD. is required when taking the pictures used or the student card73. Which o the ollowing statements is TRUE according to the text?A. Marketing students can get their student cards at 1:45, Monday aternoon.B. Students are allowed to have their lunch at 12:30 pm in the Hall.C. The assembly call will be made beore the welcome address begins.D. Students can get their student cards rom the Library.(C>The research carried out by the University of Bari in Italy could help clariy hospitals who are charged with wasting money on art and decoration as it suggests a pleasant environment helps patients overcome discomort and pain.A team headed by Proessor Marina de Tommaso at the Neurophysiopathology Pain Unit asked a group o men and women to pick the 20 paintings they considered most ugly and most beautiul rom a selection o 300 works by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli. They were then asked to watch either the beautiul paintings, or the ugly paintings, or a blank panel while the team struck a short laser pulse at their hand, creating a sensation as if they had been hurt by a pin. The subjects rated the pain as being a third less intense while they were viewing the beautiulpaintings, compared with when considering the ugly paintings or the blank panel.Electrodes (电极> measuring the brain’s electrical activity also conirmed a reduced response to the pain when the subject looked at beautiul paintings. While distractions (娱乐>, such as music, are known to reduce pain in hospital patients, Pro de Tommaso says this is the first result to show that beauty plays a part. The indings, reported in New Scientist, also go a long way to show that beautiul surroundings could aid the healing process.“Hospitals have been designed to be unctional, but we think that their (审美能力> aspects should be taken into account too,”said the neurologist. “Beauty obviously oers a distraction that ugly paintings do not. But at least there is no suggestion that ugly surroundings make the pain worse. I think these results show that more research is needed into the how a beautiul environment can reduce suering.”Pictures they liked included Starry Night by Vincent V an Gogh and Botticellis’Birth o Venus. Pictures they ound ugly included works by Pablo Picasso, the Italian 20th century artist Anonio Bueno and Columbian ernando Botero. “These people were not art experts so some of the pictures they found ugly would be considered masterpieces by the art world,” said Pro de Tommaso.74. According to the irst paragraph, people didn’t approve___________.A. hospitals spend money on medical equipmentB. hospitals decorate their rooms with works o artC. hospitals make their environment pleasant to patientsD. hospitals treat their patients with works o art75. How did the researchers make the research?A. By asking the subjects to listen to music.B. By requiring the subjects to draw paintings.C. By ordering the subjects to choose which picture is beautiul and ugly.D. By aching the subjects’ hands while they are watching paintings.76. According to the research, when designing a hospital, we should consider its___________.A. convenient acilitiesB. unctional operating roomC. pleasing environmentD. bright waiting room77. The best title or the passage may be___________.A. Patients Don’t Like Ugly PicturesB. Arts Can Be Used As a MedicineC. Ugly Patients eel Less PainD. Beautiul Art Can Ease PainSection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.Most people look Forward to retirement as a time when they can inally take up activities that they never had the time or energy to pursue beore. But some recent studies on people in their depression and possibly higher rates of other diseases such as heart disease and high blood pressure. That’s why a new study ofFrench workers is welcome news.Led by Hugo Westerlund, a proessor of psychology at Stockholm University, the study of more than 14,000 workers found lower rates of depression and atigue in people after they got tired while they were still employed.The scientists followed the employees of the French national gas and electric company or 14 years.They found in the year immediately after retirement, the volunteers reported 40% ewer depressive symptoms than they had in the year beore their retirement. The researchers also found an 81% drop in reports of both mental and physical atigue over the same time period.Clearly, said Westerlund, much of these decrease in physical and mental atigue can be traced back to relie rom the stresses of work. The decline in depressive symptoms suggests that retirement may be having a positive mental effect, too, which may have a lot to do with the generous (养老金> that rench workers enjoy . Most retirees in that country still beneit rom about 80% o their yearly salaries.“The economic or inancial situation in retirement is very important,” Westerlund says, “We don’t know if the decrease in atigue and depressive symptoms is because of the removal o something bad while in work or the addition of something good while in retirement. But no matter the reason, if life in retirement is not comortable, then we won’t see the improvements we did.”However, in European nations like France, governments are considering changes to pension plans, which may aect retirees’health after they leave their jobs－with less of a financial saety net, workers may no longer seem so mentally and physically happy to be out of work.78. According to some recent studies, retired people may have depression and higher rates of other diseases like ___________.79. Westerlund’s group ound that in the year just after the retirement most retired French workers felt much less tired both ___________.80. What does the word in paragraph 5 refer to?81. Retirement may make people happier with ___________.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN EIGHT WORDS.>第II卷 <共47分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1.我想知道你是否能给我一些出国留学地建议.(advice>2. 教师应更专注地倾听学生，以便小水作品更好地满足他们地需求.(meet>3. 我们有充分地理由相信，自行车永远不会.(replace>4. 即使我无法衡量我多擅长某事，我也会养成一些好习惯，以充分发挥自己地潜能.(realize>5. 只有现在采取有效地小水制作措施来解决这个问题，我们才能防止不久地未来真正地水资源短缺.(Only>II. Guided WritingDirections: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.近来我国多地雾霾天气不断增多，极大地影响了人们地健康与生活.请你用英语写一篇文章，向某英语报社投稿，发表自己地观点.你地文章必须满足以下要求：1. 实况描述2. 对生活造成地影响3. 分析雾霾形成地原因4. 提出治理雾霾地建议.参考词汇：雾霾天气the hazy weather；空气质量指数 the Air Quality Index2018学年奉贤区调研测试高三英语试卷答案1—5 DCDBA 6—10 CBACD 11—13 14—16 CCD17. 750,000 18. magazines 19. August 20. moves21. Arican countries 22. the medical school23. Shifting into 24. committee work听力评分标准1、17—20 题，每拼错一个单词扣1分.2、21—24 题，每拼错/漏写/误写一个单词扣0.5分.3、17、21、23题首字母须大写，小写扣0.5分.was selected 26. being signed 27. would have 28. what29. depressed 30. after 31. it 32. to reach33. earliest 34. to 35. causing 36. because of37. the26.38. how 39. can 40. which语法评分标准1、拼写错误扣1分(没0.5分>；2、大小写不扣分；3、第36题两空只答出一空扣1分41—45 CADHB 46—50 IGEJ51—55 BAACB 56—60 DDACC66—69 DABB 74—77 BDCD78. heart disease and high blood pressure79. mentally and physically80. The decrease/decline in atigue and depressive symptoms.81. more of a inancial saety net简答题评分标准1、内容正确，语法基本正确，小水作品得2分.2、内容基本正确，语法正确或虽有错误，但不影响理解，得1分.3、即使语法正确，但是内容错误，得0分.4、答案超过规定字数过多，得0分.1. I would like to know whether you can give me some advice on studying abroad.2. Teachers should listen to their more attentively so that they can meet their needs better.3. We have good to believe that bicycles will never be replaced completely in our country4. Even though I am unable to measure how good I am at something, I can develop habits to realize my potential fully/to the full.中译英评分标准1、第1~3题，每题4分.第4~5题，每题5分.2、在每题中，单词拼写、标点符号、大小写错误累计每两处扣1分.3、语法错误每处扣1分.每句同类语法错误不重复扣分.4、译文没有用所给单词，扣1分.作文评分标准1．本题总分为25分，其中内容10分，语言10分，组织结构5分.2．评分时应注意地主要方面：小水制作内容要点，应用词汇和语法结构地数量和准确性及上下文地连贯性.个人收集整理-仅供参考3．评分时，先根据文章地内容和语言初步确定所属档次，然后小水作品对照相应地组织结构档次给予加分.其中，内容和语言两部分相加，得15分以上者，组织结构部分可考虑加4～5分，15分以下者只能考虑加0，1，2，3分.4．各档次给分要求：档次内容语言组织结构A 9～10 9～10 4～5B 7～8 7～8 3～4申明：所有资料为本人收集整理，仅限个人学习使用，勿做商业用途.11 / 11。
2018届奉贤区高考高三英语一模试卷和答案
2017学年奉贤区调研测试英语试卷I.Listening ComprehensionSection A1. A.interviewer and interviewee. B.teacher and student.C.doctor and nurse.D.boss and secretary.2. A.9:00. B.9:10. C.9:30. D.9:35.3. A.pass the journal. B.listen to the woman.C.repeat his request.D.take the journal himself.4. A.exciting. B.disappointing.C.interesting.D.satisfactory.5. A.to make a budget for her. B.to buy a gift for Mary.C.to give her mother information about Mary.D.to give some suggestions.6. A.he wants to finish his study. B.he wants to earn a lot of money.C.he wants to finish his study.D.he wants to have a good rest.7. A.The woman should not get involved in the situation.B.The woman should not be angry with the friends.C.he will explain to the woman what happened.D.he will talk to Sally and Mark soon.8. A.good weather tomorrow. B.the vacation plan.C.getting up early in the morning.D.possible heavy traffic.9. A.interested. B.fascinated. C.hostile. D.reluctant.10. A.intelligence determines admission to college.B.highly motivated students usually do well in college.C.successful college students are usually intelligent.D.a successful college motivates its students.Section BQuestions11through13are based on the following news.11. A.two terms. B.three terms. C.four terms. D.five terms.12. A.because he had been a policeman.B.because he earned a law degree in a night school.C.because they had formed a good opinion of him.D.because there was a large population of black people in Los Angeles.13. A.they want people in Los Angeles voted.B.an introduction about Thomas Bradley,major of Los Angeles.C.the reasons why white candidates failed in the vote.D.something Thomas Bradley did for the vote.Questions14through16are based on the following passage.14. A.he has more than fourteen pills a day. B.he has two pills a day.C.he has four times a day.D.he has nine pills a day.15. A.all of them. B.three kinds of medicine.C.two kinds of medicine.D.almost none.16. A.children over twelve years old. B.older people with a fever.C.old people with heart attack.D.adults with a cold.Questions17through20are based on the following conversation.17. A.she has made an attempt to become pregnant.B.she has requested her supervisor to transfer her to another department.C.she has bought the new equipment for the laboratory.D.she has complained to the government about the issue.18. A.because the new equipment is not available now.B.because the patient has made too many complains.C.because the hospital wants to tighten its budget.D.because the new equipment carries a health risk.19. A.a technician in the hospital lab. B.a doctor working in the hospital.C.a teacher working in the school.D.head of hospital administration.20. A.she will be likely to quit her job. B.she still feels at a loss as what to do.C.she will complain to the administration.D.she will fight to get her income back.II.Grammar and VocabularySection ADifferent background shouldn’t mean less education.Fifty years ago,in a primary school classroom, two boys aged11took an examination called the11-plus,(21)______would make decisions about the rest of their lives.Paul passed and went to a“grammar school”.Baz failed the examination and went to a “secondary modern school”.They did not see each other again for years.Many grammar schools(22)______(establish)hundreds of years ago to teach the Latin language to children who were not from rich families.They encouraged students to study(23)______they were18 and then to go to university.Secondary modern school students left at16,usually with fewer qualifications than grammar school students.Baz says the secondary modern school had(24)______(few) resources and the quality of teaching was not as good.Things have changed.In the1960s and the1970s“comprehensive schools”were created.Today,90 percent children aged11to16from the same area to the same school without(25)______(take)any entry examination.The British often disagrees about the best way(26)______(educate)their children.Many people say that comprehensive schools help more children to succeed because they provide everybody(27)______ similar opportunities in a fairer way.Another view,though,is that more intelligent children,especially (28)______from poor homes are better supported at grammar schools.Now,the government plans to open new grammar schools(29)____________almost two million children will go to the same type of school that Paul attended.And Paul and Baz?Aged60,they met again and compared(30)______had happened to them.After university,Paul qualified as a teacher.Baz went to work in a factory at16and later became an engineer.In fact,Baz had a much higher salary than Paul–so perhaps life is fair after all.Section BA.impressiveB.movementsC.eventuallyD.extremeparisonF.reverseG.unlovedH.partnershipI.absolutelyJ.maskK.appliedThere’s nothing more annoying than settling down to sleep and hearing the sound of a mosquito buzzing around you.The only thought most of us ever give to this noise is“I need to get rid of this insect,immediately”, but it turns out that the mosquito is actually quite a(n)__31__creature.A term of scientists from Oxford University in the UK,in__32__with the Royal Veterinary College in London and Chiba University in Japan,recently published a study that found some interesting facts about the world’s most__33__insect.By placing eight cameras inside a tiny film studio,the scientists could study several mosquitoes up close.The high-tech cameras filmed the insects at1,000frames per second,meaning the scientists were able to study the insects’__34__in never-before-seen detail.However,it wasn’t always straightforward.“Recording mosquitoes during free-flight represented a huge technical challenge due to their small size,__35__wing beat frequency,and the presence of large antennae and legs that can__36__the view of their wings,”Simon Walker of Oxford University,co-author of the study,wrote.Published in the journal Nature,the study found that mosquitoes flap their wings around800times a second.As a__37__,house flies flap their wings about200times a second,and hummingbirds50times a second.Richard Bomphrey of the Royal Veterinary College,the study’s leader,believes that mosquitoes have a unique flying method that sets them apart from other flying insects.“We predicted that they must make use of clever tricks,as the wings__38__their direction at the end of each half-stroke,”he wrote in the study.Hopefully,the discovery of the mosquito’s special abilities will be of benefit to engineers in the future.The findings could lead to better aircraft,or even improvement to tools like lenses or pumps.But the scientists hope their study can one day be__39__to new developments in more human-focused use.“The more we know about mosquitoes,the better our chance of understanding their flight behavior, how they carry disease and__40__how to stop them from doing so,”Walker wrote.III.Reading ComprehensionSection AArtists have long claimed alcohol and other drugs as inspiration for their creativity.But is there really a(n)__41__between intoxication（醉酒）and inspiration?A recent study published in Consciousness and Cognition explored the effects of moderate drunkenness on people’s creativity.The authors suggest that alcohol’s well-known effect in__42__executive function may be helpful for these types of creation problems:“Sometimes a reduced ability to__43__one’s attention can have positive implications for select cognitive tasks,”they write.The findings raise the question of whether drugs that__44__attention and focus,in particular, stimulants（兴奋剂）,would have the opposite effect on creative thinking__45__,very little research has been done on the issue,and what results exist so far have been mixed.The outcomes may well vary according to individual__46__to the drugs.__47__,some research has found that while stimulants can __48__test performance for those who are less intelligent,for the smartest folks,the drugs can have the opposite effect.If less executive function is linked to more creativity,this may also explain why artists,writers and musicians appear to be more__49__to have an addiction.Perhaps creative people are more likely than others to be__50__to drugs in the first place,as a possible source of inspiration.And then,if reduced executive function is__51__in part for their initial talent,this,too,could make them more easily influenced by__52__once they start using.Having less executive control before you even take drugs means you’ll have less ability to stop once you start.Whatever the real relationship between drunkenness,addiction and art,the authors__53__that their study findings don’t give people__54__to get drunk to“inspire the muse（冥想）.”Co-author Jennifer Wiley,associate professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago,told the British Psychological Society’s Research Digest:“We tested what happens when people are slightly drunk-not when people drank to__55__.There could be no argument from these findings that drinking excessively would have the same effects.”A glass of wine or two,however,may occasionally help.41. A.attraction B.reservation C.connection D.decoration42. A.strengthening B.damaging C.maintaining D.assessing43. A.block B.reduce C.disturb D.control44. A.remain B.drop C.shift D.increase45. A.However B.Moreover C.Instead D.Therefore46. A.additions B.responses C.oppositions D.contrasts47. A.For example B.On the contrary C.As a result D.On the other hand48. A.conceal B.executive C.improve D.delete49. A.vital B.likely C.ideal D.difficult50. A.attracted B.contributed C.responded D.withdrawn51. A.responsible B.illegal C.natural D.impossible52. A.confusion B.ambition C.addiction D.exhaustion53. A.lower B.monitor C.function D.caution54. A.sacrifice B.privacy C.appreciation D.license55. A.priorities B.extremes C.bottom D.AffectionSection B(A)I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in her60s.When it was her turn to pay,the cashier greeted her by name and asked her how she was doing.The woman looked down,shook her head and said:“Not so good.My husband just lost his job and my son is up to his old tricks again.The truth is,I don’t know how I’m going to get through the holidays.”Then she gave the cashier food stamps（食品券）.My heart ached.I wanted to help but didn’t know how.Should I offer to pay for her groceries,ask for her husband’s resume?As I walked into the parking lot,I spotted the women returning her shopping cart.I remembered something in my purse that I thought could help her.It wasn’t a handful of cash or an offer of a job for her husband,but maybe it would make her life better.My heart pounded as I approached the woman.“Excuse me,”I said,my voice trembling a bit.“I couldn’t help overhearing what you said to the cashier.It sounds like you’re going through a really hard time right now.I’m so sorry.I’d like to give you something.”I handed her the small card from my purse.When the woman read the card’s only two words,she began to cry.And through her tears,she said,“You have no idea how much this means to me.”I was a little startled by her reply.Having never anything like this before,I didn’t know what kind of reaction I might receive.All I could think to say was,“Oh.Would it be OK to give you a hug?”After we embraced,I walked back to my car--and began to cry,too.The words on the card?“You Matter.”A few weeks earlier,a colleague gave me a similar card as encouragement for a project I was working on.When I read the card,I felt a warm glow spread inside of me.Deeply touched,I came home and ordered my own box of You Matter card and started sharing them.56.Which of the following is TRUE according to the first three paragraphs?A.The woman’s family mainly depends on her son.B.The cashier helped the woman by giving her some food for free.C.The woman and her family were having a tough lime.D.The author wondered why the cashier was familiar with the woman.57.The woman cried when she got the card,probably because______.A.it greatly encouraged herB.she could use it to buy foodC.it could solve her present problemD.it could land her husband a job58.The underlined word“startled”in Paragraph10probably means______.A.interestedB.gratefulC.ashamedD.astonished59.From the article,we can tell that the author is a______person.A.smartB.kind-heartedC.knowledgeableD.confident(B)Seek Out a Unique BeachVISITOregon.For sun and fun away from the crowed beaches of Florida,check out the Oregon coast and its363miles of gorgeous shoreline,stretching from the Columbia River south to the redwood forests of California.Every beach is public and free.“The coast is a perfect place to watch sea lions sun themselves or simply see the mighty Pacific weaves crash in the sunset followed by a seafood feast in one of the busy fishing communities located between the coves（小海湾）,”says Bramblett.July and August aren’t peak gray whale migration season,but there’s still a good chance you could catch a glimpse of some of the200 whales that spend the summers off the Oregon coast.SLEEPNext to a lighthouse.Imagine yourself an ancient mariner when you book a room overlooking the Pacific Ocean at the Heceta Head Lighthouse Bed and Breakfast in Yachats,Oregon.The working lighthouse,which dated to1894,cast a bright beam21miles out to sea,making it the brightest light on the Oregon coast.The cliff-top rooms at the Light Keeper’s home nearby aren’t cheap-you’ll sell out up to $385for a weekend night during peak season(price includes a seven-course breakfast).BEWAREDangerous currents Unless you love cold water(or wear a wet suit),you may not wait to venture into the sea off the Oregon coast,even during the summer.But if you do,be prepared for the U.S.Lifesaving Association.Swim parallel to the beach until you’re no longer being pulled out to sea,then swim diagonally（成对角线地）toward the shore.BRINGBaby e a generous amount of baby powder to remove sand rom your hands,feet or hair. The powder quickly absorbs moisture,allowing sand to fall off easily.60.It can be inferred rom the section SLEEP that______.A.the price of one night stay remains the same all the year aroundB.those who stay there can have a free access to the beach and the lighthouseC.those who want to stay there have to pay more during a tourist seasonD.the price includes the breakfast for seven people61.What is suggested by the leaflet if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach?A.Avoid wearing wet suits.B.Never dive into the cold water off the coast.C.Bring baby powder to protect your skin from sand scratches.D.Don’t swim straight toward the shore when there’re dangerous currents.62.Oregon coast will provide you with all the following experiences EXCEPT______.A.a perfect view of sea lionsB.a mariner like stay in the more than100-year-old lighthouseC.a seafood feast in the popular local communityD.sun and fun of the less crowed beach.(C)With the coming of big data age,data science is supposed to be starved for,of which the adaption can point a profound change in corporate panies,both born in the digital era and traditional world are showing off their skills in data science.Therefore,it seems to have been creating a great demand for the experts of this type.Mr.Carlos Guestrin,machine learning professor from University of Washington argues that all software applications will need inbuilt intelligence within five years,making data scientists-people trained to analyze large bodies of information-key workers in this emerging“cognitive”technology economy. There are already critical applications that depend on machine learning,a subfield of data science,led by recommendation programs,fraud detection systems,forecasting tools and applications for predicting customer behavior.Many companies that are born digital-particularly internet companies that have a great number of real-time customer interactions to handle-are all-in when it comes to data science.Pinterest,for instance, maintains more than100machine learning models that could be applied to different classes of problems, and it constantly fields requests from managers eager to use this resource to deal with their business problem.The factors weighing on many traditional companies will be the high cost of mounting a serious machine-learning flix is estimated to spend$150m a year on a single application and the total bill is probably four times that once all its uses of the technology are taken into account.Another problem for many non-technology companies is talent.Of the computer science experts who use Kaggle,only about1,000have deep learning skills,compared to100,000who can apply other machine learning techniques,says Mr.Goldbloom.He adds that even some big companies of this type are often reluctant to expand their pay scales to hire the top talent in this field.The biggest barrier to adapting to the coming era of“smart”applications,however,is likely to be cultural.Some companies,such as General Electric,have been building their own Silicon Valley presence to attract and develop the digital skills they will need.Despite the obstacles,some may master this difficult transition.But companies that were built,from the beginning,with data science at their center,are likely to represent serious competition.63.Which one is obstacle for many traditional companies to popularize learning operation?A.Technological problem.B.Expert crisis.C.High cost.D.Customer interactions.64.What can not be inferred from the passage about the machine learning?A.Machine learning operations are costly in Netflix.B.Machine learning plays an important role in existent applications.C.Machine learning experts are not highly paid in some non-technology companies.D.Machine learning models are not sufficient to solve business problems in Pinterest.65.What’s the author’s main purpose in writing this article?A.To point out the problems facing machine learning experts.B.To call on companies to cultivate more experts in data science.C.To tell the readers the present situation of data science.D.To advice non-technology companies to look beyond the advantages they face.66.Which of the following is the best title for this passage?A.Data science:A forefront force in tech businessB.Corporate competition:An obstacle to the transitionC.Machine learning:A key to smart technologyD.Technique experts:A decisive factor of the coming era.Section CA.Therefor,it would be advisable to remain thoughtful of how you conduct yourself and deal with others around you.B.State out right that you ant to get along.C.In other words,do not allow yourself to take out your negative emotions on others around you.D.Getting along with someone,regardless of their passions,isn’t about being their best friend or sharing all their hobbies.E.You can only change how you interact with people,you can not change them.F.So it is better to listen to what the conversation is about before speaking.There are a lot of different people in the world,but despite our differences we all want to get along. Humans are social beings,and we enjoy being treated nicely.__67__It is about treating people with respect and care.Be a good listener.To start a conversation,it is important to listen first,especially when you are in a group.Don’t indulge（放纵）yourself in instant chant when you have just arrived.Examine the situation and the conversation,and then say whatever you think fit.It is better to say something valuable,rather than something meaningless.__68__Don’t try to change people.It is not your job to change anyone else. It is not in your power to change anyone else.Let other people live how they want to live.__69__If you do not like how someone acts,you can arrange things so that you interact with them as little as possible. You can always maintain a good attitude towards them so that your relationship with them might be change.Keep a smile.A little laughter goes a long way,and a smile eases tensions,where a frown can create tensions.If someone teases you,try to laugh at it off.If someone is frowning,smile at them.Be mindful of your facial expression.If you are persistently and optimistic,people will cheer up when they are see you coming.__70__Some people do not take hints.Some people do not read body language.For these people,it really works to just say,“I really want us to work well together.I will help you and back you up,and you help me and back me up.”IV.Summary WritingA Father’s Influence Makes for Better GradesAdolescents from low-income families in particular are more likely than their middle-class peers to underachieve and to drop out of school.Studies have shown that a positive attitude towards school work and the support and encouragement from their parents can help at-risk youngsters to overcome theeconomic barriers and lack of resources they face.Most of the evidence about the effects of parental involvement comes from research on mothers.Little is known,however,about how adolescents experience their fathers’warmth and the beliefs and behaviors that are most affected by it.This new study is part of a larger one focusing on low-income families conducted in four middle schools in the southwestern United States.Data were analyzed from questionnaires completed by183 sixth-graders about how optimistic and motivated they were about their schoolwork,and how they experienced their fathers.The questionnaires were completed primarily by respondents of Mexican American,African American and European American descent.Their maths and language arts grades were also obtained.Their findings show how fathers can support their teenagers in ways that result in greater optimism, self-efficacy,and,ultimately,higher achievement at school.These positive effects extend to both sons and daughters,while in different ways.Experiencing their father’s warmth first influences daughters’sense of optimism,and then spills over into their feeling more determined and certain about their academic abilities.This in turn leads to better math grades.There is a more direct link between their fathers’involvement and teenage boys’belief in their ability to succeed on the academic front.This heightened self-confidence increased their success in English language arts classes.Suizzo suggests that counselors and educators should encourage fathers to communicate warmth and acceptance to their children,because of the positive influence these emotions have on their well-being. V.Tranalation72.这个城市近几年来发生了翻天覆地的变化。
上海市奉贤区2018年高考一模英语试题含答案解析
2017 年奉贤区高考英语一模卷I.ListeningComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers.At tire 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. About 5:30. B. About 6:30. C. About 7:30. D. About 8:30.2. A. A new professor. B. A department head. C. A general manager. D. An engineer.3. A. Find a place. B. Buy a map. C. Get an address. D. Show the way.4. A. Weather. B. Clothes. C. News. D. Radio.5. A. Saying something wrong. B. Missing the interview.C. Having an accident.D. Doing something silly.6. A. She wants her son to use a new key.B. She feels very sorry for her son.C. She disbelieves her son.D. She forgives her son.7. A. She will take the man ’s suggestion. B. Her invitation will be refused by all ihe students.C. She will not send out the invitation.D. She plans to send out all theinvitations.8. A. He didn't know which hospital Bill was in. B. He took Bill to the hospital.C. He forgot to call the woman.D. He slipped on the way to hospital.9. A. Quite difficult. B. Very interesting. C. Too simple. D. Too heavy.10. A. She hasn't heard from the professor in a week.B. The class has extra time to complete the assignment.C. The woman only just found out about the economics paper.D. It is impossible for the man to turn in the economics paper on time.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked questions on each of them. The passages andconversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. Whenyou hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide whichone would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Serious and diligent. B. Honest and happy.C. Friendly and optimistic.D. Talented and confident.12. A. She was cheered up by the shirt man ’s story.B. She was impressed by the shirt man ’s friendliness.C. She regretted that she did not ask the shirt man's name.D. She felt she was much luckier than the shirt man.13. A. She hates midterms and job interviews.B. She has realized her dream with the help of her professors and classmates.C. She is thankful for the valuable lessons she has learned from others.D. She remembers moments when people worked to solve a problem together best. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. They want to learn how to speak in others ’dialects.B. They never notice them.C. They are ashamed of them.D. They show pride in them.15. A. The number of people who speak in dialects is getting smaller and smaller.B. There won ’t be any dialects any more in the near future,C. There are more dialects in some parts of Britain than there are in others.D. There were more dialects 100 years ago than there were 200 years ago.16. A. It has caused people more problems in understanding each other.B. It has reduced the attractiveness of British culture.C. It has played its part in helping English become a world language.D. It has created more opportunities for communication.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.]7. A. H e’s got addicted to technology. B. He is not very good at socializing.C. He is crazy about text-messaging.D. He does not talk long onthe phone.18. A. Talk big. B. Talk at Iength.C. Gossip a lot.D. Forget herself19. A. lie thought it was cool. B. lie needed the practice.C. He wanted to stay connected themD. lie had an urgent message to send20.A. It is a challenge to seniors . B. It saves both time and money.C. It is childish and unprofessionalD. It is cool and convenient.II. Grammar amiVocabulary Section ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks lo 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 wordthat best fits each blankPrepare to SucceedPeople are always thinking about success. It is usually in their brains as they go about theirdaily routines (21)_______(look) for something better. This thought isn't one (22)brings youcloser, however, because thinking, dreaming or wishing just doesn't get it done.One of the most important parts of personal or professional success ispreparation. You may ask, “Why is preparation necessary?"The easiest answer to this question is to say that (23) you are not ready to moveforward, then you may just as well keep doing what you have always done.Success doesn ’t come easy. There are no shortcuts. Success requires you to beprepared to sacrifice leisure time, or time spent watching television or going out with your friends, at every opportunity.Success means you are prepared to do (24) it takes to constantly move theyardsticksforward clay after day.Here is just one quote, from Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States, thatexpresses what preparation is (25) _: "Our real problem is not our strength today. It is ratherthe vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow. ”This quote can (26).________________________________________________________________________ (interpret) lo mean that you may have strength or confidence to start on your wayright now to movetoward your final goal. However, it is also critical that committed action each day (27) ____________________________________________________________________________(build) to help you keep going when obstacles arise or when you just don't feellike you have the interest or energy to stay (28)_ (locus).Preparation also means that you have u plan or a goal it shows you what stepsor actions to take, when to lake them and what to do if issues, obstacles or(29)________life issues gel in the way.(30) ______ bottom line is actually quite clear: You arc either willing, ableand committed toachieve what you want, or you arc simply dreaming or wishing that success find you. Section BDirection: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from (he box. luich wordcan be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. ____A. communicatingB.C. implied I).interrup K.thoughtfulF. valueG.agreementH..sharingI. gapJ.possibleK.conflictsThe meaning of silence varies among cultural group. Silence may be __31____, orthey may be empty when a person has nothing to say. A silence in a conversation mayalso show stubbornness, uneasiness, or worry. Silence may be viewed by some cultural groups as extremely uncomfortable; therefore attempts'-may be made lo 1111 every 32 with conversation. Persons in other culturalgroups value silence and view it. as necessary for understanding a person’s needs. Many native Americans value silence and feel it is a basic part of 33 among people, just as some traditional Chinese and Thai persons do. Therefore, when aperson from one of these culture is speaking and suddenly stops, what may be 34is that the person wants the listener to consider what has been said before continuing. In these culture, silence is a call for 35_______.Other cultures may use silence in other ways, particularly when dealing with36 among people or in relationships of people with different amounts ofpower. For example, Russian, French, and Spanish persons may use silence to show37_______ between parties about the topic under discussion. However, Mexicans may use silence when instructions are given by a person in authority rather than berude to that person by arguing with him or her. In still another use, persons inAsian cultures may view silence as a sign of respect, particularly to an cider or a person in authority.Nurses and other care-givers need to be aware of the 38 meanings of silencewhen they comeacross the personal anxiety their patients maybe experiencing. Nurses should recognize their own personal and cultural construction of silence so thata patien t ’s silence is not 39 too early or allowed to go on unnecessarily. A nurse who understands the healing 40 of silence can use this understanding to assist inthe care of patients from their own and from other cultures.I.ReadingComprehension SectionADirection: 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 thecontext.MultitaskingWhat is the first thing you notice when you walk into a shop? The products 41at the entrance? Or the soft background music?But have you ever noticed the smell? Unless it is bad, the answer is likelyto be no. But while a shop's scent may not be outstanding 42 sights and sounds, it is certainly there. And it is providing to be an increasing powerful tool inencouraging people to 43 .A brand store has become famous for its distinctive scent which floats through the fairly dark hall and out to the entrance, via scent machines. A smell may be44 but it may not just be used for freshening air. One sports goods companyonce reported that when it first introduced scent into its stores, customers ’45 to purchase increased by 80 percent.Whenit comes to the best shopping streets in Pairs, scent is just as important to a brands 46 as the quality of its window displays and goods on sales. That is mainly because shopping is a very 47_____ experience to what it used tobe.Someyears ago, the ___48_____for brand name shopping was on a few people with sales assistants ’____49___ attitude and don’t-touch-what-you- can’t-afford displays. Nowthe 50 of electronic commerce (e-commerce) has opened up famous brands to a wider audience. Bui while e-shops can use sights and sounds, only bricks-and-mortar stores ( 实体店）can offer a full experience from the minute customers 51 through the doorto the moment they leave. Another brand store seeks to be much more than a shop,but rather a(n) 52_________. And scent is just one way to53______ this.Nowa famous store uses complex man-madesmell to make sure that the soft scent of baby powder 54_______ through the kid department, and coconut scent in theswimsuit section. A department store has even opened a new lab, inviting customerson a journey into the store ’s windows to smell books, pots and drawers, 55________their perfect scent.17. A. engaged B. delivered C. displayed D. located18. A. connected with B. compared with C. combined with D. came up with19. A. purchase B. wander C. appreciate D. identify20. A. instructive B.attractive C. expensive D. informative21. A. expression B.demand C. intention D. attention22. A. profession B. project C. relation D. success23. A. difi'erent B.elegant C. inevitable D. generous24. A. focus B.account C check D. schedule25. A. determined B. careless C objective D. disapproving26. A. view B. rise C trade D. effect27. A. step B.Inspect C strive D. proceed28. A. occasion B. moment C destination D. department29. A. apply B. achieve C mention D. observe30. A. appears B. inputs C chases D. floats31. A. in terms of B. in the form C in search of D. in commonSection 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 inthe passage you have just read.AThey say a cat has nine lives, and I think that possible since I am now livingmy third life and Pmnot even a cat. My father died when T was 15, and we had a hard struggle to make a living. And my mother, who was seriously ill in her last years,died while still in her 60s. Mysister married soon after, and I followed her example within the year.This was when I began to enjoy my first life. T was very happy, in excellenthealth. I had a good job in San Jose and a beautiful home up the peninsula in SanCarlos. Life was a pleasant dream. Then the dream ended. I became afflicted （使苦恼）with a slowly progressive disease of the motornerves, affecting first my right arm and leg, and then my other side. Thus beganmy second life....In spite of my disease I still drove to and from work each day, with the aidof special equipment installed in my car. And I managed to keep myhealth and optimism, to a degree, because of 14 steps. Crazy? Not at all. Our home was an affair with14 steps leading up from the garage to the kitchen door. Those steps were a standard measure of life. They were my yardstick, my challenge to continue living. I feltthat if the day arrived when I was unable to lift one foot up one step and then drag the other painfully after it ---repeating the process 14 times, I would be through---1 could then admit defeat and lie down and die.Then on a dark night in August, 1971, I began my third life. It was rainingwhen I started home that night; strong winds and slashing rain beat down on the caras I drove slowly down one of the less-traveled roads. Suddenly the steering wheeljerked （猝然一动）. In the same instant I heard thebang of a blowout. It was impossible for me t o change that tire! Utterly impossible!I started the engine and thumped slowly along until I came to the dirt road,where I turned in and where I found lighted windows welcomed me t o a house and pulledinto the driveway and blared the horn.The door opened and a little girl stood there. When she knew what happened tome, she went into the house and a moment later came out, followed by a man who calleda cheerful greeting. I sat there comfortable and dry, and felt a bit sorry for theman and the little girl working so hard in the storm.About an hour later, the man's voice was heard,“This isa bad night for cartrouble, but you're all set now. ”“Thanks，”I said. “How much do I owe you?”He shook his head, “Nothing. Cynthia told me you were a cripple. Glad to be of help.1 know you'd do the samefor me. There ’s no charge, friend . ”I held out a five-dollarb 川，“No! I like to pay my way. ”He made no effort to take it and the little girlstepped closer to the window and said quietly, “Grandpa can’t see it. ”32.'"A cat has nine lives' 1 here means __ .A. a cat can live nine times longer than any other animalB. a cat can die ninthC. a lucky man cannot die easilyD. the writer will live nine times33.What do you think of the man who helped change the tire? _ .A. Warm-hearted but pitiableB. Warm-hearted and happyC. A blind old man that has nothing to do every dayD. A poor old man that is always ready to help others34.How will the story be ended? ______A. The writer paid the little girl but the old man did not accept.B. The writer drove away with tears running down his cheek.C. The writer stayed there, without knowing what to do and how to do.D. In the next few frozen seconds the writer felt the shame and astonishmenthe had never felt before.35.The best title for this passage perhaps will be .A. The Old Man and His DaughterB. Heart Leaping UpC. Never Lose HeartD. Good Will Be Rewarded GoodBWhat we doI P EFPCourses provide courses in English language andBritish culture. Our courses are aimed at students agedbetween 12 and 17 who are at pre-intermediate level orabove in English. The courses are held in Guildford, ahistoric town near London.Typical structure of a one-week course> up to 25 hours of English run by native speakers, qualified in teaching Englishas a foreign language and specialist drama teachers 2 full-day sightseeing trips to London and Oxford (at weekends)FULL BOAR(D全食宿）with local, English-speaking familiesWhen we run the coursesEFP courses can be organized only during British state school terms. For thisacademic year, courses can be booked between now and 23 May and between 30 May and30 June. We welcome you to book from 3 September 2016 to 25 October 2016 and from31 October to 20 December 2016. Why choose EFP courses> in addition to our standard English classes, wc also run drama and expression English classes, taught by specialist drama teachers> we expose our students to British culture for the entire length of the course> we tailor courses to each group's needs, creating a unique experience for our students. Note that any changes to our courses are made within reason and only if all participants from a group share the same language level. Please seefurther details on our website.Length of a courseEFP courses run for cither one or two weeks depending on the specific requirements for your group. How to applyPlease register your interest by sending an email to info@.By contacting us before you make any travel arrangements you ensure that we can put your group up on the dates that you require. For more details, please visit efpcourses.co uk.See you in Guildford soon!36.What does the leaflet tell us about EFP courses?A. Their target students are teenagers of all English levels.B. They are available on the school campuses in London and Oxford.C. Every individual participant is supplied with tailored language support.D. They involve students in British culture activities during the whole course.37.Suppose you arc to take EFP courses this academic year, you can .A. make a reservation from October 31 to December 20B. enjoy a special series of lessons for a whole school termC. experience English dramas with English-speaking familiesD. hand in an application by visiting their website38.The purpose of this writing is to ___.A. attract qualified teachers to EFP coursesB. offer group students access to BFP coursesC. demonstrate the popularity of EFP courses ’D. illustrate the importance of EFP courses.CHere amid the steel and concrete canyons, green grass grows. A hawthorn tree ( 山楂树)standsin new soil, and freshly dug plants bend in the wind.But Chicago City Hall here seems an unlikely spot for a garden of any variety —especially 20,000 square feet of gardens —on its roof.As one of a handful of similar projects around the country, the garden is partof a $1.5 million demonstration projected by the city to reduce its “urban heat islands ”, said William Abolt, the commissioner of the Department of Environment.Heat islands-dark surfaces in the city, like rooftops---soak up heat. Theretention( 滞留）canbake a building, making it hard to cool down.The roof of City Hall, a 90-year-old gray stone landmark on LaSalle Street inthe heart of downtown, has been known to reach temperature substantially hotter than the actual temperature on the street below.The garden will provide greenery and shade. "And that, ,, t4 said the city officials,will save the city dollars on those hot summer days. 55 The project savings from cooling is about $4,000 a year on a new roof whose life span is about 50 percent longer than that of a traditional roof.The stretching open-air rooftop garden is being carefully built on amulti-tiered ( 多展的）bed ofspecial soil, polystyrene （聚苯乙烯）, egg-carton- shaped cones and “waterproof membrane薄(膜) ’’mall to keep the roof from leaking, or caving under the normal combined weight of soil, min and plant life.The design calls for soil depths of 4 inches to 18 inches. When the last plants and seedlings are buried and the last bit of soil is laid, the garden will have circular brick stepping-stones winding up to hills.“The primary focus of what we want.to do is to establish this laboratory onthe top of City Hall to get people involved and understanding their impact on the,, environment ;and how the little things can make an impact on the quality of life9 Mr. Abolt said, adding that the plants also help to clear the air.Rooftop gardens, in places where concrete jungles have erased plants and trees, are not new, not even in Chicago. Arms of greenery hanging over terraces or growing from rooftops, commonin Europe, are becoming more so in the United States as people become increasingly conscious about the environment.Richard M. Daley, who urged the environmental department to look into theproject after noticing rooftop gardens in Hamburg, Germany a few years ago, haspraised the garden as the first of its kind on a public building in the country.It will hold thousands of plants in more than 150 species-wild onion and butterfly weed, sky-blue aster and buffalo grass----to provide data on what( species adapt best. Small plants requiring shallow soil depths were chiefly selected.39.The rooftop garden project___________A. is common and popular in the countryB. is a demonstration project and costs the city government 1.5 million dollarsC. will make the ordinary cooling down of the city in summer unnecessaryD. aims at getting people involved and understanding their impact on theenvironment40.What can we learn about the City Hall?A. It was built ninety years ago and is the most outstanding feature in thecenter of the city.B. It is originally proper to build a garden on the top of the City Hall.C. The temperature on its top is a little bit lower than that on the streetbelow.D. It is the first building in America to have a garden on it.41.Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Every year, Chicago spends about $ 4,000 on cooling the city.B. The design of the garden on the C'ily Hall specially takes intoconsideration the weight the roof can stand.C. The Mayor urged the environmental department to look into rooftop gardens inHamburg and build similar ones in America.D. Heat islands mainly refer to those dark-colored rooftops which receiveand retain heat and will not easily release the heat.42.The word “substantially ”（Line 2, Para. 5) most likely means .A. a little bitB. in factC. materiallyD. considerably Section CDirections: 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. DSPS sufferers have internal clocks that run at least two hours slower thannormal.’t force their employees to live by the dawn-to-duskB. Businesses that donschedule would allow those with DSPS to make good use of their mostproductive hours.C. DSPSwould be unfortunate but unavoidable if our society had to choose onetimetable for everyone to live by.D. Employers willing to let their employees work flexible hours will enjoyaccess to a greater number of quality employees, higher productivity andlower office space costs.E. DSPSsufferers are perhaps a small population that's benefiting greatlyfrom the growth of flexible work in our economy.F. People with DSPS sleep perfectly fine during the hours their bodies tell themto.No matter how early she went to bed, Maggie couldn't fall asleep until the early hours. Though constantly exhausted, Maggie got good grades in school, but she often got in trouble for napping during her morning classes.After graduating from college, Maggie realized her dream of becoming a teacher. However, waking up for her 8:30 a.m. classes turned her into a zombie ( 无生气的人) , and she lost her jobbecause she lacked enthusiasm.Maggie isn ’t lazy. She suffers from delayed sleep phase syndrome (DSPS ，睡眠相位后移症候群) --- a disorder that affects one in 750 adults that causes them tobe somewhat nocturnal （夜间活动的）. DSPSis often confused with insomnia( 失眠），perhaps because sufferers seem tired duringthe day. However, the two disorders are very different. Insomniacs have trouble withthe process offalling asleep. __67 ____ They just can’t fall asleep early even if they want to.Essentially, DSPS means a person's internal clock is set differently. 68 ______________________________________________________________ As a result,they're out of sync ( 同步）with the rest of society. People with DSPS struggle tokeep their eyes open during morning meetings because their bodies are convinced it*s the middle of the night. They seem less efficient and creative at the office, andmake more workplace accidents. DSPSalso damages their health, causing depression, anxiety, heart disease and many other illnesses due to sleep deprivation.______69_______ . Fortunately, that ’s not the case. Flexible work schedulesare already verycommon. Traditionally, managers tend to think more people in the office equals more output, but new research shows that people who work flexible hours are more productive and more likely to stay with their company because they are happier and healthier. Thanks to these findings, many European countries have passed laws giving every worker the right to apply for a flexible work arrangement. According to Cary Cooper, a psychologist at Lancaster University, most U.K. employees will be working half from home in five years.This is great news not just for DSPS sufferers but also for their companies.________________________________________________________________________ 70 ______ Consequently, they will be able to save a large sum of money.II.Summary WritingDirections: 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.Around the world, music therapy is being used to treat different medicalconditions and illnesses. Some of the ways people use music therapy are to reducepain, such as in childbirth or during cancer treatments, or to stimulate brainactivity alter an injury or money loss. Music therapy has also been successful inaiding children to overcome disabilities. Children can move their bodies with themusic and stamp along to the beat.Why is music a useful therapy? Music is soothing and relaxing, but it alsostimulates our brains. Emotionally and physically, we respond to the sounds of music. But the complexity of music provokes （激发）the biggest response. Thus, classical music is most typically used for therapies dueto complex sounds and patterns. Playing a musical instrument rather than simplylistening to music can also be therapeutic for some people, helping relieve stress and anxiety.Music has been shown to reduce pain in cancer patients by increasing the release endorphin ( 内啡肽）. Endorphins arc the body’s natural painkillers , and when welistento music, our brains respond by releasing these natural painkillers. It has alsobeen known to contribute to the brain development of the babies who have just beenborn and even babies still in the mother ’s womb. Certain types of music have alsobeen found to lower blood pressure and slow a person's heart rate. Al present, music therapy is used in a variety of settings such as hospitals, nursing homes, day cares。
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2017学年奉贤区调研测试英语试卷I. Listening ComprehensionSection A1. A. interviewer and interviewee. B. teacher and student.C. doctor and nurse.D. boss and secretary.2. A. 9:00. B. 9:10. C. 9:30. D. 9:35.3. A. pass the journal. B. listen to the woman.C. repeat his request.D. take the journal himself.4. A. exciting. B. disappointing.C. interesting.D. satisfactory.5. A. to make a budget for her. B. to buy a gift for Mary.C. to give her mother information about Mary.D. to give some suggestions.6. A. he wants to finish his study. B. he wants to earn a lot of money.C. he wants to finish his study.D. he wants to have a good rest.7. A. The woman should not get involved in the situation.B. The woman should not be angry with the friends.C. he will explain to the woman what happened.D. he will talk to Sally and Mark soon.8. A. good weather tomorrow. B. the vacation plan.C. getting up early in the morning.D. possible heavy traffic.9. A. interested. B. fascinated. C. hostile. D. reluctant.10. A. intelligence determines admission to college.B. highly motivated students usually do well in college.C. successful college students are usually intelligent.D. a successful college motivates its students.Section BQuestions 11 through 13 are based on the following news.11. A. two terms. B. three terms. C. four terms. D. five terms.12. A. because he had been a policeman.B. because he earned a law degree in a night school.C. because they had formed a good opinion of him.D. because there was a large population of black people in Los Angeles.13. A. they want people in Los Angeles voted.B. an introduction about Thomas Bradley, major of Los Angeles.C. the reasons why white candidates failed in the vote.D. something Thomas Bradley did for the vote.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. he has more than fourteen pills a day. B. he has two pills a day.C. he has four times a day.D. he has nine pills a day.15. A. all of them. B. three kinds of medicine.C. two kinds of medicine.D. almost none.16. A. children over twelve years old. B. older people with a fever.C. old people with heart attack.D. adults with a cold.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. she has made an attempt to become pregnant.B. she has requested her supervisor to transfer her to another department.C. she has bought the new equipment for the laboratory.D. she has complained to the government about the issue.18. A. because the new equipment is not available now.B. because the patient has made too many complains.C. because the hospital wants to tighten its budget.D. because the new equipment carries a health risk.19. A. a technician in the hospital lab. B. a doctor working in the hospital.C. a teacher working in the school.D. head of hospital administration.20. A. she will be likely to quit her job. B. she still feels at a loss as what to do.C. she will complain to the administration.D. she will fight to get her income back.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADifferent background shouldn’t mean less education. Fifty years ago, in a primary school classroom, two boys aged 11 took an examination called the 11-plus, (21)______ would make decisions about the rest of their lives. Paul passed and went to a “grammar school”. Baz failed the examination and went to a “secondary modern school”. They did not see each other again for years.Many grammar schools (22)______ (establish) hundreds of years ago to teach the Latin language to children who were not from rich families. They encouraged students to study (23)______ they were 18 and then to go to university. Secondary modern school students left at 16, usually with fewer qualifications than grammar school students. Baz says the secondary modern school had (24)______ (few) resources and the quality of teaching was not as good.Things have changed. In the 1960s and the 1970s “comprehensive schools” were created. Today, 90 percent children aged 11 to 16 from the same area to the same school without (25)______ (take) any entry examination.The British often disagrees about the best way (26)______ (educate) their children. Many people say that comprehensive schools help more children to succeed because they provide everybody (27)______ similar opportunities in a fairer way. Another view, though, is that more intelligent children, especially (28)______ from poor homes are better supported at grammar schools. Now, the government plans to open new grammar schools (29)______ ______ almost two million children will go to the same type of school that Paul attended.And Paul and Baz? Aged 60, they met again and compared (30)______ had happened to them. After university, Paul qualified as a teacher. Baz went to work in a factory at 16 and later became an engineer. In fact, Baz had a much higher salary than Paul – so perhaps life is fair after all.There’s nothing more annoying than settling down to sleep and hearing the sound of a mosquito buzzing around you.The only thought most of us ever give to this noise is “I need to get rid of this insect, immediately”, but it turns out that the mosquito is actually quite a(n) __31__ creature.A term of scientists from Oxford University in the UK, in __32__ with the Royal Veterinary College in London and Chiba University in Japan, recently published a study that found some interesting facts about the world’s most __33__ insect.By placing eight cameras inside a tiny film studio, the scientists could study several mosquitoes up close. The high-tech cameras filmed the insects at 1,000 frames per second, meaning the scientists were able to study the insects’ __34__ in never-before-seen detail. However, it wasn’t always straightforward.“Recording mosquitoes during free-flight represented a huge technical challenge due to their small size, __35__ wing beat frequency, and the presence of large antennae and legs that can __36__ the view of their wings,” Simon Walker of Oxford University, co-author of the study, wrote.Published in the journal Nature, the study found that mosquitoes flap their wings around 800 times a second. As a __37__, house flies flap their wings about 200 times a second, and hummingbirds 50 times a second.Richard Bomphrey of the Royal Veterinary College, the study’s leader, believes that mosquitoes have a unique flying method that sets them apart from other flying insects.“We predicted that they must make use of clever tricks, as the wings __38__ the ir direction at the end of each half-stroke,” he wrote in the study.Hopefully, the discovery of the mosquito’s special abilities will be of benefit to engineers in the future. The findings could lead to better aircraft, or even improvement to tools like lenses or pumps.But the scientists hope their study can one day be __39__ to new developments in more human-focused use.“The more we know about mosquitoes, the better our chance of understanding their flight behavior, how they carry disease and __40__ how to stop them from doing so,” Walker wrote.III. Reading ComprehensionSection AArtists have long claimed alcohol and other drugs as inspiration for their creativity. But is there really a(n) __41__ between intoxication（醉酒）and inspiration? A recent study published in Consciousness and Cognition explored the effects of moderate drunkenness on people’s creativity. The authors suggest that alcohol’s well-known effect in __42__ executive function may be helpful for these types of creation problems: “Somet imes a reduced ability to __43__ one’s attention can have positive implications for select cognitive tasks,” they write.The findings raise the question of whether drugs that __44__ attention and focus, in particular, stimulants（兴奋剂）, would have the opposite effect on creative thinking __45__, very little research has been done on the issue, and what results exist so far have been mixed. The outcomes may well vary according to individual __46__ to the drugs. __47__, some research has found that while stimulants can __48__ test performance for those who are less intelligent, for the smartest folks, the drugs can have the opposite effect.If less executive function is linked to more creativity, this may also explain why artists, writers and musicians appear to be more __49__ to have an addiction. Perhaps creative people are more likely than others to be __50__ to drugs in the first place, as a possible source of inspiration. And then, if reduced executive function is __51__ in part for their initial talent, this, too, could make them more easily influenced by __52__ once they start using. Having less executive control before you even take drugs means you’ll have less ability to stop once you start.Whatever the real relationship between drunkenness, addiction and art, the authors __53__ that their study findings don’t give people __54__ to get drunk to “inspire the muse（冥想）.” Co-author Jennifer Wiley, associate professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, told the British Psychological Society’s Research Digest: “We tested what happens when people are slightly drunk-not when people drank to __55__. There could be no argument from these findings that drinking excessively would have the same effects.”A glass of wine or two, however, may occasionally help.41. A. attraction B. reservation C. connection D. decoration42. A. strengthening B. damaging C. maintaining D. assessing43. A. block B. reduce C. disturb D. control44. A. remain B. drop C. shift D. increase45. A. However B. Moreover C. Instead D. Therefore46. A. additions B. responses C. oppositions D. contrasts47. A. For example B. On the contrary C. As a result D. On the other hand48. A. conceal B. executive C. improve D. delete49. A. vital B. likely C. ideal D. difficult50. A. attracted B. contributed C. responded D. withdrawn51. A. responsible B. illegal C. natural D. impossible52. A. confusion B. ambition C. addiction D. exhaustion53. A. lower B. monitor C. function D. caution54. A. sacrifice B. privacy C. appreciation D. license55. A. priorities B. extremes C. bottom D. AffectionSection B(A)I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in her 60s. When it was her turn to pay, the cashier greeted her by name and asked her how she was doing.The woman looked down, shook her head and said: “Not so good. My husband just lost his job and my son is up to his old tricks again. The truth is, I don’t know how I’m going to get through the holidays.”Then she gave the cashier food stamps（食品券）.My heart ached. I wanted to help but didn’t know how. Should I offer to pay for her groceries, ask for her husband’s resume?As I walked into the parking lot, I spotted the women returning her shopping cart. I remembered something in my purse that I thought could help her. It wasn’t a handful of cash or an offer of a job for her husband, but maybe it would make her life better.My heart pounded as I approached the woman.“Excuse me,”I said, my voice trembling a bit. “I couldn’t help overhearing what you said to the cashier. It sounds like you’re going through a really hard time right now. I’m so sorry. I’d like to give you something.”I handed her the small card from my purse.When the woman read the card’s only two words, she began to cry. And through her tears, she said, “You have no idea how much this means to me.”I was a little startled by her reply. Having never anything like this before, I didn’t know what kind of reaction I might receive. All I could think to say was, “Oh. Would it be OK to give you a hug?”After we embraced, I walked back to my car -- and began to cry, too.The words on the card?“You Matter.”A few weeks earlier, a colleague gave me a similar card as encouragement for a project I was working on. When I read the card, I felt a warm glow spread inside of me. Deeply touched, I came home and ordered my own box of You Matter card and started sharing them.56. Which of the following is TRUE according to the first three paragraphs?A. The woman’s family mainly depends on her son.B. The cashier helped the woman by giving her some food for free.C. The woman and her family were having a tough lime.D. The author wondered why the cashier was familiar with the woman.57. The woman cried when she got the card, probably because ______.A. it greatly encouraged herB. she could use it to buy foodC. it could solve her present problemD. it could land her husband a job58. The und erlined word “startled” in Paragraph 10 probably means ______.A. interestedB. gratefulC. ashamedD. astonished59. From the article, we can tell that the author is a ______ person.A. smartB. kind-heartedC. knowledgeableD. confident(B)Seek Out a Unique BeachVISITOregon. For sun and fun away from the crowed beaches of Florida, check out the Oregon coast and its 363 miles of gorgeous shoreline, stretching from the Columbia River south to the redwood forests of California. Every bea ch is public and free. “The coast is a perfect place to watch sea lions sun themselves or simply see the mighty Pacific weaves crash in the sunset followed by a seafood feast in one of the busy fishing communities located between the coves（小海湾）,” says Bramblett. July and August aren’t peak gray whale migration season, but there’s still a good chance you could catch a glimpse of some of the 200 whales that spend the summers off the Oregon coast.SLEEPNext to a lighthouse. Imagine yourself an ancient mariner when you book a room overlooking the Pacific Ocean at the Heceta Head Lighthouse Bed and Breakfast in Yachats, Oregon. The working lighthouse, which dated to 1894, cast a bright beam 21 miles out to sea, making it the brightest light on the Oregon coast. The cliff-top rooms at the Light Keeper’s home nearby aren’t cheap-you’ll sell out up to $ 385 for a weekend night during peak season (price includes a seven-course breakfast).BEW AREDangerous currents Unless you love cold water (or wear a wet suit), you may not wait to venture into the sea off the Oregon coast, even during the summer. But if you do, be prepared for the U.S. Lifesaving Association. Swim parallel to the beach until you’re no longer being pulled out to sea, then swim diagonally（成对角线地）toward the shore.BRINGBaby powder. Use a generous amount of baby powder to remove sand rom your hands, feet or hair. The powder quickly absorbs moisture, allowing sand to fall off easily.60. It can be inferred rom the section SLEEP that ______.A. the price of one night stay remains the same all the year aroundB. those who stay there can have a free access to the beach and the lighthouseC. those who want to stay there have to pay more during a tourist seasonD. the price includes the breakfast for seven people61. What is suggested by the leaflet if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach?A. Avoid wearing wet suits.B. Never dive into the cold water off the coast.C. Bring baby powder to protect your skin from sand scratches.D. Don’t swim straight toward the shore when there’re dangerous currents.62. Oregon coast will provide you with all the following experiences EXCEPT ______.A. a perfect view of sea lionsB. a mariner like stay in the more than 100-year-old lighthouseC. a seafood feast in the popular local communityD. sun and fun of the less crowed beach.(C)With the coming of big data age, data science is supposed to be starved for, of which the adaption can point a profound change in corporate competitiveness. Companies, both born in the digital era and traditional world are showing off their skills in data science. Therefore, it seems to have been creating a great demand for the experts of this type.Mr. Carlos Guestrin, machine learning professor from University of Washington argues that all software applications will need inbuilt intelligence within five years, making data scientists-people trained to analyze large bodies of information-key workers in this emer ging “cognitive” technology economy. There are already critical applications that depend on machine learning, a subfield of data science, led by recommendation programs, fraud detection systems, forecasting tools and applications for predicting customer behavior.Many companies that are born digital-particularly internet companies that have a great number of real-time customer interactions to handle-are all-in when it comes to data science. Pinterest, for instance, maintains more than 100 machine learning models that could be applied to different classes of problems, and it constantly fields requests from managers eager to use this resource to deal with their business problem.The factors weighing on many traditional companies will be the high cost of mounting a serious machine-learning operation. Netflix is estimated to spend $ 150m a year on a single application and the total bill is probably four times that once all its uses of the technology are taken into account.Another problem for many non-technology companies is talent. Of the computer science experts who use Kaggle, only about 1,000 have deep learning skills, compared to 100,000 who can apply other machine learning techniques, says Mr. Goldbloom. He adds that even some big companies of this type are often reluctant to expand their pay scales to hire the top talent in this field.The biggest barrier to adapting to the coming era of “smart” applications, however, is likely to be cultural. Some companies, such as General Electric, have been building their own Silicon Valley presence to attract and develop the digital skills they will need.Despite the obstacles, some may master this difficult transition. But companies that were built, from the beginning, with data science at their center, are likely to represent serious competition.63. Which one is obstacle for many traditional companies to popularize learning operation?A. Technological problem.B. Expert crisis.C. High cost.D. Customer interactions.64. What can not be inferred from the passage about the machine learning?A. Machine learning operations are costly in Netflix.B. Machine learning plays an important role in existent applications.C. Machine learning experts are not highly paid in some non-technology companies.D. Machine learning models are not sufficient to solve business problems in Pinterest.65. What’s the author’s main purpose in writing this article?A. To point out the problems facing machine learning experts.B. To call on companies to cultivate more experts in data science.C. To tell the readers the present situation of data science.D. To advice non-technology companies to look beyond the advantages they face.66. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?A. Data science: A forefront force in tech businessB. Corporate competition: An obstacle to the transitionC. Machine learning: A key to smart technologyD. Technique experts: A decisive factor of the coming era.There are a lot of different people in the world, but despite our differences we all want to get along. Humans are social beings, and we enjoy being treated nicely. __67__ It is about treating people with respect and care.Be a good listener. To start a conversation, it is important to listen first, especially when you are in a group. Don’t indulge（放纵）yourself in instant chant when you have just arrived. Examine the situation and the conversation, and then say whatever you think fit. It is better to say something valuable, rather than something meaningless. __68__ Don’t try to change people. It is not your job to change anyone else. It is not in your power to change anyone else. Let other people live how they want to live. __69__ If you do not like how someone acts, you can arrange things so that you interact with them as little as possible. You can always maintain a good attitude towards them so that your relationship with them might be change.Keep a smile. A little laughter goes a long way, and a smile eases tensions, where a frown can create tensions. If someone teases you, try to laugh at it off. If someone is frowning, smile at them. Be mindful of your facial expression. If you are persistently and optimistic, people will cheer up when they are see you coming.__70__ Some people do not take hints. Some people do not read body language. For these people, it really works to just say, “I really want us to work well together. I will help you and back you up, and you help me and back me up.”IV. Summary WritingA Father’s In fluence Makes for Better GradesAdolescents from low-income families in particular are more likely than their middle-class peers to underachieve and to drop out of school. Studies have shown that a positive attitude towards school work and the support and encouragement from their parents can help at-risk youngsters to overcome theeconomic barriers and lack of resources they face. Most of the evidence about the effects of parental involvement comes from research on mothers. Little is known, however, about how adolescents experience their fathers’ warmth and the beliefs and behaviors that are most affected by it.This new study is part of a larger one focusing on low-income families conducted in four middle schools in the southwestern United States. Data were analyzed from questionnaires completed by 183 sixth-graders about how optimistic and motivated they were about their schoolwork, and how they experienced their fathers. The questionnaires were completed primarily by respondents of Mexican American, African American and European American descent. Their maths and language arts grades were also obtained.Their findings show how fathers can support their teenagers in ways that result in greater optimism, self-efficacy, and, ultimately, higher achievement at school.These positive effects extend to both sons and daughters, while in different ways. Experiencing their father’s warmth first influences daughters’ sense of optimism, and then spills over into their feeling more determined and certain about their academic abilities. This in turn leads to better math grades. There is a more direct link between their fathers’ involvement and teenage boys’ belief in their ability to succeed on the academic front. This heightened self-confidence increased their success in English language arts classes.Suizzo suggests that counselors and educators should encourage fathers to communicate warmth and acceptance to their children, because of the positive influence these emotions have on their well-being.V. Tranalation72. 这个城市近几年来发生了翻天覆地的变化。
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2018.1 奉贤区高三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷(满分：140分考试时间：120分钟)第I卷(共100分)I. Listening ComprehensionSection A (10分)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. interviewer and interviewee. B. teacher and student.C. doctor and nurse.D. boss and secretary.2. A. 9:00. B. 9:10. C. 9:30. D. 9:35.3. A. pass the journal. B. listen to the woman.C. repeat his request.D. take the journal himself.4. A. exciting. B. disappointing.C. interesting.D. satisfactory.5. A. to make a budget for her. B. to buy a gift for Mary.C. to give her mother information about Mary.D. to give some suggestions.6. A. he wants to finish his study. B. he wants to earn a lot of money.C. he wants to finish his study.D. he wants to have a good rest.7. A. The woman should not get involved in the situation.B. The woman should not be angry with the friends.C. he will explain to the woman what happened.D. he will talk to Sally and Mark soon.8. A. good weather tomorrow. B. the vacation plan.C. getting up early in the morning.D. possible heavy traffic.9. A. interested. B. fascinated. C. hostile. D. reluctant.10. A. intelligence determines admission to college.B. highly motivated students usually do well in college.C. successful college students are usually intelligent.D. a successful college motivates its students.Section B (15分)Directions:In Section B, you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of 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 heardQuestions 11 through 13 are based on the following news.11. A. two terms. B. three terms. C. four terms. D. five terms.12. A. because he had been a policeman.B. because he earned a law degree in a night school.C. because they had formed a good opinion of him.D. because there was a large population of black people in Los Angeles.13. A. they want people in Los Angeles voted.B. an introduction about Thomas Bradley, major of Los Angeles.C. the reasons why white candidates failed in the vote.D. something Thomas Bradley did for the vote.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. he has more than fourteen pills a day. B. he has two pills a day.C. he has four times a day.D. he has nine pills a day.15. A. all of them. B. three kinds of medicine.C. two kinds of medicine.D. almost none.16. A. children over twelve years old. B. older people with a fever.C. old people with heart attack.D. adults with a cold.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. she has made an attempt to become pregnant.B. she has requested her supervisor to transfer her to another department.C. she has bought the new equipment for the laboratory.D. she has complained to the government about the issue.18. A. because the new equipment is not available now.B. because the patient has made too many complains.C. because the hospital wants to tighten its budget.D. because the new equipment carries a health risk.19. A. a technician in the hospital lab. B. a doctor working in the hospital.C. a teacher working in the school.D. head of hospital administration.20. A. she will be likely to quit her job. B. she still feels at a loss as what to do.C. she will complain to the administration.D. she will fight to get her income back.II. Grammar and VocabularySection A (10分)Directions: After reading the passage below, /ill 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.Different background shouldn’t mean less education. Fifty years ago, in a primary school classroom, two boys aged 11 took an examination called the 11-plus, (21) __________ would make decisions about the rest of their lives. Paul passed and went to a “grammar school”. Baz failed the examination and went to a “secondary modern school”. They did not see each other again for years.Many grammar schools (22) __________ (establish) hundreds of years ago to teach the Latin language to children who were not from rich families. They encouraged students to study (23) __________ they were 18 and then to go to university. Secondary modern school students left at 16, usually with fewer qualifications than grammar school students. Baz says the secondary modern school had (24) __________ (few) resources and the quality of teaching was not as good.Things have changed. In the 1960s and the 1970s “comprehensive schools” were created. Today, 90 percent children aged 11 to 16 from the same area to the same school without (25) __________ (take) any entry examination.The British often disagrees about the best way (26) __________ (educate) their children. Many people say that comprehensive schools help more children to succeed because they provide everybody (27) __________ similar opportunities in a fairer way. Another view, though, is that more intelligent children, especially (28) __________ from poor homes are better supported at grammar schools. Now, thegovernment plans to open new grammar schools (29) __________ __________ almost two million children will go to the same type of school that Paul attended.And Paul and Baz? Aged 60, they met again and compared (30) __________ had happened to them. After university, Paul qualified as a teacher. Baz went to work in a factory at 16 and later became an engineer. In fact, Baz had a much higher salary than Paul – so perhaps life is fair after all.Section B (10分)Directions: Fill in each blank with. a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once.buzzing around you.The only thought most of us ever give to this noise is “I need to get rid of this insect, immediately”, but it turns out that the mosquito is actually quite a(n) 31 creature.A term of scientists from Oxford University in the UK, in 32 with the Royal Veterinary College in London and Chiba University in Japan, recently published a study that found some interesting facts about the world’s most 33 insect.By placing eight cameras inside a tiny film studio, the scientists could study several mosquitoes up close. The high-tech cameras filmed the insects at 1,000 frames per second, meaning the scientists were able to study the insects’34 in never-before-seen detail. However, it wasn’t always straightforward.“Recording mosquitoes during free-flight represented a huge technical challenge due to their small size, 35 wing beat frequency, and the presence of large antennae and legs that can 36 the view of their wings,” Simon Walker of Oxford University, co-author of the study, wrote.Published in the journal Nature, the study found that mosquitoes flap their wings around 800 times a second. As a 37 , house flies flap their wings about 200 times a second, and hummingbirds 50 times a second.Richard Bomphrey of the Royal Veterinary College, the study’s leader, believes that mosquitoes have a unique flying method that sets them apart from other flying insects.“We predicted that they must make use of clever tricks, as the wings38 their direction at the end of each half-stroke,” he wrote in the study.Hopefully, the discovery of the mosquito’s special abilities will be of benefit to engineers in the future. The findings could lead to better aircraft, or even improvement to tools like lenses or pumps.But the scientists hope their study can one day be 39 to new developments in more human-focused use.“The more we know about mosquitoes, the better our chance of understanding their flight behavior, how they carry disease and 40 how to stop them from doing so,” Walker wrote.III. Reading ComprehensionSection A (15分)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 content.Artists have long claimed alcohol and other drugs as inspiration for their creativity. But is there really a(n) 41 between intoxication（醉酒）and inspiration? A recent study published in Consciousness and Cognition explored the effects of moderate drunkenness on people’s creativity. The authors suggest that alcohol’s well-known effect in 42 executive function may be helpful for these types of creationproblems: “Sometimes a reduced ability to43 one’s attention can have positive implications for select cognitive tasks,” they write.The findings raise the question of whether drugs that 44 attention and focus, in particular, stimulants（兴奋剂）, would have the opposite effect on creative thinking 45 , very little research has been done on the issue, and what results exist so far have been mixed. The outcomes may well vary according to individual 46 to the drugs. 47 , some research has found that while stimulants can 48 test performance for those who are less intelligent, for the smartest folks, the drugs can have the opposite effect.If less executive function is linked to more creativity, this may also explain why artists, writers and musicians appear to be more 49 to have an addiction. Perhaps creative people are more likely than others to be 50 to drugs in the first place, as a possible source of inspiration. And then, if reduced executive function is 51 in part for their initial talent, this, too, could make them more easily influenced by 52 once they start using. Having less executive control before you even take drugs means you’ll have less ability to stop once you start.Whatever the real relationship between drunkenness, addiction and art, the authors 53 that their study findings don’t give people 54 to get drunk to “inspire the muse（冥想）.” Co-author Jennifer Wiley, associate professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, told the British Psychological Society’s Research Digest: “We tested what happens when people are slightly drunk-not when people drank to 55 . There could be no argument from these findings that drinking excessively would have the same effects.”A glass of wine or two, however, may occasionally help.41. A. attraction B. reservation C. connection D. decoration42. A. strengthening B. damaging C. maintaining D. assessing43. A. block B. reduce C. disturb D. control44. A. remain B. drop C. shift D. increase45. A. However B. Moreover C. Instead D. Therefore46. A. additions B. responses C. oppositions D. contrasts47. A. For example B. On the contrary C. As a result D. On the other hand48. A. conceal B. executive C. improve D. delete49. A. vital B. likely C. ideal D. difficult50. A. attracted B. contributed C. responded D. withdrawn51. A. responsible B. illegal C. natural D. impossible52. A. confusion B. ambition C. addiction D. exhaustion53. A. lower B. monitor C. function D. caution54. A. sacrifice B. privacy C. appreciation D. license55. A. priorities B. extremes C. bottom D. AffectionSection B (22分)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)I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in her 60s. When it was her turn to pay, the cashier greeted her by name and asked her how she was doing.The woman looked down, shook her head and said: “Not so good. My husband just lost his job and my son is up to his old tricks again. The truth is, I don’t know how I’m going to get through the holidays.”Then she gave the cashier food stamps（食品券）.My heart ached. I wanted to help but didn’t know how. Should I offer to pay for her groceries, ask for her husband’s resume?As I walked into the parking lot, I spotted the women returning her shopping cart. I remembered something in my purse that I thought could help her. It wasn’t a handful of cash or an offer of a job for her husband, but maybe it would make her life better.My heart pounded as I approached the woman.“Excuse me,”I said, my voice trembling a bit. “I couldn’t help overhearing what you said to the cashier. It sounds like you’re going through a really hard time right now. I’m so sorry. I’d like to give you something.”I handed her the small card from my purse.When the woman read the card’s only two words, she began to cry. And through her tears, she said, “You have no idea how much this means to me.”I was a little startled by her reply. Having never anything like this before, I didn’t know what kind of reaction I might receive. All I could think to say was, “Oh. Would it be OK to give you a hug?”After we embraced, I walked back to my car -- and began to cry, too.The words on the card?“You Matter.”A few weeks earlier, a colleague gave me a similar card as encouragement for a project I was working on. When I read the card, I felt a warm glow spread inside of me. Deeply touched, I came home and ordered my own box of You Matter card and started sharing them.56. Which of the following is TRUE according to the first three paragraphs?A. The woman’s family mainly depends on her son.B. The cashier helped the woman by giving her some food for free.C. The woman and her family were having a tough lime.D. The author wondered why the cashier was familiar with the woman.57. The woman cried when she got the card, probably because ______.A. it greatly encouraged herB. she could use it to buy foodC. it could solve her present problemD. it could land her husband a job58. The underlined word “startled” in Paragraph 10 probably means ______.A. interestedB. gratefulC. ashamedD. astonished59. From the article, we can tell that the author is a ______ person.A. smartB. kind-heartedC. knowledgeableD. confident(B)Seek Out a Unique BeachVISITOregon. For sun and fun away from the crowed beaches of Florida, check out the Oregon coast and its 363 miles of gorgeous shoreline, stretching from the Columbia River south to the redwood forests of California. Every beach is public and free. “The coast i s a perfect place to watch sea lions sun themselves or simply see the mighty Pacific weaves crash in the sunset followed by a seafood feast in one of the busy fishing communities located between the coves（小海湾）,” says Bramblett. July and August aren’t peak gray whale migration season, but there’s still a good chance you could catch a glimpse of some of the 200 whales that spend the summers off the Oregon coast.SLEEPNext to a lighthouse. Imagine yourself an ancient mariner when you book a room overlooking thePacific Ocean at the Heceta Head Lighthouse Bed and Breakfast in Yachats, Oregon. The working lighthouse, which dated to 1894, cast a bright beam 21 miles out to sea, making it the brightest light on the Oregon coast. The cliff-top rooms at the Light K eeper’s home nearby aren’t cheap-you’ll sell out up to $ 385 for a weekend night during peak season (price includes a seven-course breakfast).BEW AREDangerous currents Unless you love cold water (or wear a wet suit), you may not wait to venture into the sea off the Oregon coast, even during the summer. But if you do, be prepared for the U.S. Lifesaving Association. Swim parallel to the beach until you’re no longer being pulled out to sea, then swim diagonally（成对角线地）toward the shore.BRINGBaby powder. Use a generous amount of baby powder to remove sand rom your hands, feet or hair. The powder quickly absorbs moisture, allowing sand to fall off easily.60. It can be inferred rom the section SLEEP that ______.A. the price of one night stay remains the same all the year aroundB. those who stay there can have a free access to the beach and the lighthouseC. those who want to stay there have to pay more during a tourist seasonD. the price includes the breakfast for seven people61. What is suggested by the leaflet if you want to enjoy your stay at the beach?A. Avoid wearing wet suits.B. Never dive into the cold water off the coast.C. Bring baby powder to protect your skin from sand scratches.D. Don’t swim straight toward the shore when there’re d angerous currents.62. Oregon coast will provide you with all the following experiences EXCEPT ______.A. a perfect view of sea lionsB. a mariner like stay in the more than 100-year-old lighthouseC. a seafood feast in the popular local communityD. sun and fun of the less crowed beach.(C)With the coming of big data age, data science is supposed to be starved for, of which the adaption can point a profound change in corporate competitiveness. Companies, both born in the digital era and traditional world are showing off their skills in data science. Therefore, it seems to have been creating a great demand for the experts of this type.Mr. Carlos Guestrin, machine learning professor from University of Washington argues that all software applications will need inbuilt intelligence within five years, making data scientists-people trained to analyze large bodies of information-key workers in this emerging “cognitive” technology economy. There are already critical applications that depend on machine learning, a subfield of data science, led by recommendation programs, fraud detection systems, forecasting tools and applications for predicting customer behavior.Many companies that are born digital-particularly internet companies that have a great number of real-time customer interactions to handle-are all-in when it comes to data science. Pinterest, for instance, maintains more than 100 machine learning models that could be applied to different classes of problems, and it constantly fields requests from managers eager to use this resource to deal with their business problem.The factors weighing on many traditional companies will be the high cost of mounting a serious machine-learning operation. Netflix is estimated to spend $ 150m a year on a single application and thetotal bill is probably four times that once all its uses of the technology are taken into account.Another problem for many non-technology companies is talent. Of the computer science experts who use Kaggle, only about 1,000 have deep learning skills, compared to 100,000 who can apply other machine learning techniques, says Mr. Goldbloom. He adds that even some big companies of this type are often reluctant to expand their pay scales to hire the top talent in this field.The biggest barrier to adapting to the coming era of “smart” applications, however, is likely to be cultural. Some companies, such as General Electric, have been building their own Silicon Valley presence to attract and develop the digital skills they will need.Despite the obstacles, some may master this difficult transition. But companies that were built, from the beginning, with data science at their center, are likely to represent serious competition.63. Which one is obstacle for many traditional companies to popularize learning operation?A. Technological problem.B. Expert crisis.C. High cost.D. Customer interactions.64. What can not be inferred from the passage about the machine learning?A. Machine learning operations are costly in Netflix.B. Machine learning plays an important role in existent applications.C. Machine learning experts are not highly paid in some non-technology companies.D. Machine learning models are not sufficient to solve business problems in Pinterest.65. What’s the author’s main purpose in writing this article?A. To point out the problems facing machine learning experts.B. To call on companies to cultivate more experts in data science.C. To tell the readers the present situation of data science.D. To advice non-technology companies to look beyond the advantages they face.66. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?A. Data science: A forefront force in tech businessB. Corporate competition: An obstacle to the transitionC. Machine learning: A key to smart technologyD. Technique experts: A decisive factor of the coming era.Section C (8分)Directions:Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box.There are a lot of different people in the world, but despite our differences we all want to get along. Humans are social beings, and we enjoy being treated nicely. 67 It is about treating people with respect and care.Be a good listener. To start a conversation, it is important to listen first, especially when you are in a group. Don’t indulge（放纵）yourself in instant chant when you have just arrived. Examine the situationand the conversation, and then say whatever you think fit. It is better to say something valuable, rather than something meaningless. 68 Don’t try to change people. It is not your job to change anyone else. It is not in your power to change anyone else. Let other people live how they want to live. 69 If you do not like how someone acts, you can arrange things so that you interact with them as little as possible. You can always maintain a good attitude towards them so that your relationship with them might be change.Keep a smile. A little laughter goes a long way, and a smile eases tensions, where a frown can create tensions. If someone teases you, try to laugh at it off. If someone is frowning, smile at them. Be mindful of your facial expression. If you are persistently and optimistic, people will cheer up when they are see you coming.70 Some people do not take hints. Some people do not read body language. For these people, it really works to j ust say, “I really want us to work well together. I will help you and back you up, and you help me and back me up.”IV. Summary Writing (10分)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:A Father’s Influence Makes for Better GradesAdolescents from low-income families in particular are more likely than their middle-class peers to underachieve and to drop out of school. Studies have shown that a positive attitude towards school work and the support and encouragement from their parents can help at-risk youngsters to overcome the economic barriers and lack of resources they face. Most of the evidence about the effects of parental involvement comes from research on mothers. Little is known, however, about how adolescents experience their fathers’ warmth and the beliefs and behaviors that are most affected by it.This new study is part of a larger one focusing on low-income families conducted in four middle schools in the southwestern United States. Data were analyzed from questionnaires completed by 183 sixth-graders about how optimistic and motivated they were about their schoolwork, and how they experienced their fathers. The questionnaires were completed primarily by respondents of Mexican American, African American and European American descent. Their maths and language arts grades were also obtained.Their findings show how fathers can support their teenagers in ways that result in greater optimism, self-efficacy, and, ultimately, higher achievement at school.These positive effects extend to both sons and daughters, while in different ways. Experiencing their father’s warmth first influences daughters’ sense of optimism, and then sp ills over into their feeling more determined and certain about their academic abilities. This in turn leads to better math grades. There is a more direct link between their fathers’ involvement and teenage boys’ belief in their ability to succeed on the academic front. This heightened self-confidence increased their success in English language arts classes.Suizzo suggests that counselors and educators should encourage fathers to communicate warmth and acceptance to their children, because of the positive influence these emotions have on their well-being.第II卷(共40分)V. Translation (15分)Directions:Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72. 这个城市近几年来发生了翻天覆地的变化。
2018届上海市各区高三英语一模试题汇编：阅读理解A篇（带答案已经校对）
2018届上海市各区⾼三英语⼀模试题汇编：阅读理解A篇（带答案已经校对）Section 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)Forty-t hree years ago, a man took a “small step” on the moon and brought mankind a “giant leap” forward. As the first person to walk on the moon, American astronaut Neil Armstrong is a man whose name will be remembered for generations to come.But being the first is never easy. With so many unknowns about space at that time, Armstrong himself was surprised that Apollo 11 actually worked. He thought he and his partners had only a 50 percent chance of a successful landing back in 1969.It was tough indeed. When the module(登⽉舱)was approaching the moon’s surface, the computer wanted to rest them on a steep slope covered with rocks, but Armstrong realized it was an unsafe place to stop.As a last minute decision, he safely landed the module by himself. When they finally touched the ground, “there was something like 20 seconds of fuel left,” he said in an interview earlier this year.Unfortunately, some people doubted his visit to the moon, saying it was faked. But Armstrong responded with a chuckle(轻声笑), saying: “It w as never a concern to me because I knew one day, somebody was going to go fly back up there and pick up that camera I left.”For all his global fame, Neil Armstrong is a remarkably modest man. He rarely gave interviews and didn’t like talking about his ach ievement. He stopped giving his signatures when he found that people sold them for thousands of dollars.“I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks but for the ledger(记账簿) of our daily work,” Armstrong said in a CBS interview in 2005. When asked how he felt knowing his footprints would be likely to stay on the moon’s surface for thousands of years, he said: “I kind of hope that somebody goes up there one of these days and cleans them up.”Armstrong passed away last month at the ag e of 82, but he will be remembered. “The next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of NeilArmstrong and give him a wink (眨眼⽰意),” his family said to Reuters.56. It can be inferred from the article that before his expedition to the moon, Armstrong __________.A. was certain that Apollo 11 would work wellB. believed the module would land safely on the moonC. had prepared himself to face possible failureD. planned to land the module on the moon by himself57. How did Armstrong respond when people doubted that he had been to the moon?A. He was angry.B. He was troubled by it.C. He tried to find evidence that they were wrong.D. He believed they would be proved wrong some day.58.By saying “I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks but for the ledger of our daily work”, Armstrong meant that __________.A. the more daily work you’ve done, the more easily you will be recognizedB. things that look spectacular are not as useful as ordinary successesC. achieving greatness can make other successes feel less importantD. everyday’s hard work is more appreciated than one successful moment59. Which of the following best describes Armstrong?A. He was ambitious.B. He tried to avoid the spotlight.C. He balanced his life and work well.D. He was talkative and loved telling jokes.Keys: 56-59: C D D BSection 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 read.( A )Post-00s is a documentary about growing up. It covers almost every aspect of mill ennials’ experiences on their path toward adolescence – their struggles with schoolwork, their relationship with peers, their confusion if a younger brother or sister is born into the family, and their growing desire to keep a distance from their parents. But this five-episode series was different from any other TV program with a similar theme.Post-00s was filmed over a period of 10 years, during which the show’s makers followed a group of kids from when they were infants through to when they became teenagers. In other words, the show’s “characters” grow older for real, and their stories are all real.“Coming-of-age” stories, as they’re known, have a special appeal. They satisfy our curiosity of looking at someone else’s life, and we become more and more attached to the characters as if we truly know them. And while we enjoy the truthfulness of the stories because nothing is set in advance, we also can’t help but feel the cruelty of reality. After all, there’s no re-writing of the script（剧本）and there’s no turning back – this is real life.This realness can also be seen in Boyhood, a 2014 film that won the Silver Bear award for best director at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. During a period of 12 years, the film follows the life of Mason Jr – played by US actor Ellar Coltrane – from when he was 6 to when he finished high school.One of Boyhood’s appeals comes from its “ordinariness”. Mason Jr isn’t some child genius... He is a quietly spoken, fairly typical American boy, growing up in the Texas suburbs. He likes riding his bike and playing video games.While coming-of-age stories may look ordinary on the outside, they often allow us to look underneath the surface and see something extraordinary – the power of life itself.56. In the documentary, we see post-00’s growing experience EXCEPT __________.A. how they deal with their studiesB. how they help look after brothers or sistersC. how they get along with people of their ageD. how much they long to be independent of their parents57. What do Post-00 and Boyhood have in common?A. They’re intended to win an award for best director.B. The heroes and heroines are characters themselves.C. They’re a kind of reality show of ordinary kids’ growth.D. The stories are based on true life but polished by writers.58. Audience are interested in “coming-of-age” stories because __________.A. they can see the truth of lifeB. they know the characters wellC. they are much fond of gossipD. they appreciate stories of daily life59. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?A. Post-00s are different geniusesB. Actors are ordinary charactersC. Documentary is real lifeD. Life is one big storyKeys: 56-59 DDBASection 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）When you think about coffee alternatives, garlic is probably one of the last things that comes to mind, but that is exactly the ingredient that one Japanese inventor used to create a drink that looks and tastes like coffee.74-year-old Yokitomo Shimotai, a coffee shop owner in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, claims that his unique “garlic coffee” is the result of a cooking blunder he made over 30 years ago, when he burned a steak and garlic while waiting tables at the same time. Intrigued by the scorched garlic’s aroma, he mashed it up with a spoon and mixed it with hot water. The resulting drink looked and tasted a lot like coffee. Making a mental note of his discovery, Yokimoto carried on with his job, and only started researching garlic coffee again after he retired.Committed to turning his weird drink into a commercial product, Yokitomo Shimotai spent years optimizing the formula, and about five years ago, he finally achieved a result he was satisfied with. To make his dissolvable garlic grounds, he roasts the cloves in an electric oven, and, after they’ve cooled off, smashes them into fine particles and packs them in dripbags.“My drink is probably the world’s first of its kind,”the garlic coffee inventor told Kyodo News. “It contains no caffeine so it’s good for those who would like to drink coffee at night orpregnant women.”“The bitterness of burned garlic apparently helps create the coffee-like flavor,” Shimotai adds. He claims that, although his garlic coffee does give off an aroma of roasted garlic, it doesn’t cause bad breath, because the garlic is thoroughly cooked. And if you can get past the smell, the drink apparently does taste a lot like actual coffee.If decaf isn’t good enough for you, and you’re in the mood for something new, you can try Yokitomo Shimotai’s garlic coffee at his shop, in the city of Ninohc, Iwate Prefecture, or buy your own dripbags for just 324 yen（$2.8）.56. Which word is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “blunder ” in the second paragraph?A. mistakeB. showC. mixtureD. brand57. Who is not suitable to drink garlic coffee?A. A woman bearing a baby.B. A student having trouble with sleep.C. A cleaner working on a day shift.D. A young lady sick of garlic.58. Which of the following is not characteristic of garlic coffee?A. It is caffeine-free.B. Garlic powder dissolves in water.C. The burnt garlic creates bitterness.D. It is an improvement on a garlic dish.59. Which of the following can be used to describe Yokitomo Shimotai?A. venturous and greedyB. innovative and perseverantC. hardworking and cautiousD. observant and helpfulKeys: 56-59 ADDBSection 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 read.( A )Companies Take Punitive Steps Against Smoker ,Overweight Workers(By Tim Jones)Get ready to say goodbye to the days of high-fat meals,junk food and that after-work cigarette you always enjoy smoking at-least if you intend to have a job and health insurance.The rule of the workplace are changing and personal behavior and lifestyle habits -those unrelated to what you do at work are -now fair game for employers determined to cut health-care costs. If you smoke ,you may not get hired and you could get fired,If you cholesterol is too high,you can pay higher premiums for you insurance .The same goes for blood pressure and body mass.The requirement accepted by a growing number of companies are encroaching on privacy and raising questions about who will qualify for health insurance ,as well as employment.The Cleveland Clinic on Sept.I started nicotine testing in pre-employment physicals .If nicotine is found ,applicants will not be hired.We -yco Inc,a company based in Lansing,Michigan,drew national attention in 2005 when it fired four employees who used tobacco .We-yco performs random testing every 3 months ,usually of about 30 employees .Workers are required to blow into a Breathalyzer-link device that measures carbon monoxide levels .If the reading is high ,employees are required to take a urine test.If they fail the urinalysis twice ,they will be dismissed.Although thousands of employees have put in place inspiration for their workers to live healthier lifestyles,the vast majority of employers have not yet adopted the approach of punishing employees who do not satisfy medical or behavioralrequirements.But punitive measures are gaining a foothold in the workplace,according to lawyer and groups that follow insurance and employment trends, because health-care costs are double-digit rates annually.Gray Climes ,vice president of Meritain Health Michigan ,which now owns We-yco, noted that firings did not violate Michigan law and that 150 employees at the Okemos-based company have ,over time ,accepted the rules . It really comes down to a personal choice as far as you want to be employe d here.”Climes said .Climes said that since 2005,when we-yco made the wellness policy that includes that the smoking ban ,health insurance costs have increased by 2 percent ayear,well below the national average.56.What is the author’s advice on getting employed?A. Paying high er premiums of health insurance.B. Quitting smoking and keeping away from junk foodC. Taking a urine test before applying for a good job.D. Studying hard and knowing more about the company.57.The italicized words encroaching on in the passage mean .A. enrichingB. recoveringC. protectingD. invading58.We-yco Ine,drew national attention in 2005 because .A. four of its employees were fired just for smokingB. four of its employees violated Michigan lawC. Its health insurance costs have increased rapidlyD. A device was used to measure carbon monoxide levels59.What is the most probable title of this passage?A. Health insurance costs are increasingB. urine tests are required for every employeeC. most of the employer get tough on healthD. employees are provided with good health careKeys:66-59 BDACSection 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)One of the most inspiring quotes I ever heard was by Brian Tracy. He said: “The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people fail many more times than unsuccessful people.” I personally experienced the wisdom of that understanding right after my first book was published. Like many authors, I expected hundreds of bookstore customerslining up for me to sign copies for them. I’m afraid to say, it didn’t quite happen like that.My first signing was arranged at the largest bookstore in the city. Filled with anticipation, I was put into a private signing room in the beautiful store. Despite a nice sign placed outside the room exhibiting images of both me and my book, not a single customer entered the room. As each minute passed, I became increasingly anxious.Do they not like the title? I wondered. Do they not like the book cover?After 90 minutes of this torture, I was absolutely distraught.For the four years writing the book, I had felt a sense of mission and purpose like never before in my life. Working a full 8-hour day in my clinic, I had to get into bed by 9:30 pm every day, so I could wake up at 5:30 in the morning and have two hours of writing before heading into my clinic. Before I ever began each writing session, I would close my eyes for 10 minutes and then whisper, “Please grant me the words to touch just one person’s life.”Now, sitting there alone at my first book signing, I wondered if my entire life wasn’t just a big joke. At t hat moment, just when I couldn’t feel any worse, a middle-aged couple walked into the room. I managed to hide my emotions and introduced myself and my book. There was something different about the way they were looking at me that I couldn’t quite identify. But I didn't know what else to say. The couple turned to each other, and the husband nodded to his wife. She then told me, “I think we’ll get the book.” My heart began to pound. But I realized the woman was trying to say something else.“The reason we’re buying it,” she said hesitantly, “is because our son committed suicide two years ago. Maybe your story will help us get over it.”At that moment, I knew if I never sold another copy of the book, my four years of writing it had served its purpose. Although I would have many more challenging years until my book caught on and sold well, this couple’s story was all the motivation I needed at that point to keep me moving ahead. Thanks to them, I would come to the realization that the greatest of lives are made all in the same way: One challenge... one hurdle... one step... and one small victory at a time.56. The writer quotes Brian Tracy to emphasize the importance of _________.A. conscienceB. successC. confidenceD. perseverance57. The word “distraught” (paragraph 4) probably means _____.A. bored and impatientB. cheerful and proudC. upset and disappointedD. miserable and ashamed58. What can be inferred from paragraph 5?A. The writer had to quit his job to make time for his writing.B. The writer was not sure about the purpose of his writing at first.C. The writing was completed with great self-discipline and efforts.D. The process of writing the book was full of pains and frustration.59. By saying “my four years of writing it had served its purpose”, the author probably meansthat __________.A. he had succeeded in selling his first book to the coupleB. he had managed to touch someone’s life with his bookC. he was quite satisfied with the feedback of his readersD. he had found someone who appreciated his writingKEYS: 56-59 DCCBSection BDirections:Read the following 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)Korean Americans at GBS High SchoolGlenbrook South (GBS) High School is in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is an award-winning school with a highly competent teaching staff. It has over 400 Asian Pacific. American students-over 17 percent of die students in the school. Of these, the majority are Korean American. This is very unusual in a state where Korean Americans are less than 1 percent of the population. The interactions of the Korean American students at UBS were the subject of an article in Asian Week magazine.Different Korean American students react differently to being in a high school were most students are white. Professor Pyong Gap Min, an expert on Korean life in America, believes that Korean Americans in this situation can sometimes feel inhibited or ashamed of their Koreanidentity. Asian Week interviewed a number of GBS students, and each had a different attitude. Alice 18 years oldI used to spend time only with Korean American friends Although I felt secure with those friends, I found myself motivated to form closer relationship with non-Koreans, too. I felt I was missing out on new experiences and challenges.Paul 16 years oldI have some Korean American friends, but I spend most of my time with white friends. I’m often the only Asian American in the group, but I don’t mind. What I like about the white culture is that I can be more radical. I can be as loud and funny as I want to be. I don’t see as much of that among the Asian students.John 17 years oldIn junior high school, most of my friends were white. After coming to GBS, my sense of my Korean American identity was restored, and I decided to have mainly Korean American friends. I feel that my Korean American friends and I mainly understand each other better. For example, we understand about severe parental pressures to succeed at school; I felt my white friends couldn’t really understand.Without belittle(轻视）the importance of what these students had to say, it’s imp ortant to remember that their opinions at this phase of their lives ate bound to change as they grow into adulthood. But these honest opinions can help us better understand issues of culture relations, and their honesty might help Americans from different cultural groups to get along better in the future.56. The passage mainly discusses .A. how Korean American students interact among themselves and with othersB. why Illinois is a very special stateC. how an Illinois high school welcomes Korean American studentsD. different opinions of the friends of Korean American students57. Which statement best summarizes Alice's attitude?A. She feels that her white friends don’t rea lly understand herB. She likes her Korean American friends but wants to have non-Korean friends too.C. She feels she is missing out on experiences with her Korean American fiends.。
上海市奉贤区2018届高三上学期期末调研测试英语试卷(含答案)
奉贤区2017学年第一学期期末质量调研测试高三英语试卷I.ListeningComprehension Section 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. interviewer and interviewee. B. teacher and student.C. doctor and nurse.D. boss and secretary.2. A. 9:00. B. 9:10. C. 9:30. D. 9:35.3. A. pass the journal. B. listen to the woman.C. repeat his request.D. take the journal himself.4. A. exciting. B. disappointing.C. interesting.D. satisfactory.5. A. to make a budget for her. B. to buy a gift for Mary.C. to give her mother information about Mary.D. to give some suggestions.6. A. he wants to finish his study. B. he wants to earn a lot of money.C. he wants to finish his study.D. he wants to have a good rest.7. A. The woman should not get involved in the situation.B. The woman should not be angry with the friends.C. he will explain to the woman what happened.D. he will talk to Sally and Mark soon.8. A. good weather tomorrow. B. the vacation plan.C. getting up early in the morning.D. possible heavy traffic.9. A. interested. B. fascinated. C. hostile. D. reluctant.10. A. intelligence determines admission to college.B. highly motivated students usually do well in college.C. successful college students are usually intelligent.D. a successful college motivates its students.Section BQuestions 11 through 13 are based on the following news.11. A. two terms. B. three terms. C. four terms. D. five terms.12. A. because he had been a policeman.B. because he earned a law degree in a night school.C. because they had formed a good opinion of him.D. because there was a large population of black people in Los Angeles.13. A. they want people in Los Angeles voted.B. an introduction about Thomas Bradley, major of Los Angeles.C. the reasons why white candidates failed in the vote.D. something Thomas Bradley did for the vote.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. he has more than fourteen pills a day. B. he has two pills a day.C. he has four times a day.D. he has nine pills a day.15. A. all of them. B. three kinds of medicine.C. two kinds of medicine.D. almost none.16. A. children over twelve years old. B. older people with a fever.C. old people with heart attack.D. adults with a cold.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. she has made an attempt to become pregnant.B. she has requested her supervisor to transfer her to another department.C. she has bought the new equipment for the laboratory.D. she has complained to the government about the issue.18. A. because the new equipment is not available now.B. because the patient has made too many complains.。
2018届上海市各区高三英语一模试卷题型分类专题汇编--中英翻译--学生版(已校对)
V. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72. 熬夜大大影响健康。
(affect)73. 等他明年回来，这个体育馆就建好了。
(by the time)74. 从长远来看，你的知识面越广，就越有能力应付工作中的问题。
(capable)75. 据信，过分溺爱孩子会不知不觉地造成孩子的坏脾气，甚至缺乏自理能力。
(It)V. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72. 选举的结果很快便在全世界传播开了。
(spread)73. 警察告知了他们那场导致他们儿子受伤的交通事故。
(which)74. 太多的数据会使我们很难判断错误是由哪个数据引起的。
(difficult)75. 任何处理复杂问题的人都可能因为没有全面了解挑战而受到指责，虽然事先了解一切是不可能的。
(blame)V. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72.为了安全起见，小孩不应该被单独留在家里。
(leave)73.深深吸了一口气，他面带微笑地走上了舞台。
(with)74.一个人待人处世的方式能反映出他是怎样的人。
(the way)75.只有当一系列奇数问题得到解决，到 2025 年，新能源汽车才能占汽车销量的百分之二十。
(Only)V. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72. .让我大吃一惊的是他的态度转变的如此之快。
2018年上海市奉贤区中考英语一模试卷(解析版)
2018年上海市奉贤区中考英语一模试卷一、Choose the best answer （选择最恰当的答案）（共20分）1．（1分）Which of the following word matches the sound[θru：]？（）A．though B．through C．thought D．thorough2．（1分）Alisa is such_______ honest student that she is often praised by her teachers．（）A．a B．an C．the D．/3．（1分）The lift in our building suddenly broke down and we got trapped_______floors．（）A．in B．on C．between D．among4．（1分）The high﹣speed rail train"FuXing"can run at a speed of over _______kilometers an hour．（）A．three hundred B．three hundredsC．three hundred of D．three hundreds of5．（1分）﹣﹣﹣How soon will you leave？I'm not sure，probably in______ten minutes．（）A．Other B．others C．another D．the other6．（1分）The doctor gave me some useful ______on how to improve my physical health．（）A．suggestion B．message C．medicineD．advice7．（1分）Please practice playing the violin regularly，______you will improve your skills．（）A．and B．or C．but D．so8．（1分）The music my cousin has just played sounds really______．I enjoyed every minute of it．（）A．beautifully B．well C．wonderful D．gently9．（1分）After so many experiments，Susan was finally awarded_____ scientist of the year．（）A．creative B．more creativeC．most creative D．the most creative10．（1分）Angela needs to download"Translating App"when she visits Spain．She_____ speak asingle Spanish word．（）A．mustn't B．can't C．needn't D．shouldn't11．（1分）﹣﹣﹣_____do you usually visit your grandparents？﹣﹣﹣We used to visit them once a month．But now we go to see them twice a month．A．How far B．How long C．How often D．How soon12．（1分）Joan can't join us．She for the lesson she will have next week．（）A．prepares B．will prepare C．is preparing D．prepared13．（1分）1didn't pick up Lucy at the airport，she____by the time I arrived．（）A．has left B．will leave C．left D．had left14．（1分）A lot of new houses____in this large open area in the past five years．A．are built B．have been builtC．were built D．will be built15．（1分）﹣Would you like to go to the cinema with us tonight？﹣﹣﹣Thank you，but I would rather____at home and watch the Realty Show on TV．（）A．stay B．to stay C．staying D．stayed16．（1分）Many young people spend much of their spare time____online．（）A．chat B．to chat C．chatting D．chatted17．（1分）____important memory is!We cannot work well without it．（）A．How B．How an C．What D．What an18．（1分）Could you please tell me _________？（）A．how can I get to the supermarketB．how could I get to the supermarketC．how I can get to the supermarketD．how I could get to the supermarket19．（1分）﹣﹣﹣1was ill and missed many classes．I don't know how to keep up with my classmates．_________________________．（）A．Don't worry．I'll help youB．That's all rightC．I don't feel like itD．I'm afraid I have no time20．（1分）﹣﹣﹣I'm terribly sorry that I laughed at you this afternoon．﹣﹣﹣_______，but please don't make fun of others next time．A．All right B．No problemC．Never mind D．With pleasure二、Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once （将下列单词或词组填入空格．每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8 分）21．（4分）A）health B）regular C）everyday D）diet E）repairIt is said that the eyes are the windows to our soul．However，to have healthy eyes，you have to look after them properly．Your eyes need（21）attention．First，you have to pay more attention to your（22）．Have more fresh fruits，vegetables，fish，eggs and milk．Ifs good for your eyes．Besides，a regular amount of Vitamins A and B2should also be taken．Second，you must have a（23）and sound sleep．It relaxes the eye muscles and gives them the rest required．Sleep can help the body to（24）its tired tissues（组织）．Usually，you must sleep for at least seven to eight hours every day．Loss of sleep can give you dark circles under the eyes．22．（4分）A）harmful B）working on C）helpful D）exerciseE）directlyNext，it's necessary for you to（25）your eyes every day．Blink your eyes at regular periods to make the eyeballs watery，and give them a good wash．Last，you should use your eyes correctly．For example，if a small thing goes into your eye，don't start rubbing it．Rubbing is（26）to your eyes．Don't read or write in poor or bright sunlight because sunlight can cause eye tiredness．Remember to use sunglasses to stop the sunshine from shining（27）into your eyes．Too much reading，writing，watching television or（28）the computer can also cause eye tiredness，so a good rest is required．Take care of God's most beautiful gift!三、Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms （用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词）（共8分）23．（1分）My workmate won first prize in the City Half Marathon when he was in his．（fifty）24．（1分）The school uniforms in their school are usually designed by students （they）25．（1分）We should make full use of science and technology to enjoy a life，（colour）26．（1分）To improve your writing skills，you'd better a habit of reading．（development）27．（1分）Airships use much fuel than planes，so they are better for the environment，（little）28．（1分）His homework was done so there were few mistakes in it．（careful ）29．（1分）She is a woman with a strong．Once she has made a decision，no one can changeher mind，（person）30．（1分）He has for his carelessness several times，but she still seemsunhappy，（apology）四、Rewrite the following sentences as required （根据所给要求，改写下列句子．每空格限填一词）（共14分）31．（2分）Shanghai Disney Resort welcomed over a million tourists last year．（改为一般疑问句）Shanghai Disney Resort over a million tourists last year？32．（2分）Frame sizes are varied to make the strip more interesting．（对划线部分提问）frame sizes varied？33．（2分）Her youngest son knows nothing about his hometown．（改为反义疑问问）Her youngest son knows nothing about his hometown，？34．（2分）You can buy train tickets from the station．You can also buy them on the Internet．（合并一句）You can buy train tickets from the stationon the Internet．35．（2分）The maths problem was too difficult for anybody to work out．（保持句意基本不变）The maths problem was difficult that could work it out．36．（2分）Mary wrote a letter in English to her pen﹣pal in t he US•（改成被动语态）A letter in English to her pen﹣pal in the US by Mary．37．（2分）green consumers，let's，and，a better life，enjoy，on the Earth，be，（连词成句）．五、阅读理解38．（12分）I teach economics in a university three times per week．Last Monday，at the beginning of class，I asked my students how their weekend had been．Oneyoung man said that his weekend had not been so good．He had his wisdom teeth removed．Then he went on to ask me why I always seemed to be so cheerful．His question reminded me of something I'd read somewhere before：Every morning when you get up，you have a choice about how you want to live that day．I said，"I choose to be cheerful．，"Let me give you an example，"I continued．"Besides teaching here，I also teach at a college in Henderson，17miles down the freeway from where I live．One day a few weeks ago，I exited the freeway and turned onto College Drive．I only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the college．But just then my car died．I tried to start it again，but the engine wouldn't work．So I put my flashes on，took my books，and walked down the road to the college．As soon as I got there，I called AAA （汽车协会）and asked for a tow truck to meet me at my car after class．The secretary there asked me what had happened．"This is my lucky day，"I replied，smiling．"Your car breaks down and today is your lucky day？What do you mean？""My car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway．It didn't，"I replied．"Instead，it broke down at the perfect place：off the freeway，within walking distance of here．I'm still able to teach my class，and I've been able to ask for the tow truck to meet me after class!If my car was meant to break down today，it couldn't have been arranged in a more convenient way．"I ended my story．In spite of （尽管）the early hour，no one in my class seemed to be asleep．Somehow，my story had touched them．44．The writer of this story is a．A．traffic policemanB．university teacherC．secretary at AAAD．a professional writer45．In the young man's eyes，the writer was．A．a happy personB．a lucky manC．a rich manD．a good driver46．The writer when his car broke down that day．A．complained for a long timeB．called AAA for help at onceC．waited there for someone's helpD．walked to his workplace47．The secretary must have felt when she heard the writer said"This is my lucky day．A．pleasedB．surprisedC．disappointedD．excited48．The writer meant by saying"This is my lucky day．''A．he was just a little bit late for work that dayB．there were no big problems with his carC．everything still went well although his car diedD．it was great that his car died49．We can learn from the story that．A．it's important to keep your car in good conditionB．we should learn to be positive in times of troubleC．teachers need special skills to give good lessonsD．personal experiences can touch a person's heart．39．（12分）How do you get on with your teachers？Every day，we spend hours with our teachers at school．We learn from them and they teach us to （50）be good people．The relationship between students and teachers is very important．Teachers care about our studies and lives，and it seems they know everything about the（51）they teach．They also have the right to decide （52）should be the class leader or represent the class to take part in the activities．So many students want to be the teachers*pets．We show teachers great respect．In class，we obey the rules and keep quiet if the teacher doesn't ask us to speak．We （53 ）have opinions．different from our teachers'．When they make a mistake，we are afraid to point it out．Some of usdon't want to contact teachers after class because we don't want to bother them．At American schools，the situation is a little different．Teachers and students are more likefriends．Calling a teacher by his or her name is common．In class，Students（54）their opinions freely and challenge teachers whenthey don't agree．If it（55）that a teacher made a mistake，the teacher will say"（56）''in front of the whole class．Students and teachers also communicate through email，Facebook or Twitter after class．They chat about studies and life experiences．Teachers are like our parents and our friends．So we shouldrespect our teachers．51．A）studies B）subjects C）stories D）suggestions 52．A）what B）which C））who D）how53．A）often B）sometimes C）almost D）hardly54．A）express B）explain C）expect D）excuse55．A）takes out B）turns out C）comes out D）puts out56．A）OK B）thanks C）sorry D）yes．40．（14分）Have you ever eaten at a restaurant that seizes Western food？If so，do you remember what the menu looked like？Western restaurant menus are quite different from Chinese restaurant menus．But how are they different？Most Western restaurant menus do not have as many p（57）as Chinese ones do．In some fancy Western restaurants，the menus might not have any pictures at all．But most Western menus show a list of ingredients for each dish．If you order a burger，the menu might tell you that the burger has cheese，ketchup and mustard 0Y末）．The menu can also tell you how the food is cooked﹣﹣﹣for example，（58）w it is fried orsteamed．Western restaurants use many different methods to design their menus and make themmore （59）a．In fact，there is a whole industry called"menu engineering"，according to theBBC．Menu engineers are experts at designing menus．Their menus can（60）i sales andinfluence customers'thoughts．A well﹣designed menu can encourage customers to eat certain dishes．It can （61）emake them believe that your restaurant's food is of higher quality，thought they might haven'teaten the food．For example，using descriptive （描述性的）words（62）s "juicy"or"cheesy"can helpdishes sell better．Instead of just writing"steak"in their menu，a restaurant might write"sizzlingsteak"．This makes the steak sound more delicious．Also，it is （63）k that people pay the most attention to items placed at the top of a page．This is the best place for dishes that you want to promote．As you can see，menus are not just simple lists of food!41．（12分）Answer the questions （根据以下内容回答问题）When taking an elevator，do you often push the"Close"button？You hope by pushing it，the elevator door will close faster．But what if the button is actually fake（假的）？Karen Penafiel is the executive director（执行董事）of the US'NationalElevator Industry．She said that elevators'"close"buttons are a complete trick，at least in the US，and that doors will not close any faster despite how hard you push．In the 1990s the Americans with Disabilities Act （《美国残疾人法案》）was passed in the US．It means all elevators have to stay open long enough to allow disabled people to enter．Only US firefighters and elevator workers can really use the buttons with special keys．But the buttons aren't completely useless．According to psychologists（心、理学家），fake buttons can make you feel better．They give you a sense of control that can help reduce stress．That's why some other buttons in our lives are fake，too，■For example，many offices in the US have fake thermostats（温控器）．People may feel better when they think they can control the temperature in their workspace．You were told that traffic light buttons could help make the traffic signals change faster．But they may not really work either．However，even when people know these little"white lies"，they still push fake buttons．As long as the doors finally close，it seems worthy，John Kounios is a psychology professor at Drexel University in the US．He told The New York Times that he always pushes the traffic light buttons．"After all，I've got nothing else to do while waiting．So why not push the button on the off chance that this one will work？"64．The"close"buttons of the elevators in the US don't really work，do they？65．What do people hope when they push the"close"button in an elevator？66．Who can really use the"close"buttons of elevators in the US according to the passage？67．Why do the fake buttons make people feel better？68．What other examples does the passage show that fake buttons aren't completely useless？69．Will you push the fake buttons next time when you take the elevator or wait at the traffic lights？Why or why not？．六、Writing （作文）：（共20分）42．（15分）Write at least 60words on the topic"Imagine 2020"（以"畅想2020 年"为题，写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格）未来已来，请发挥你的想象力，畅想2020年你的生活中会有哪些令人欣喜的变化．（注意：短文中不得出现任何人名．校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分．）The following is for reference only （以下表达仅供参考）enjoybe more convenientnot…any longer．2018年上海市奉贤区中考英语一模试卷参考答案与试题解析一、Choose the best answer （选择最恰当的答案）（共20分）1．（1分）Which of the following word matches the sound[θru：]？（）A．though B．through C．thought D．thorough【分析】下面哪个词的音标是[θru：]？【解答】答案：B．though的音标是[ðəʊ]；through的音标是[θru：]；thought的音标是[θɔ：t]；thorough的音标是[ˈθʌrə]；因此可知through的音标与给出的音标一样，故选B．2．（1分）Alisa is such_______ honest student that she is often praised by her teachers．（）A．a B．an C．the D．/【分析】爱丽丝是这样一个诚实的学生以致于她经常被她的老师们表扬．【解答】答案：B．a ，an，the．三者都是冠词．a，an 是不定冠词，表泛指，译为"一个"，a用在辅音音素开头的单词前面；an用于以元音音素开头的单词前；the是定冠词，翻译为"这，那，这些，那些"．因honest 是以元音音素开头的单词，故用an ，由题干"爱丽丝是这样一个诚实的学生以致于她经常被她的老师们表扬．"可知，故答案应选择B．3．（1分）The lift in our building suddenly broke down and we got trapped_______floors．（）A．in B．on C．between D．among【分析】我们大楼的电梯突然坏了，我们被困在两层楼之间．【解答】答案：C 分析句子，结合选项，推测意思是我们大楼的电梯突然坏了，我们被困在两层楼之间．这里两层楼之间用between，故选C．4．（1分）The high﹣speed rail train"FuXing"can run at a speed of over _______kilometers an hour．（）A．three hundred B．three hundredsC．three hundred of D．three hundreds of【分析】高铁列车"复兴号"可以以每小时三百公里的速度行驶．【解答】答案：A 分析句子，结合选项，推测意思是高铁列车"复兴号"可以以每小时三百公里的速度行驶．前面是具体的数词three，后接hundred的单数，故选A．其它表达是错误的．5．（1分）﹣﹣﹣How soon will you leave？I'm not sure，probably in______ten minutes．（）A．Other B．others C．another D．the other【分析】你要多久才能离开？我不确定，可能再过十分钟吧．【解答】答案：C 分析句子，结合选项，推测意思是你要多久才能离开？我不确定，可能再过十分钟吧．这里another+ten minutes意思相当于ten more minutes，故选C．A另外的，B其他人，D两者中的另外一个．6．（1分）The doctor gave me some useful ______on how to improve my physical health．（）A．suggestion B．message C．medicineD．advice【分析】医生给了我一些有益于改善身体健康的建议．【解答】答案：D．考查名词．A建议，可数名词（应该用复数）．B消息．C药．D 建议．结合语境"医生给了我一些有益于改善身体健康的__．"．可知，应该是"建议"，some修饰不可数名词advice．选D．7．（1分）Please practice playing the violin regularly，______you will improve your skills．（）A．and B．or C．but D．so【分析】请经常练习小提琴，你会提高你的技能．【解答】答案：Aand和，表示并列；or 否则，或者；but但是；so所以；根据句意：请经常练习小提琴，你会提高你的技能．是并列的关系故选，故选A．8．（1分）The music my cousin has just played sounds really______．I enjoyed every minute of it．（）A．beautifully B．well C．wonderful D．gently【分析】我表弟演奏的音乐听起来实在优美，我从头到尾都很欣赏．【解答】答案：C 分析句子，结合选项，推测意思是我表弟演奏的音乐听起来实在优美，我从头到尾都很欣赏．前面是系动词sounds，后接形容词，故选C优美的．A漂亮地，副词，B好地，副词，D温柔地．9．（1分）After so many experiments，Susan was finally awarded_____ scientist of the year．（）A．creative B．more creativeC．most creative D．the most creative【分析】经过多次实验，苏珊终于被评为今年最具创造力的科学家．【解答】答案：D 分析句子，结合选项，推测意思是经过多次实验，苏珊终于被评为今年最具创造力的科学家．后面of the year是比较的范围，用最高级，故选D．10．（1分）Angela needs to download"Translating App"when she visits Spain．She_____ speak asingle Spanish word．（）A．mustn't B．can't C．needn't D．shouldn't【分析】当安吉拉访问西班牙的时候，她需要下载"翻译程序"．她不可能说一种单一的西班牙语言．【解答】答案：B．can't ：不能（表示能力）；不可能（表示推测）．mustn't ：禁止．shouldn't ：不应该（表示责备）；应该不，应该没有（表示推测）．needn't ：不必，没有必要．由上句Angela needs to download"Translating App"when she visits Spain 当安吉拉访问西班牙的时候，她需要下载"翻译程序"．应该是她不可能，应该用can′t．由题干"当安吉拉访问西班牙的时候，她需要下载"翻译程序"．她不可能说一种单一的西班牙语言．"可知，故答案应选择B ..11．（1分）﹣﹣﹣_____do you usually visit your grandparents？﹣﹣﹣We used to visit them once a month．But now we go to see them twice a month．A．How far B．How long C．How often D．How soon【分析】﹣﹣你多久去看望你的祖父母一次？﹣﹣我们过去一个月去看他们一次，但现在我们每个月去看他们两次．【解答】答案：C．考查疑问词组．how far多远，对距离提问．how long多久，对一段时间或长度提问．how often多久，对频率提问．how soon "多快/多久以后"，其后用in加一段时间来回答．结合语境"我们过去一个月去看他们一次，但现在我们每个月去看他们两次．"，可知，对频率提问用疑问词组how often．选C．12．（1分）Joan can't join us．She for the lesson she will have next week．（）A．prepares B．will prepare C．is preparing D．prepared【分析】琼不能加入我们，她正在准备下周要上的课．【解答】答案：C．现在进行时表示此时此刻正在进行的动作，其构成是：am/is/are+现在分词．根据"Joan can't join us．"琼不能加入我们，结合给出的四个选项，因此可知这句话的意思是"琼不能加入我们，她正在准备下周要上的课．"故选C．13．（1分）1didn't pick up Lucy at the airport，she____by the time I arrived．（）A．has left B．will leave C．left D．had left【分析】我在飞机场没有接到露西，我到达的时候她已经走了．【解答】答案：D．过去完成时表示在过去的某个动作或时间之前发生或完成的动作，其构成是：had+过去分词．根据"by the time I arrived．"我到达的时候是一个过去的动作，by the time意思是"在…之前"在我达到之前，所以要用过去完成时来填空，因此可知这句话的意思是"我在飞机场没有接到露西，我到达的时候她已经走了．"故选D．14．（1分）A lot of new houses____in this large open area in the past five years．A．are built B．have been builtC．were built D．will be built【分析】在过去的五年里在这个大的开放地区很多新房子已经被建造了．【解答】答案：B 分析句子，结合选项，推测意思是在过去的五年里在这个大的开放地区很多新房子已经被建造了．动作发生在过去，对现在造成的影响，用现在完成时，且主语是动作的承受者，用现在完成时的被动语态，结构是have/has been done，主语是复数，故选B．15．（1分）﹣Would you like to go to the cinema with us tonight？﹣﹣﹣Thank you，but I would rather____at home and watch the Realty Show on TV．（）A．stay B．to stay C．staying D．stayed【分析】今晚你愿意和我们一起去看电影吗？谢谢你，但我宁愿呆在家在电视上观看电视节目the Realty Show．【解答】答案：A 分析句子，结合选项，推测意思是今晚你愿意和我们一起去看电影吗？谢谢你，但我宁愿呆在家在电视上观看电视节目the Realty Show．考查短语would rather do，故选A．16．（1分）Many young people spend much of their spare time____online．（）A．chat B．to chat C．chatting D．chatted【分析】许多年轻人把大部分空闲时间花在网上聊天上．【解答】答案：C 分析句子，结合选项，推测意思是许多年轻人把大部分空闲时间花在网上聊天上．考查短语spend time doing，故选C．17．（1分）____important memory is!We cannot work well without it．（）A．How B．How an C．What D．What an【分析】记忆是多么重要啊！没有它我们就不能工作．【解答】答案：D 分析句子，结合选项，推测意思是记忆是多么重要啊！没有它我们就不能工作．这是一个感叹句，修饰的中心词是一个可数名词memory，前面被形容词important修饰，故用what，因important是以元音音素开头的单词，故前面加冠词an，故选D．how修饰的中心词是形容词．18．（1分）Could you please tell me _________？（）A．how can I get to the supermarketB．how could I get to the supermarketC．how I can get to the supermarketD．how I could get to the supermarket【分析】你能告诉我我怎么到达超市吗？【解答】答案：C．空格前面的词语是tell me，结合给出的四个选项，因此可知这句话考查的宾语从句，在宾语从句中要用陈述语序，因此可知这句话的意思是"你能告诉我我怎么到达超市吗？" can表示现在的能力，could表示过去的能力，故选C．19．（1分）﹣﹣﹣1was ill and missed many classes．I don't know how to keep up with my classmates．_________________________．（）A．Don't worry．I'll help youB．That's all rightC．I don't feel like itD．I'm afraid I have no time【分析】我生病了，错过了很多课，我不知道如何赶上我的同学．别担心，我将帮助你．【解答】答案：A 分析句子，结合选项，推测意思是我生病了，错过了很多课，我不知道如何赶上我的同学．别担心，我将帮助你．故选A别担心，我将帮助你．B 没关系，C我不想要它，D恐怕我没有时间．20．（1分）﹣﹣﹣I'm terribly sorry that I laughed at you this afternoon．﹣﹣﹣_______，but please don't make fun of others next time．A．All right B．No problemC．Never mind D．With pleasure【分析】﹣﹣非常抱歉今天下午我嘲笑你．﹣﹣没关系，不过下次不要再取笑别人了．【解答】答案：C．考查交际用语．A好的．B没问题．C没关系．D很荣幸．结合语境"非常抱歉今天下午我嘲笑你．"．可知，应该是"没关系"．选C．二、Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once （将下列单词或词组填入空格．每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8 分）21．（4分）A）health B）regular C）everyday D）diet E）repairIt is said that the eyes are the windows to our soul．However，to have healthy eyes，you have to look after them properly．Your eyes need（21）C attention．First，you have to pay more attention to your（22）D．Have more fresh fruits，vegetables，fish，eggs and milk．Ifs good for your eyes．Besides，a regular amount of Vitamins A and B2should also be taken．Second，you must have a（23）B and sound sleep．It relaxes the eye muscles and gives them the rest required．Sleep can help the body to（24）E its tired tissues （组织）．Usually，you must sleep for at least seven to eight hours every day．Loss of sleep can give you dark circles under the eyes．【分析】本文介绍怎样保护我们的心灵之窗﹣﹣﹣眼睛．【解答】21．C．形容词考查．结合attention前面用形容词来修饰，结合句意眼睛需要日常的关注，故答案是C．22．D．名词考查．to后加名词，结合后文Have more fresh fruits，vegetables，fish，eggs and milk是说饮食diet．故答案是D．23．B．形容词考查．结合and sound sleep这里用形容词regular规律的，故答案是B．24．E．动词考查．结合help the body to用help sb to do sth帮助某人做某事，结合its tired tissues用repair修复，故答案是E．22．（4分）A）harmful B）working on C）helpful D）exercise E）directlyNext，it's necessary for you to（25）D your eyes every day．Blink your eyes at regular periods to make the eyeballs watery，and give them a good wash．Last，you should use your eyes correctly．For example，if a small thing goes into your eye，don't start rubbing it．Rubbing is（26）A to your eyes．Don't read or write in poor or bright sunlight because sunlight can cause eye tiredness．Remember to use sunglasses to stop the sunshine from shining（27）E into your eyes．Too much reading，writing，watching television or（28）B the computer can also cause eye tiredness，so a good rest is required．Take care of God's most beautiful gift!【分析】本文介绍怎样保护上帝给我们的最好的礼物﹣﹣﹣眼睛．【解答】25．D．动词考查．结合it's necessary for you to联想到it's+adj+for sb+to do sth对于某人来说做某事是怎样的，这里缺少动词，结合句意用动词exercise 锻炼，故选D．26．A．动词短语考查．结合don't start rubbing it可知不要揉眼睛，可知揉眼睛不好，有害，故harmful，结合be harmful to对……有害，故选A．27．E．副词考查．结合Remember to use sunglasses to stop the sunshine from shining 是说带上墨镜是为了让太阳直射眼睛，故用副词directly直接的，故答案是E．28．B．短语考查．结合the computer 用短语work on，结合reading，writing，watching television 用动名词形式，故选B．三、Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms （用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词）（共8分）23．（1分）My workmate won first prize in the City Half Marathon when he was in his fifties．（fifty）【分析】我的同事在他50多岁的时候在城市半程马拉松比赛中赢得了第一名．【解答】答案：fifties 根据提示，推测意思是我的同事在他50多岁的时候在城市半程马拉松比赛中赢得了第一名．这里用in one's fifties表示某人50几岁的时候，故答案是fifties．24．（1分）The school uniforms in their school are usually designed by students themselves（they）【分析】他们学校的校服通常由学生自己设计．【解答】答案：themselves 根据提示，推测意思是他们学校的校服通常由学生自己设计．前面是介词by，故这里需要they的反身代词，故答案是themselves．25．（1分）We should make full use of science and technology to enjoy a colourful life，（colour）【分析】我们应该充分利用科学技术享受丰富多彩的生活．【解答】答案：colourful．考查形容词．句意"我们应该充分利用科学技术享受___生活．"．可知，修饰名词life生活．用形容词"丰富多彩的"．填colourful．26．（1分）To improve your writing skills，you'd better develop a habit of reading．（development）【分析】为了提高你的写作能力，你最好养成阅读的习惯．【解答】答案：develop 考查单词填空．根据题干：had better do 最好做某事，后面要用动词原型，development是名词，动词是develop．27．（1分）Airships use much less fuel than planes，so they are better for the environment，（little）【分析】飞艇使用的燃料比飞机少得多，所以它们对环境来说是更好的．【解答】答案：less．考查比较级．句意"飞艇使用的燃料比飞机少得多，所以它们对环境来说是更好的．"．由than比，可知，两者比较，用little的比较级less 更少．28．（1分）His homework was carefully done so there were few mistakes in it．（careful ）【分析】他的家庭作业做的很仔细，所以作业里就很少的错误．【解答】答案：carefully．根据there were few mistakes in it．很少的错误．结合给出的英语提示以及空格后面的词语是动词，所以要用副词来修饰动词，因此可知这句话的意思是"他的家庭作业做的很仔细，所以作业里就很少的错误．"故填carefully．29．（1分）She is a woman with a strong personality．Once she has made a decision，no one can changeher mind，（person）【分析】她是一个具有很强个性的女人，一旦她做出了决定，就没有人能够改变她的主意．【解答】答案：personality．根据"Once she has made a decision，no one can change her mind"personality．一旦她做出了决定，就没有人能够改变她的主意．给出的词语的意思是"人"空格前面的词语是形容词strong，所以要用名词来填空，结合后半部分句子的意思，因此可知这句话的意思是"她是一个具有很强个性的女人"故填personality．30．（1分）He has apologized for his carelessness several times，but she still seems unhappy，（apology）【分析】他已经就粗心大意道歉好几次了，但是她仍然看起来不高兴．【解答】答案：apologized．根据给出的词语是动词，er空格前面的词语是has，因此可知这句话考查的是现在完成时，现在完成时的构成是"have/has+过去分词"因此可知这句话的意思是"他已经就粗心大意道歉好几次了，但是她仍然看起来不高兴．"故填apologized．四、Rewrite the following sentences as required （根据所给要求，改写下列句子．每空格限填一词）（共14分）31．（2分）Shanghai Disney Resort welcomed over a million tourists last year．（改为一般疑问句）Did Shanghai Disney Resort welcome over a million tourists last year？【分析】﹣﹣上海迪士尼度假村去年接待了一百万多名游客．﹣﹣上海迪士尼度假村去年接待了一百万多名游客吗？【解答】答案：Did；welcome．考查一般疑问句．由last year去年．可知，一般过去时态，含有实意动词，变一般疑问句在句首用助动词did．谓语动词用原形welcome．答案是Did；welcome．32．（2分）Frame sizes are varied to make the strip more interesting．（对划线部分提问）Why are frame sizes varied？【分析】框大小不一是为了使这条线更有趣．为什么框大小不一？【解答】答案：Why are考查句型转换．句意：框大小不一是为了使这条线更有趣．为什么框大小不一？根据题干可知划线部分是为了使这条线更有趣．句子为一般现在时．提问应该问为什么框大小不一？why开头．be动词是are．故答案为Why are．33．（2分）Her youngest son knows nothing about his hometown．（改为反义疑问问）Her youngest son knows nothing about his hometown，doesn't he？【分析】她最小的儿子对他的家乡一无所知．她最小的儿子对他的家乡一无所知，对吗？【解答】答案：doesn't he 考查句型转换．句意：她最小的儿子对他的家乡一无所知，对吗？根据题干改为反义疑问问，可知原句是一般现在时，主语是Her youngest son ，第三人称单数，所以用人称代词he，所以用助动词does，前一部分用肯定式，后一部分一般用否定式，故答案为doesn't he．34．（2分）You can buy train tickets from the station．You can also buy them on the Internet．（合并一句）You can buy train tickets either from the stationon or the Internet．【分析】你可以从火车站购买火车票．你也可以在网上购买．你可以从车站或互联网上购买火车票．【解答】答案：either，or．考查句型转换．句意：你可以从车站或互联网上购买火车票．根据题干合并一句，可知应说你可以从车站或互联网上购买火车票．either…or…要么…要么…，或者．故答案为either，or．35．（2分）The maths problem was too difficult for anybody to work out．（保持句意基本不变）The maths problem was so difficult that nobody could work it out．【分析】数学问题太难了，任何人都无法解决．数学问题很难解决，没有人能解决这个问题．【解答】答案：so；nobody 考查句型转换．句意：数学问题太难了，任何人都无法解决．数学问题很难解决，没有人能解决这个问题．根据题干可知原句为too …to 句型，表示太…而不能．时态为一般过去时．保持句意不变，可以用so …that…举行时，表示如此..以至于．数学问题很难解决，没有人能解决这个问题．所以第二个空填nobody．故答案为so；nobody．36．（2分）Mary wrote a letter in English to her pen﹣pal in the US•（改成被动语态）A letter was written in English to her pen﹣pal in the US by Mary．。
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2018学年奉贤区调研测试高三英语试卷（1.16）（考试时间120分钟，满分150分。
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）第I卷（共 103分）I. ListeningSection A Short conversations (10分)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. In a restaurant. B. At the theatre.C. In a meeting room.D. At the office.2. A. Teacher and student. B. Doctor and patient.C. Manager and office worker.D. Travel agent and customer.3. A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four4. A. Reading newspapers. B. Writing up local news.C. Talking about sports.D. Putting up advertisement.5. A. He rescued a baby from a fire. B. He behaved bravely in a fire.C. He ran the fastest in a race.D. He jumped from a carriage which was on fire.6. A. Take a break. B. Go to work.C. Do the other problem.D. Keep trying.7. A. He doesn’t enjoy business trips as much as he used to.B. He doesn’t think he is capable of doing the job.C. He thinks the pay is too low to support his family.D. He wants to spend more time with his family.8. A. Thirty yuan. B.Thirty-five yuan.C. Forty yuan.D. Forty-five yuan.9. A. He wants to get a new position. B. He is asking the woman for help.C. He has left the woman a good impression.D. He enjoys letter writing.10. A. He probably won’t listen to the man’s advice.B. He has made a good decision.C. He has done the thing.D. He will follow the man’s advice.Section B Passages (12分)Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11.A. Photos as clues to the past. B. Fashionable families in recent history.C. Photographers of the past.D. Details of photography from the past.12. A. Their shoes. B. Some money. C. Their relatives’ hands. D. Theirplaythings.13. A. The location of the house.B. The social and economic position of the family.C. The types of games children played.D. The profession of the owner of the house.14. A. Its meat as a source of food. B. The wide classification of penguins.C. The penguin’s successful career.D. Penguin’s life in groups.15. A. The king penguin. B. The emperor penguin.C. The bare-footed penguin.D. Theblack-footed penguin.16. A. The penguin may become extinct soon.B. The poisonous chemicals influence the penguins’life.C. The chemicals have poisoned many penguins to death.D. The penguin population will drop greatly.Section C Longer conversations (8分)Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the followingBlanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.each answer.II. Grammar and Vocabulary.Section A (16分)Directions: Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.(A)Are you a bookworm?Do you love to read? Your teachers probably tell you how important reading is all the time. And guess what? They’re right! Reading helps you in many ways beyond just (25)_________(be) able to read and get good grades in tests. Being an eager reader helps you become a good speller and writer. In fact, the more you read, the better you’ll do in all your subjects.Do you have friends who always have books in their hands? We bet they are caught (26)_________ (read)almost all the time. Sometimes those people who love reading and even collecting books are called bookworms. Is it really (27)__________ they look like earthworms? No! So where did that nickname come from?The term “bookworm” (28)_____________ (use) since the 1500s. Way back then, libraries did not have the modern air conditioning systems (29)____________(control) the environment (30) ____________ (surround) the books. As a result, some old libraries became musty and attracted various pests, some of which then took the form of insects and worms loving to eat paper and stay inside of books, (31)_________________ they would spend their entire lives. It was just natural to transfer the “bookworm”idea to humans who loved to consume books as much as these pests did.So if you see a trip to the library (32)_____________ an adventure and can’t wait to read a new book, you’re probably a bookworm. And that’s OK! You are not alone and there are millions and even billions of us in the world.Keys: 25. being 26.reading 27.because 28.has been used29.to control 30.surrounding 31.where 32.as Analyses:本篇文章讲述了“书虫”本身的含义以及之后指代书籍爱好者的由来。