浦东新区高三英语二模卷(2017.4)

浦东新区2017年高三二模卷

2017.04

II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20%)

Section A

Over the past sixteen years of my life, I have grown to be a very independent person. This can be both good and bad in the sense that I am able to do things (21)________ my own, yet at times struggle with taking advice from others. Sometimes, hearing what other people have to say can be one of the hardest things to do. However, getting advice from (22)________ cares about you can impact your life in great ways. Because of this, I began realizing that my mom’s guidance throughout my life has never steered me wrong. This is why I believe you (23)________ always listen to your mother.

This belief has not been easy (24)________ (realize). It has taken endless amounts of time in which I decided to go against what my mom had to say, and later discovered that she was right. I think we can all agree that (25)________ (admit) your mom was right is always a hard thing to do. But what else are you supposed to say (26)________ you are standing outside in the freezing cold, shaking because you did not wear that extra jacket you (27)________ (tell) to wear?

When I was twelve years old, I had the experience of a lifetime. However, I would have missed out if it hadn’t been for my mom. She had been planning a trip to Turkey for work, (28)________ (offer) to bring my sister and me along with her. When I first heard about this opportunity, I was terrified. Never had I been out of the country before. I thought to (29)________, “Is she crazy?” My mom then began to say, “(30)________ is known to all, one needs to step out of his comfort zone and try something new in order to encounter larger-than-life ideas.” After going back and forth with my own thoug hts, I decided to go on the trip. And boy, she was right. Going to Turkey will forever be one of my greatest memories and I am thankful I got to visit that amazing country.

Section B

The New York Times has changed a lot in the past 10 years, embracing digital subscriptions and growing into online video and specialty areas like cooking. It has not been enough to prepare the company for the future, according to the paper’s own 2020 report __31__ on Tuesday.

“While the past two years have been a time of significant innovation, the pace must speed up,” the authors wrote in the opening of the report. “Too often, digital progress has been accomplished through workarounds; now we must tear apart the barriers. We must __32__ between mission and tradition: what w e do because it’s essential to our values and what we do because we’ve always done it.”

The report indicates how far the paper has come in __33__ itself to the digital age while also pointing out what needs to be done.

The areas that need __34__ are focused on the newsroom, particularly in the tools and internal structures that journalists must deal with to produce their work.

Many of the report’s recommendations are __35__ to anyone who closely follows the Times or newspapers in general: A(n) __36__ awa y from print’s outsized importance on the newsroom’s operations, better ways to include multimedia in stories and a renewed effort at creating a more diverse newsroom with a variety of skills.

The paper has an ongoing goal that started in 2016 of doubling digital revenue to $800 million

by

2020. “To __37__ our future, we need to expand considerably our number of subscribers by 2020.”

The report also calls into question the formats on which the Times—and most other newspapers—rely, namely a mix of news sto ries and features that are text heavy. “Too much of our daily report remains __38__ by long texts.” the report states.

The report stresses that the Times should do more to educate readers. “Our readers are __39__ for advice from The Times. Too often, we d on’t offer it, or offer it only in print-centric forms.” the report states. Perhaps the most interesting part of the report comes at the very bottom in the form of comments from the paper’s own journalists. Reporters said they would like to see __40__ in c hoice of how to tell certain stories, and some disagreement about what kind of tone the Times should embrace going forward.

III. Reading Comprehension (45%)

Section A

Have We Reached Peak Trade?

Globalization is usually defined as the free movement of pe ople, goods and capital. It’s been the most important __41__ force of modernity. Until the financial crisis of 2008, global trade grew twice as fast as the global economy itself. __42__, thanks to both economics and politics, globalization as we have known it is developing fast.

The question is: Have we reached peak trade? If you think of it in terms of the flow of digital data and ideas, no—it’s actually __43__. Indeed, the cross-border flow of digital data—e-commerce, web searches, online video, machine-to-machine interactions—has grown 45 times larger since 2005 and is __44__ to grow much faster than the global economy over the next few years.

There’s no doubt globalization has increased wealth at both global and national levels. But free trade can also widen the __45__ gap within countries, in part by creating concentrated groups of economic losers. Free trade has made goods and services cheaper for Americans—think of all the inexpensive Chinese-made goods at Walmart—but it hasn’t always __46__ their jo b prospects. From 1990 to 2008, the areas most __47__ to foreign competition saw almost no net new jobs created. That’s one reason the new generation of Americans is on track to be _-48__ than their parents.

The gains of free trade do not always __49__ the losses. This realization that the tide of __50__ doesn’t raise all boats has fed into the anti-free trade movement. And companies themselves are __51__ globalization.

Nevertheless, there is one reason to be __52__ about the future of globalization—at least, the new information-based kind. McKinsey data estimate that the companies responsible for the jump in flows of digital goods, services and information will include a much higher proportion of small businesses than in the past. An estimated 86% of tech-based startups surveyed by McKinsey now do some cross-border business-- __53__ before the arrival of the Internet, when globalization was dominated by super powers. That means that more of the wealth generated by globalization could flow down to the 80% of the population that hasn’t __54__ as much as it should have.

If those individuals feel they are being empowered by open borders and freer trade, it could help swing the political pendulum（钟摆）back toward globalization in some form. Despite its laws, it has been an economic force that has lifted more people out of __55__ than anything else the world has ever known.

41. A. political B. cultural C. economic D. natural

42. A. Otherwise B. Hence C. Moreover D. Yet

43. A. depressing B. increasing C. approving D. operating

44. A. projected B. tracked C. signaled D. needed

45. A. price B. welfare C. pension D. wealth

46. A. ruined B. helped C. foreseen D. reversed

47. A. resistant B. suited C. exposed D. inaccessible

48. A. happier B. healthier C. wealthier D. poorer

49. A. outweigh B. balance C. suffer D. substitute

50. A. materialism B. modernization C. globalization D. consumption

51. A. withdrawing from B. counting on C. profiting from D. insisting on

52. A. confused B. concerned C. optimistic D. curious

53. A. adaptable B. accessible C. affordable D. impossible

54. A. striven B. consumed C. benefited D. digested

55. A. fear B. poverty C. frustration D. embarrassment Section B

(A)

Dear Cutie-Pie,

Recently, your mother and I were searching for an answer on Google. Half way through entering the question, Google returned a list of the most popular searches in the world. At the top of the list was “How to keep him intereste d.”

It surprised me a lot. I scanned several of the countless articles about how to be sexy and sexual, when to bring him a beer versus a sandwich, and the ways to make him feel smart and superior.

And I got angry.

Little One, it is not, has never been, and never will be your job to “keep him interested.”

Little One, your only task is to know deeply in your soul—in that unshakeable place that isn’t upset by rejection and loss—that you are worthy of interest.

If you can trust your worth in this way, you will be attractive in the most important sense of the world: you will attract a boy who is both capable of interest and who wants to spend his one life investing all of his interest in you.

Little One, I want to tell you about the boy who doesn’t need to be kept interested, because he knows you are interesting.

I don’t care if he can’t play a bit of golf with me—as long as he can play with the children you give him and revel in all the glorious and frustrating ways they are just like you. I don’t care if he doesn’t follow his wallet—as long as he follows his heart and it always leads him back to you. I don’t care if he is strong—as long as he gives you the space to exercise the strength that is in your heart. I couldn’t care less how he votes—as long as he wakes up every morning and daily elects you to a place of honor in your home and a place of respect in his heart. I don’t care about the color of his skin. I don’t care if he was raised in this religion or that religion or no religion.

Little One, if you come across a man like that and he and I have nothing else in common, we will have the most important thing in common: You.

Because in the end, Little One, the only thing you should have to do to “keep him interested” is to be you.

Your eternally interested guy,

Daddy

56. What shocked Daddy when he was surfing on the Internet?

A. Girls’ knowing nothing about trusting themselves.

B. Girls’ giving priority to finding ways to please boys.

C. Girls’ bringing foods and drinks to boys from time to time.

D. Girls’ being upset by being rejected constantly.

57. Father thinks what is of primary importance to his daughter is to _____________________.

A. keep the boy interested

B. know she deserves a boy’s interest

C. attract a boy willing to invest all in her

D. find a boy who can please her

58. According to the passage, what does the underlined word “revel” mean?

A. feel depressed

B. become puzzled

C. look around

D. enjoy himself

59. What’s the main purpose of this letter?

A. To advise his daughter to trust her worth.

B. To inform his daughter how to keep others interested.

C. To show his daughter how to find her true love.

D. To help his daughter find someone with common interests.

60. In terms of Self-driving Capabilities, what makes Audi and V olkswagen stand out?

A. Braking when sensing red lights

B. Going into garages without a driver

C. Stopping other cars on highway

D. Taking photos with a camera

61. Which of the cars can adjust the headlights in order not to upset drivers in oncoming cars?

A. Ford and V olkswagen

B. Audi and BMW

C. Audi and V olkswagen

D. BMW and Ford

62. In which section of a car magazine does the article most probably appear?

A. First Drive

B. Cars For Rent

C. Instrumental Tests

D. Smart Tech

(C)

On the occasional clear-frost autumn night, I was hiking through the dark forest with my GMO wolf. Yes, my best friend is a genetically modified organism（转基因生物）; deliberate selection has produced the blunt-toothed, small-pawed wonder that walks by my side.

Our world is changing rapidly. In the last five decades, global population has fully doubled, with 3.7 billion hungry mouths added to our planet. During this same time span, the amount of land suitable for agriculture has increased by only 5%. Miraculously, this did not result in the great global famine（饥荒）one might have predicted.

How do scientists modify a plant so that it makes more food than its parents did? We could treat each harvest like a litter of wolf pups and select only plants bearing the fattest, richest seeds for the next season. This was the method our ancestors used to engineer rice, corn and wheat from the wild grasses they encountered.

During my childhood, advances in genetic technologies allowed scientists to identify and clone the genes responsible for repressing stem growth, leading to shorter, stronger stalks that could bear more seed—the high-yield crops that feed us today. The 21st century has brought with it a marvelous new set of high-tech tools with which to further quicken the process of artificial selection. Plant geneticists can now directly edit out or edit in sections of DNA using molecular scissors. We can minimize a plant’s weaknesses while adding to it s strengths, and we don’t have to wait for seasons to pass to test the result.

It is the transformative potential of these techniques to quickly supply the next-generation crops required for upcoming climate change that has led me to believe in the safety and function of GMO plants in agricultural products. We need more GMO research to feed the world that we are creating.

I love the quiet forest that stands between my lab and my home. But I know that as a scientist, I am responsible first to humanity. We must feed, shelter and nurture one another as our first priority, and to do so, we must take advantage of our best technologies, which have always included some type of genetic modification. We must continue as before, nourishing the future as we feed ourselves, and each year plant only the very best of what we have collectively engineered. I keep the faith of my ancestors each night when I walk through the forest to my lab, and my GMO wolf does the same when she guards my way home.

63. Why does the author mention the wolf in the 1st paragraph?

A. To advise people to keep wolves as pets

B. To persuade readers to welcome the new technology

C. To change people’s attitude towards wolves

D. To introduce a technology used to humans’ advantage

64. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A. GMO technology will help weatherproof future crops.

B. With GMO technology, famine has been eliminated.

C. Artificial selections make high-yield plants possible.

D. The author believes technology should contribute to future generations.

65. What can be learned about modifying a plant?

A. It takes scientists seasons to know whether their selection is correct.

B. One way for ancestors to change a plant was to clone some genes.

C. Modern techniques help speed up the artificial selection by altering DNA.

D. The general public show strong faith in GMO plants.

66. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A. GMO Technology—Turning Wolves into the Best Pets

B. Engineered Food—Feeding Future Generations

C. Engineered Food—To Be or Not To Be

D. GMO Technology—A Driving Force in World Peace

Charity—Humanity’s most kin d and generous desire—is a timeless and borderless virtue, dating at least to the dawn of religious teaching. Philanthropy（慈善行为）as we understand it today, however, is a distinctly American phenomenon, inseparable from the nation that shaped it. From colonial leaders to modern billionaires like Buffett, Gates and Zuckerberg, the tradition of giving is woven into the national DNA.

67. ________ Benjamin Franklin, an icon of individual industry and frugality（节俭）even in his own day, understood that with the privilege of doing well came the price of doing good. When he died in 1790, Franklin thought to future generations, leaving in trust two gifts of 1,000 Ib. of sterling silver—one to the city of Boston, the other to Philadelphia. According to his instruction, a portion of the money could not be used for 200 years.

While Franklin’s gifts lay in wait, the tradition he established evolved alongside the young nation. 68. ________ Often far less famed men and women have played a critical role in philanthropy’s evol ution. One of my personal heroes is Julius Rosenwald, who helped construct more than 5,300 schools across the segregated（种族隔离）South and opened classroom doors to a generation of African-American students.

69. ________ The answer is not just to benefit others. Tax reduction, for one, encourages the rich people to give. And philanthropy has long helped improve the public image of everyone from immoral capitalists to the new tech elite. More troubling, however, are the foundational problems that make philanth ropy so necessary. Just before his death, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, “Philanthropy is praise-worthy, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.”

Franklin’s gifts r epresent a broader principle. We are guardians of a public trust, even if our capital came from private enterprise, and our most important obligation is ensuring that the system works more equally and more justly for more people. 70. ________ America’s gre atest strength is not the fact of perfection, but rather the act of perfecting.

IV. 71. Summary Writing (10%)

Every year, more and more parents complain to their children’s schools about PE. They believe that their children shouldn’t have to participate in physical activity if they don’t want to . Supporters of PE, however, believe that it is a crucial element of all-round schooling and our society’s well-being. They insist PE in schools remains one of the few places by which the youth can be forced to participate in aerobic exercise.

Firstly, they believe that participation in sport promotes health. In fact physical education is a springboard for involvement in sport and physical activities throughout life. Government is, or should be, concerned with the health of its citizens. Encouraging physical activity in the young through compulsory PE fights child obesity and contributes to forming lifelong habits of exercise. This doesn’t have to be through traditional team sports; increasingly schools are able to offer exercise in the form of swimming, gymnastics, dance, etc.

Besides, physical education helps to develop character and the mutual（相互的）respect required to succeed in an adult environment. Playing team sports builds character and encourages students to work with others, as they would be expected to do in most business or sporting environments. Sport teaches children how to win and lose with good grace and builds a strong school spirit through competition with other institutions. It is often the experience of playing on a team together that builds the strongest friendships at school, which endure for years afterwards.

Finally, the pursuit for national sporting achievement begins in schools. If schools don’t have compulsory PE, it is much harder to pick out, develop and equip athletes to represent the country on a wider stage. However, it’s much easier to find suitable individuals with a full sports program in every school.

V. Translation (15%)

72. 正巧这几天有空，去公园散步如何？(happen)

73. 一副油画赠予了该美术馆，以纪念两个城市间的珍贵友谊。(honor)

74. 与诗歌欣赏有关的电视节目倍受欢迎，以致于越来越多的人开始关注中国古典文学。(So…)

75. 这位年轻的科学家把获得的众多突出成就归功于从高中时期开始就博览群书、做事持之以恒、不甘落后。(owe)

VI. Guided Writing (25%)

生活中，我们或做过演讲，或通过电视广播、网络媒体、报纸期刊等渠道接触过演讲，请以“An Impressive Speech”为题，写一篇作文，文章须包含以下要点：

1. 简述该演讲的内容；

2. 谈谈该演讲令你印象深刻的缘由。

答案

21. on 22. whoever 23. should/must 24. to realize 25. admitting/to admit

26. when/while/if 27. were told/had been told 28. offering 29. myself 30. As

31—35 F K H D I

36—40 B G E C A

41—45 C D B A D

46—50 B C D A C

51—55 A C D C B

56—59 B B D A

60—62 B B D

63—66 D B C B

67—70 F E A B

1.It happens that we are free these days. What about/How about taking/having a walk in the park?

What about having a walk in the park as we happen to be free these days?

2. An oil painting was given/presented to the gallery in honor of /to honor/honoring the precious friendship between the two cities.

3. So popular/well received are the TV programs about poetry appreciation that more and more people are beginning to pay attention to Chinese classic/classical literature.

4. The young scientist owed the many outstanding achievements he had made to the fact that since high school, he had been reading widely, always persevered in whatever he was doing and unwilling to lag behind.

The young scientist owed the many outstanding achievements he had made to his exposure to a lot of books, his persistence/perseverance in (doing) whatever he was doing and his unwillingness/reluctance to lag behind/to be left behind (others).