2015年上海高考英语真题

1、1 / 15you have heard.1.A. Impatie nt.2. A. At a bus stop.3. A. An actor.B. Con fused.B. At a lau ndry.B. A salesma n.C. Pleased.C. At the dentist .C. A tran slator.D. Regretful.D. At the chemist .D. A writer.4. A. He lost his classmate homework.B. He broke the woman calculator.B. He can help the wom

2、a n with her math.D. He does n tk now where the on butt on is2015年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试上海英语试卷考生注意:1.考试时间120分钟，试卷满分150分。2.本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。试卷分为第I卷（第1 12页）和第II卷（第13页），全卷共13页。所有答题必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上 一律不得分。3.答题前,务必在答题纸上填写准考证号和姓名，并将核对后的条形码贴在指定位置上，在答题纸反而清楚地填写姓名。第I卷（共103分）I. Liste ning Comprehe nsionSection

3、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, readthe four po

4、ssible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question5. A. The woma n should go to ano ther coun ter.B. The woma n gives the man so many choices.C. The man dislikes the san dwiches offered there.D. The man is havi ng trouble decid ing what to eat.6. A. She has no idea

5、 where to find the man exam result.B. She isn tallowed to tell stude nts their grades.C. Dr. White hasn tfinished grading the papers.D. Dr. White doesn twant to be contacted while he away.7. A. Move to a n eat dormitory.B. Find a pers on to share their apartme nt.B. Clea n the room with the roommate

6、.D. Write an article about their roommate.8. A. Bob won take her advice.B. Bob doesn want to go abroad.C. She does nth ink Bob should study overseas.D. She has ntalked to Bob since he went abroad.9. A. The sn ack bar isn usually so empty.B. Dessert is served in the sn ack bar.C. The sn ack bar is n

7、ear the library.D. Sn acks aren allowed in the library.10. A. Take her bicycle to the repair shop.B. Leave her bicycle outside.C. Clea n the garage after the rain stops.D. Check if the garage is dry.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three ques

8、tions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questi ons will be spoke n only on ce. When you hear a questi on, read the four possible an swers on your paper and decide which one would be the best an swer to the questi on you have heard.Questi ons 11 through 13 are based on

9、 the follow ing passage.11. A. It helps care for customers dogs.B. You have to buy food for dogs.C. None of the dogs are caged.D. There is a dog n amed Prin cess.12. A. She likes the food there.B. She enjoys the fun with a pet.C. She can have free coffee.D. She does ntlike to be alone.13. A. A new k

10、ind of caf .eB. A new brand of coffee.C. A new home for pets.D. A new way to raise pets.Questi ons 14 through 16 are based on the follow ing passage.14. A. A trend that high achievers are given a lower salary.B. A view that life quality is more important than pay.C. A dream of the young for fast-pac

11、ed jobs.D. A new term created by high achievers.15. A. 10%.B. 12%.C. 6%D. 7%.16. A. People are less satisfied with their lives.B. The finan cial in vestme nt may in crease.2 / 153 / 15C. Well-paid jobs are not easy to find.D. Un expected problems may arise.Section CDirections: In Sectio n C, you wil

12、l hear two Ion ger con versati ons. The con versati ons will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the in formati on you have heard. Write your an swers on your an swer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

13、Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.SRTService NotesAcco unt No.:17Service Request:Check the18Soluti on:Send ano ther19(2 p.m. on20)Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDSfor each answer.In what way are these climbe

14、rs special?They are all21.Why did they choose to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro?To prove22.What did they do in time of difficulty?They persevered,23each other.How did they record their adve nture?By keepi ng24.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After read ing the passages below, fill in the b

15、la nks to make the passages cohere nt andgrammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form ofthe give n word; for the other bla nks, use one word that best fits each bla nk.(A)Gift from a stra ngerMy local supermarket is always busy. The first park ing

16、space I found was convenient, but I no ticed a woma n in a blue car circli ng for a while. (25) _I was in a good mood, I let her4 / 15have it. On the edge of the car park I backed into the next available spot it was a tight fit.Pretty soon I made my way through the supermarket and was back in the fr

17、esh air. Feelinggood, I (26) _(empty) my purse cha nge into the hands of a homeless man and helped astruggli ng woma n reverse park.Just as I approached my car, I saw the woma n Id let have my car spot earlier. She was givi ngme (27)_odd look half puzzled, half intent ( 热切的).I smiled and wished her

18、a pleasantday. As I squeezed back into my car, I saw the same lady (28) _(look) in at me. Hello, ” shesaid, hesitantly. This (29) _sound crazy but I was on my way to drop some of my mother things off at the charity bins. You are just so much (30) _her. You helped those people, Ino ticed, and you see

19、med so happy.” She looked at me meanin gfully and passed a box in throughthe win dow. I think she would like you to have it._” (shHc)k_, I took it from herautomatically. She smiled and walked away.After a pause, I ope ned the box. In side was a beautiful gold n ecklace with a large grey pearl.It was

20、 (32)_(nice) gift I ever received, and it was from a complete stranger. The necklacewas around my n eck, a warm remin der of huma n kindn ess.(B)Ask Helpful HannahDear Helpful Hann ah,I ve got a problem with my husba nd, Sam. He bought a smartph one a couple of mon ths ago,and he took it on our rece

21、nt ski vacation to Colorado. It was a great trip except for one problem.He has a con sta nt urge (33) _(check) for text messages; he checks his phone every fiveminutes! He s so addicted to it that he just can t stand the idea (34) _there may be animportant text. He can t help checkrnatnappropriate t

22、imes like when we are eating in arestaura nt and I am talk ing to him! He behaves (35) _any small amount ofboredom can make him feel the need to check his phone even when he knows he shouldn t. Thetemptati on to see (36) _is con tact ing him is just too great. When I ask him to please putdow n the p

23、hone and stop (37) _(ig nore) me, he says,In a minu te,” but still checks to seif (38) _has posted someth ing new on the Intern et. Our life (39) _(in terrupt). If wego somewhere and I ask him to leave the phone at home, he suffers from withdrawal symptoms.Maybe this depe ndency on his smartph one h

24、as become more tha n an everyday problem.5 / 15I recently read an article about nomophobia, ” (4a l illness pgle can sufferfrom the fear of being without your phone! I am worried that Sam may be suffering from thisillness because he feels anxious if he doesnthave his phone with him, even for a short

25、 time.Who would have thought that little devices like these could have brought so much trouble!Sick and Tired SadieSection BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can onlybe used on ce. Note that there is one word more tha n you n eed.A. accessB. alternat

26、ivesC. assig nedD. con firmedE. con flict ingF. eleme ntsG. fun cti onH. inno vativeI. prospectiveJ. separateK. support ingConsidering how much time people spend in offices, it is important that work spaces be well designed. Well-designed office spaces help create a corporation image. They motivate

27、workers, and they make an impression on people who visit and might be potential, or41, customers.They make bus in esses work better, and they are a part of the corporate culture we live in.As we move away from an in dustrial-based economy to a kno wledge-based one, office desig ners have come up wit

28、h 42to the traditi onal work en viro nmen ts of the past. Thedesign industry has moved away from a fixed office setup and created more flexible strategic man ageme nt environmen ts.” The4esoluti ons are meant to support better orga ni zati onalperforma nee.As employee hierarchies （等级制度）have flattene

29、d, or decreased, office designers response to this cha nge has bee n to move ope n-pla n areas to more desirable locatio ns with in the office and create fewer formal private offices. The n eed for in creased flexibility has also bee n44 bycha nges in workstati on desig n. Office and work spaces oft

30、e n are not 45 to a give n pers on on a perma nent basis. Because of cha nges to methods of working, new desig ns allow for expansion or movement of desks, storage and equipment within the workstation. Another importa nt desig n goal is com muni cati on, which desig ners have improved by lowi ng the

31、 walls that 46 workstati ons. Desig ners have also created in formal gatheri ng places, and upgradedemployees 47 to heavily trafficked areas such as copy and coffee rooms.Corporate and in stituti onal office desig ners often struggle to resolve a nu mber of competi ng and often 48dema nds, in cludi

32、ng budgetary limits, employee hierarchies and tech no logical6 / 15inno vati on (especially in relati on to computerizati on). These dema nds must also be bala need with the n eed to create in teriors (内饰)that in some way enhance, establish or promote a compa nyimage and will en able employees to 49

33、 at their best.All these 50 of office desig n are related. The most successful office desig ns are like a good marriage the well-desig ned office and the employees that occupy it are seem in gly made for each other.III. Readi ng Comprehe nsionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following pass

34、age there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each bla nk with the word or phrase that best fits the con text.If you studied pictures that ancient people left on rock walls and you tried to determine their meaning, you would not detect a deep in terest in roma nee among the artis

35、ts. 51, you wouldsee plenty of animals with people running after them. Life for ancient people seemed to center on hunting and gathering wild foods for meals.In moder n times, whe n food is available in grocery stores, finding love is more52topeople s liveishe53 is all around us. It is easy to prepa

36、re a list of modern stories havingto do with love. An en dless nu mber of books and movies qualify as love stories in popular culture.Researchers are studying whether love, a highly valued emotional state, can be 54.They ask, what is love? Toothpaste compa nies want us to think attracti on is all ab

37、out clea n teeth, but clean teeth go only so far. Scientists wonder how much the brain gets involved. You have probably heard that opposites attract but that 55 attract, too. One thing is certa in: The truth about love is not yet set in stone.First Impressi onTo help determ ine the 56 _ of attract i

38、on, researchers paired 164 college classmates andhad them talk for 3, 6 or 10 minutes so they could get a s ense of each other s individuality. Then stude nts were asked to 57 what ki nd of relati on ship they were likely to build with their partn ers. After nine weeks, they reported what happe ned.

39、As it turned out, their 58judgme nts ofte n held true. Stude nts seemed to 59 at anearly stage who would best fit into their lives.The 60 KnowsScie ntists have also turned to non huma ns to in crease un dersta nding of attractio n. Manyani mals give off phero mones n atural chemicals that can be det

40、ected by, and the n can produce a response in, other animals of the same species. Pheromones can signal that an animal is either ready to fight or is feeling61 to 7 / 15partnerships. In contrast, humans do not seem to be as62 _ as other animals at detecting such chemicals. Smell, however, does seem

41、to play a part inhuma n attracti on. Although we may not be aware of chemicals like phero mones con sciously, we give and receive loads of in formatio n through smell in every in teract ion with other people.Face ValueBeing fond of some one seems to have a nu mber of factors, in cludi ng see ing som

42、eth ing wefind attractive. Researchers had people judge faces for 63. The participants had 0.013sec onds to view each face, yet somehow they gen erally con sidered the images the same as people who had more time to study the same faces. The way we 64attractiveness seems to besomewhat automatic.When

43、shown an attractive face and then words with good or bad associations, people resp on ded to 65 words faster after view ing an attractive face. Seeing someth ing attractiveseems to cause happy thinking.51. A. I nsteadB. ThereforeC. MoreoverD. Otherwise52. A. roma nticB. stressfulC. cen tralD. ben ef

44、icial53. A. priorityB. proofC. possibilityD. prin ciple54. A. testedB. imposedC. changedD. created55. A. appeara ncesB. virtuesC. similaritiesD. passi ons56. A. illustratio nsB. implicatio nsC. i ngredie ntsD. intensions57. A. predictB. in vestigateC. diag noseD. recall58. A. criticalB. i nitialC. r

45、an domD. mature59. A. memorizeB. disti nguishC. n egotiateD. questi on60. A. NoseB. EyeC. HeartD. Hand61. A. openB. alertC. resista ntD. superior62. A. disappo in tedB. amazedC. con fusedD. gifted63. A. emotio nsB. attractive nessC. i ndividualityD. sig nals64. A. enhanceB. possessC. main tai nD. as

46、sess8 / 1565. A. familiarB. plainC. positiveD. in suit ingSection BDirections:Read the followi ng three passages. Each passage is followed by several questi ons orunfini shed stateme nts. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the inf

47、ormation given in the passage you have just read.(A)Look to many of history s cultural symbols, and there you ll find an ancestor of Frosty, thesnowman in the movie Frozen. It appeared on some of the first postcards, starred in some of the earliest sile nt movies, and was the subject of a couple of

48、the earliest photos, dati ng all the way back to the 1800s. I discovered even more about one of humanity earliest forms of folk art duri ng several years of research around the world.For example, snowmen were a phenomenon in the Middle Ages, built with great skill and thought. At a time of limited m

49、eans of expression, snow was like free art supplies dropped from the sky. It was a popular activity for couples to leisurely walk through town to view the temporary works of chilly art. Some were created by famous artists, in cludi ng a 19-year-old Michela ngelo, who in 1494 was appo in ted by the r

50、uler of Floren ce, Italy, to build a sno wma n in his mansion courtyard.The Miracle of 1511 took place duri ng six freez ing weeks called the Win ter of Death. The city of Brussels was covered in sno wme n an impressive sce ne that told stories on every street corner. Some were political in nature,

51、criticizing the church and government. Some were a reflect ion of people inaag in ati on. For the people of Brussels, this was a defi ning mome nt of artistic freedom. At least until spring arrived, by which time they were dealing with damaging floods.If you fear the heyday of the snowman has passed

52、, don worry: I vllearned that some explosive snowman history is still being made today. Every year since 1818, the people of Zurich, Switzerla nd, celebrate the begi nning of spri ng by blow ing up a sno wma n. On the third Mon day of April, the holiday Sechselaute n is kicked off whe n a cott on sn

53、o wma n called the B ?gg is stuffed with explosive and paraded through tow n by bakers and other tradesme n who throw bread to the crowds. The parade ends with the B?gg being placed on a 40-foot pile of firewood. After the bells of the Church of St. Peter have rung six times, represe nting the pass

54、ing of win ter, the pile islit. When the sno wma n explodes, win ter is con sidered officially over the quicker it is bur nt dow n, the Ion ger summer is said to be.66. Accord ing to the passage, why did sno wme n become a phe nomenon in the Middle Ages?A. People thought of snow as holy art supplies

55、.9 / 15B. People Ion ged to see masterpieces of snow.C. Buildi ng sno wme n was a way for people to express themselves.D. Buildi ng sno wme n helped people develop their skill and thought.67. The heyday of the snowman ” Paragraph 4) means the time when _.A. sno wme n were made mai nly by artistsB. s

56、no wme n enjoyed great popularityC. sno wme n were politically criticizedD. sno wme n caused damag ing floods68. In Zurich, the blow ing up of the B?gg symbolizes _.A. the start of the paradeB. the coming of a Ion ger summerC. the pass ing of the win terD. the success of tradesme n69. What can be co

57、n cluded about sno wme n from the passage?A. They were appreciated in history.B. They have lost their value.C. They were related to movies.D. They vary in shape and size.(B)A10 / 15The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) is the first full length feature film made by directors Nick Steve Box with their a

58、mazing plasticine (粘 土 characters Wallace and Gromit.2006, and if you watch it, you an absolutely brilliant cartoon comedy.It won anPark andO WII understand why. ItCheese-lov ing inven tor Wallace and his brainy dog Gromit have started a company to protect the town s vegetables from hungry rabbits.

59、However, just before the annual Giant Vegetable Competiti on, an eno rmous rabbit beg ins terroris ing the tow n. It is eati ng all the vegetables and destroying everything in its path. The competitio n orga ni ser, Lady Tott ington, hires Wallace and Gromit to catch the monster alive. But they will

60、 have to find the were-rabbit before gun-crazy hunter Victor Quarterma ine who is desperate to kill it.The screenplay is witty and full of amusing visual jokes. As usual, the voice of Peter Sallis is absolutely perfect for the role of Wallace, and Gromit is sc beautifully brought to life he can expr