2020届上海市黄浦区高三上学期期末调研测试英语试题-含解析(总37页)

1、2020年上海市黄浦区高考英语一模试卷I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections： In Section A， you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation， a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a co

2、nversation and the question about it， read the four possible answers onyour paper， and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1（1分）A In a cosmetics shopB In a hospitalC In a nutrition departmentD In a supermarket2（1分）A Boss and secretaryB Editor and publisherC Student and

3、 professorD Writer and reader3（1分）A Open a wedding companyB Try a new restaurantC Run his own bakeryD Buy some insurance4（1分）A The package is too big to deliverB The delivery can be made automaticallyC The woman will have lunch with the manD The man can make the delivery tomorrow morning5（1分）A He wa

4、s most difficult to satisfyB He set many special requirementsC He inspected the project regularlyD He was as common as other customers6（1分）A An amazing bookB A great womanC A scientific fieldD A strong voice7（1分）A He himself is a big fan of HepburnB He does not think the girl is like HepburnC He fel

5、t puzzled by girls love for HepburnD He does not know anything about Hepburn8（1分）A When to do mindwanderingB Where to have physical activitiesC How to keep attentive in a lectureD How to take notes in a lecture9（1分）A OrdinaryB PracticalC DisturbingD Unrealistic10（1分）A Decorating the companyB Finishi

6、ng a paintingC Preparing a presentationD Restructuring the budgetSection BDirections： In Section B， you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation. After each passage or conversation， you will be asked several questions. The passages and the conversation will be read twice， but the que

7、stions 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.11（4.5分）（1）A 2B 11C 21D 30（2）A A horseB A dogC A pigD A cat（3）A More annoyedB Less anxiousC More frightenedD Less shock

8、ed12（4.5分）（1）A Its clear aimB Its evaluation processC Its numerous applicationsD Its solid foundation（2）A In 1954B In 2013C In 2018D In 2000（3）A Its location and areaB The categories of its collectionsC Its official WeChat accountD The visiting experience it offers13（6分）（1）A Consumer and genderB Age

9、 groups and activitiesC Sports and facilitiesD Training time and trend（2）A CyclingB JoggingC SkiingD Swimming（3）A 1826B 2735C 3645D 4655（4）A To determine which item deserves priorityB To get ideas for a more appealing slogan designC To know about teenagers leisure sporting activitiesD To see which a

10、ge group is at the top of consumption capabilityII. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections： After reading the passage 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

11、 the other blanks， use one word that best fits each blank.14（10分）Asleep on a plane： a case for window seats I love to sleep on planes， and I have an unusual ability to sleep well on them There have even been one or two occasions （1） I have fallen asleep before takeoff and awakened upon the impact of

12、 landing， not having realized we had even left the ground So when （2） （book） my flights， I always choose the window seat whenever possible This allows me to lean my sleepy head against the wall of the plane for a bit （3） （much） comfort Some （4） argue that the aisle （走廊） seat is superior for the leg

13、space and the ability to get off swiftly and eye the snack cart But in reality， were all getting our drinks and snacks （5） seconds Also， I find that if a person knows hes in a window seat， hell choose to use the bathroom before boarding so that he （6） （not need） to disturb his neighbor， which is jus

14、t considerate And hell seize the opportunity to get up when another seatmate gets up so that the seatmate neednt （7） （bother） more than once As a photographer and visually oriented person， the window seat gives me the best views of cottony clouds， or a great sunset， or golden sunrise， etc Most of al

15、l， （8） Ive been flying for years， I still get pleasure of seeing my departing city or country （9） （shrink） into the distance， and the butterflies in my stomach when I see the horizon of my destination come into view And those feelings of adventure and excitement are （10） keep me coming back， flight

16、after flight， to my window seatSection 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.15（10分）A access B arise C attachment D definitely E partner F potentialG shape H stimulated Isubconsciousl

17、y Jtraditional K unbankedBeyond Mobile Money： The Future of Asias FinTech Mobile money has been the hottest part in financial technology for the last few years But FinTech is more than just how people store money and transact（交易） the space is much more horizontal， shortcutting how we create， share，

18、and protect value The latest product of FinTech companies to （1） in Asia Pacific illustrates the many ways the space can help consumers beyond just their mobile wallet It is important for all businesspersons to be aware of these trends， as their success opens up all sorts of possibilities for compan

19、ies to （2） with them And， on a much deeper level， new FinTechs may （3） consumer expectations in even other tech industries The Smartphone Emerges as a CreditScoring Standard With close to half a billion （4） consumers in Southeast Asia alone， there is an entire industry of FinTechs devoted to finding

20、 ways to accurately determine their creditworthiness to give them （5） to finance Unfortunately， since they dont have bank accounts， such FinTechs cannot rely on （6） financial information or credit card payments One credit scoring source emerging as a new standard in the field is smartphonebased cred

21、it scoring It has （7） broad global support， including from the likes of the World Bank In one of its reports， the Asian Development Bank even stated that mobile data was a key to financial （8） ， as it could improve customer recording， and， in turn， get an access to credit AI Combines with the Wisdom

22、 of the Crowd The most common slogan in todays tech headlines is the artificial intelligence Readers are fascinated with how AI has the （9） to transform every consumer and enterprise （企业） industry While such focus is appropriate that AI will （10） change the world， it leaves out a crucial element tha

23、t will go handinhand with its rise： the wisdom of the crowdIII. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections： For each blank in the following passag， 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.16（15分）Endangered languages ca

24、n be found throughout the world Many languages now have fewer than 100 or even fewer than 10 speakers The crisis is not limited to remote regions of the world When Europeans first arrived in North America，312 different languages were （1） ， of which 123 are now known to be extinct Of the （2） language

25、s， most speakers are grandparents and greatgrandparents Different researchers offer different definitions of endangered The system of （3） used by the Catalogue of Endangered Languages evaluates languages in four areas： the （4） of all the speakers， how often the language is conveyed to the next （5） ，

26、 the rate at which it is losing speakers and the（6） in which it is used Based on this data， languages are ranked on a sixpoint scale from safe to severely endangered The midpoint， endangered refers to a language with between 100 and 1，000 speakers who represent about half of the languages community

27、or ethnic groupThe language is spoken only by some parents， of whom very few teach it to their children It is （7） used at home and is not taught in schools or used for government business Languages become endangered due to a number of （8） factors including globalization， economics， technology， educa

28、tion policy， and changes in （9） attitudes As the forces of globalization make the world more interconnected， previously （10） language communities come under pressure to participate in a larger economy， which means learning the areas majority language （11） ，local schools often begin to teach the majo

29、rity language instead of the local tongueLocal languages also （12） as communities adopt mobile phones and computers， most of which run on software that has been translated into only a handful of languages This trend （13） as these devices connect users to the Internet At this point， many communities

30、undergo a cultural （14） in which parents no longer value the language enough to teach it to their children Initiatives to （15） endangered languages have become more numerous in recent years These efforts tend to focus on two main areas： the documentation of endangered languages， and efforts to incre

31、ase the use of endangered languages among younger speakers and in the community at large（1）A at handB at riskC in useD in view（2）A ancientB evolvingC localD surviving（3）A assessmentB classificationC descriptionD research（4）A ageB backgroundC numberD religion（5）A committeeB centuryC generationD gover

32、nment（6）A contentB occupationsC situationsD themes（7）A advisedlyB efficientlyC primarilyD rarely（8）A balancingB complicatingC historicalD interrelated（9）A culturalB mentalC moralD religious（10）A foreignB informalC isolatedD national（11）A For exampleB In contrastC In responseD Vice versa（12）A boomB d

33、evelopC disappearD suffer（13）A ceasesB changesC increasesD starts（14）A differenceB influenceC shiftD variety（15）A enrichB purifyC refreshD standardizeSection BDirections： Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there

34、 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.17（8分）Many of Chinas ancient architectural treasures smashed to dust before Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng began documenting them in the 1930s The husband and wife team

35、 were among the first preservationists to operate in China， and by far the best known Their efforts have since inspired generations of people to speak out for architecture threatened by the rush toward development Becoming Chinas best architectural historians was no easy accomplishment The buildings

36、 they wanted to save were centuries old， located in distant parts of the country In many cases， they had to journey through dangerous conditions in the Chinese countryside to reach them Exploring Chinas remote areas during the 1930s meant traveling muddy， poorly maintained roads by mule（骡子）or on foo

37、t Inns were often dirty， food could be polluted， and there was always risk of violence from rebels， soldiers and robbers Their greatest discovery was the Temple of Buddhas Light， in Wutai County， Shanxi Province Thebreathtaking wooden temple was built in 857 AD， making it the oldest building known i

38、n China at the time Liang and Lin crawled into the temples most forbidding， forgotten areas to determine its age， including one hideaway inhabited by thousands of bats and millions of bedbugs， covered in dust and littered with dead bats In complete darkness and among the awful smell， hardly breathin

39、g， with thick masks covering our noses and mouths， we measured， drew， and photographed with flashlights for several hours When at last we came out to take a breath of fresh air， we found hundreds of bedbugs in our bag We ourselves had been badly bitten Yet the importance and unexpectedness of our fi

40、nd made those the happiest hours of my years hunting for ancient architecture Liang wrote of the experience in an account included in Liang and Lin： Partners in Exploring Chinas Architectural Past（1）On their way to the ancient buildings in 1930s， Liang and Lin faced following risks EXCEPT A accommod

41、ationsB personal securityC road conditionsD vehicles（2）Liang and Lin raised public awareness of A documenting smashed historical buildingsB rebuilding historically valuable buildingsC saving the oldest temples in ChinaD protecting historical buildings（3）While exploring the Temple of Buddhas Light， A

42、 Liang and Lin caught insects with awful smellB Liang and Lin were forbidden to breathe insideC Liang and Lin were pleased at something unhoped forD Liang and Lin determined its age by studying bedbugs hideaway（4）Which of the following is the best title for the passage？ A Creativeness results in dis

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50、u will receive it tomorrowB you can return it without being chargedC you can get a care pack on discountD you can save8019（8分）Risk is something we face daily However， some people are obviously more willing to take risks than othersBiologists appear to have discovered a physical reason that explains

51、why some people are risktakersDopamine is a neurotransmitter， a chemical that spreads signals between nerve cells It is linked to the brains reward system and is the chemical that makes us feel good， and scientists believe it to be linked to risktaking Our nerve cells have dopamine receptors（接收器） wh

52、ich control the amount of dopamine that each cell receives But not all receptors may be active When a person has few active receptors to control the amount of dopamine that is received， a cell can become flooded resulting in an extreme feeling of happinessResearchers at Vanderbilt University and Alb

53、ert Einstein College of Medicine asked 34 men and women to complete a questionnaire about their risk taking to assess whether they seek new opportunities or are cautious in life The results of the research were consistent with similar studies carried out with rats， and had the same outcome It conclu

54、ded that people who are risktakers have fewer dopamine receptors than people who are not This suggests that the rush of pleasure a risk taker receives when a cell becomes flooded with dopamine can become addictive for some people They therefore pursue new and exciting activities in order to try to r

55、epeat this feeling， and as a result their concern for risk becomes considerably reducedDopamine gives us a biological reason for risktaking， but scientists believe there may be psychological reasons too Sensationseeking is a personality characteristic that describes the desire to find activities that bring us pleasure In 1964， psychologist Marvin Zuckerman created the sensationseeking scale His 40item questionnaire， still used today， was given to people who were active in seeking new activities， and to people who were more satisfied with a quiet life While risktaking