上海市2021届高三英语上学期教学质量检测(一模)试题

1、2021届高三英语上学期教学质量检测（一模）试题考生注意：1. 考试时间120分钟，试卷满分140企2. 本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。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，务必在答題纸上填写准考证号和姓名。1 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

2、 asked about what was said The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once After you hear a conversation and a question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard1A At a bankB At a postC.At a travel agen

3、cyD At an2. A. WaiterofficeC.MechanicairportB SalesmanD Accountant3. A. June 3r<.B. June 135c.July 13th.D. July 30th.A. BusinessB British4.management.literature.C Popular science.D Classical music.25 A. Carry a lot of cash onB. Cancel the trip to the S.C. Search for information online.D. Try vari

4、ous payment methods6. A He will give priority to the lectureB. He will deliver a lecture to the graduatesC. He will attend the graduation ceremonyD. He will prepare presents for the graduates7. A. Jack has paid off all the debts through hard workB Jack and Sam have won the first place in the contest

5、C. They relaxed themselves the whole summer holiday.D. The robot contest was held in the innovation laboratory.8. A. Peter hardly notices the changes in his class.B. Peter has greatly changed his personality.C. The man was surprised to learn Peter* s successD. Peter has received training in deliveri

6、ng speeches9. A. The woman forgot to prepare thegifts.B. The gifts were purchased at theairportC. The man is very pleased with the pictureD. The special gifts appeal to the man great1y.10. A He didn* t take any pictures at the ceremonyB. He forgot to take his cell phone to the ceremony.C. He couldn*

7、 t record every detail because he ran away.D. He took only a few photos because of the limited storage.Section BDierctions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked some questions on the passages and the conversation The passages and the convers

8、ation 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 heard Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11A By donating money to help

9、those in poverty-stricken areasB. By reducing the price of the food that has gone badC. By giving away tons of food to developing nations every yearDBy launching a store selling food once thrown into the trash bin12. A. The general publicB The low-income peopleC The charity staffD The retailers13. A

10、. $1 trillion. B. $700,000.C. $30,000.D. $50,000.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14A Snow or ice sculpturesB Parades on roads.C Chalk drawings on pavementsD Sand paintings15A He prefers to do his art work aloneB. He mostly creates his works in citiesC. He usually spends a

11、short while creatingD. He has attracted many people in fashion industry.16. A Why art is not easy toforgetB. The history of temporary arthis works.C. A temporaryM artist and4D. How to make impressive temporary art.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17A How English food i

12、s madeB. Why Indian foods are often tastelessC. Why foods in some countries are spicyD. How spicy food was introduced into England18A The food in cold regions is usually tastyB. The climate has little effect on the local foodC. India and England have quite similar climatesD. Spicy food causes people

13、 to sweat, cooling them off.19A They cover the bad smells offood.B. They give the food a unique flavorC. They slow down the growth of bacteriaD. They come in handy where there is no refrigerator20. A. The mention of garlic and onion makes the womanhungr y.B.The plants and bacteria can live in harmon

14、y to someextentC. The unique flavor of the plants has contributed to their surviva1D. It takes longer time for those plants like onions and garlic to grow.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections： After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically

15、 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 blankA New Hero is Here to Save the DayIt* s thought that when a hero like Batman is blessed with great power, he or she must endure loneliness

16、 and suffering as a result The 尸Zas方(闪电侠)，however, makes a fun, lightning-quick and optimistic superhero. After the wild success of TV series Arrow, a TV network launched The Flash、 (21)(show) the image ofthis Superhero, who was only a supporting character in Arrow.Like Spiderman, who gained the abi

17、lity to make webs and climb walls after he(22)(bite) by a spider, Barry Allen in The Flashwas shocked intosuperhero-status by accident A strike from a lightning put Allen into a nine-month unconscious state, and when he emerged, he found himself (23)_(equip) with super speedNaturally, Allen slips on

18、 a colorful suit and becomes the Flash, a hero(24) 28extreme speed to fight super-powered bad guys But the Flash also has other purposes, namely finding out the truth behind his mother* s death and his father * s unjust imprisonmentIn line with superhero series standards, The Flash features action a

19、nd eye-popping special effects Theref s nothing terribly innovative here, but (25) we do get is a unique superhero with a more unusual personality(26)Allenhas gone through unpleasant childhood experience, in this show he grows into a superhero (27) powers include optimism He' s got a group of sc

20、ientists that not only save his life, but also provide him with emotional support and the tools necessary (28) (fight) crime.A big surprise for me was that The Flash cast Prison Break star Wentworth Miller as a bad character, who uses a gun that (29)_turn anything into ice US shows began their entra

21、nce into the Chinese market with Friends, but Prison Break pushed interest in US TV series to a new height largely thanks to Miller* s wonderful acting Now Miller* s back to act in The Flash(30)is a nice surprise that this new show serves as a platform forPrison Breakfans to revisit their old favori

22、te, although this time around he* s an antagonist(反 派角色).Section BDirections： After reading the passage below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box Each word can be used only once Note that there is one more word than you needA. accustomed B advances C command D common E drain F mi

23、nimizeG precisely H reduced I. renewJ.K victimssustainablyCriticism of the Fast FashionIn the 2006 film version of The Devil Wears Prada. Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, scolds her unattractive assistant for imagining that high fashion doesn* t affect her Priestly explains how the deep blu

24、e color of the assistant" s sweater was31over the years from fashion shows to departments stores and to the bargain bin in which the poor girl probably found her clothesThis top-down concept of the fashion business couldn* t be more out of dateor in conflict with the mad world described in Over

25、dressed, Elizabeth Cline* s three-year accusation of ufast fashionM In the last decade or so,32in technology have allowed mass-market labelssuch as Zara, H&M, andUniqlo to react to trends more quickly and predict demand more 33_ Quicker turnarounds mean less wasted stock, more frequent release,

26、and more profit These labels encourage style-conscious consumers to see clothes as disposable一meant to last only a wash or two, although they don' t advertise thatand to_34their wardrobe 衣橱）every few weeks By offering on-trenditems at dirt-cheap prices, Cline argues, these brands havecontrolled

27、fashion cycles, shaking an industry long_35_to a seasonal paceThe36of this revolution, of course, are not limited to designers For H&M to offer a S595 knit miniskirt in all its 2,300-plus stores around the world, it must rely on low-wage overseas labor, order in volumes that 37natural resources,

28、 and use massive amounts of harmful chemicalsTowards the end of Overdressed, Cline introduced her ideal, a Brooklyn woman named Sarah Kate Beaumont, who since 2008 has made all of her own clothesand beautifully. But as Cline is the first to note, it took Beaumont decades to perfect her craft; her ex

29、ample can* t be imitatedThough several fast-fashion companies have made efforts to38their impact on labor and the environmentincluding H&H, with its green Conscious Collection lineCline believes lasting change can only be made by customers She exhibits the idealism_39_ to many advocates of susta

30、inability, be it in food or in energy Vanity 虚荣,C? ) is a constant; people will only start shopping more 40_when they can" t afford not to.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 bla

31、nk with the word or phrase that best fits the contextThe networked computer is an amazing device It is the first media machine that serves as the mode of production (you can make stuff), means of distribution (you can upload stuff to the network), site of41(you can download stuff and interact with i

32、t), and place of praise and criticism (you can comment on the stuff you have downloaded or uploaded ).42the computer is the 21st century * s culture machineBut for all the reasons there are to43the computer, we must also act with caution This is because the networked computer has started a secret wa

33、r between downloading and uploadingbetween passive consumption and active44 一whose outcome will shape our collective future in ways we can only begin to imagineAll animals download, but only a few upload anything besides faces and their own bodies Humans are45 in their capacity to not only make tool

34、s but then turn around and use them to create superfluous. 过 剩 的 )material goods (paintings, sculpture and architecture) and superfluous experiences (music,literature, religion and philosophy)46, it is precisely thesesuperfluous things that define human culture and ultimately what it is to be humanD

35、ownloading and consuming culture requires great skills, but47_ to movebeyond downloading is to rob oneself of a defining ingredient of humanityDespite the possibilities of our new culture machines, most people are still_48 download mode, brought about by television watching Even after the 49of wides

36、pread social media, a pyramid of production remains, with a small number of people uploading material, a slightly larger group commenting on or modifying that content, and a huge percentage remaining satisfied to just_50_The networked computer offers the first chance in 50 years to51 the flow caused

37、 by TV viewing, to encourage thoughtful downloading and, even more importantly, meaningful uploading The computer offers the opportunity to bring about a complete52from the culture of television and a shift from a consumption model to a production mode1 This is a historic opportunity Fifty years of

38、television dominance has given birth to an unhealthy culture The53 is now in our collective grasp It involves controlling our intake, or downloading, and_54_our levels of activityuploadingOf course people will still download Nobody uploads more than a tiny percentage of the culture they consume But

39、using the networked computer as a download-only device, or even a down 1 oad-mainly device, is a55opportunity that history affords us. Therefore, the goal must be to establish a balance between consumption and production41 A. celebrationB.conversationsC.receptionD.ceremonies42. A. Without doubtB.In

40、returnC.In particular DBy contrast43. A. liberateB.celebratec.concernD.reject44. A. requestB.supportc.defenseD.creation45 A. uniqueBfamiliarCefficientDloyal46. A. In additionB.In factC.For instanceD.By the way47. A. strivingB.comparingC.failingD.attempting48. A. optimisticB.unfamiliarc.stuck inD.ash

41、amed ofaboutwith49. A.Bemergencec.encounterD.transformationmaintenance50. A. consumeBbineD.innovate51. A. enhanceBquickenc.reverseD.extend52. A. outcomeB.exposurec.breakD.evolution53. A. puzzleB.curec.regretD.favor54. A. analysingB.maintainingc.featuringD.increasing55. A. wastedBtreasure

42、dc.multipliedD.revisedSection 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 re

43、ad（A）Dame Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi-born British architect whose tall structures left a mark on skylines and imaginations around the world and in the process reshaped architecture for the modern ageShe was not an average designer Sheliberated architectural geometry 儿何），giving it a whole new expressive i

44、dentity Geometry became, in her hands, a vehicle for unprecedented and eye-popping new spaces Her buildings elevated uncertainty to an art, conveyed in the odd waysHer work implying mobility, speed, freedom and uncertainty spoke to a worldview widely shared by a younger generation ° I am not Eu

45、ropean, I don' t do conventional work and I am a woman, ' ' Strikingly Ms. Hadid never allowed herself on her work to be categorized by her background or her gender And she was one of a kind, a path breaker In 2004, she became the first woman to win the Pritzker Prize, architecture* s No

46、be1Zaha Hadid was born in Baghdad on October 31, 1950 Then in 1972, she arrived at the architectural association in London, a center for experimental design Her teachers included Elia Zenghelis and Rem Koolhaas uThey aroused my ambition, ” she would recall, °and taught me to trust even my stran

47、gest instincts M By the 1980s she had established her own practice in London And she began to draw attention with an unrealized plan in 19821983 for the Peak ClubHer partner, Patrick Schumacher, played an instrumental and collaborative role in her career Hr. Schumacher coined the term （参数的）design to

48、 include the computer-based approach that helped the firm' s most weird concepts become reality Ms. Hadid called what resulted in an organic language of architecture, based on these new tools, which allow us to combine highly complex forms into a fluidk流线的）and complete whole.Her sources were nat

49、ure, history or whatever she sought useful When her Rosenthal Center, a relatively modest project, opened in 2003, Herbert Muschamp, the architecture critic declared it "the most important American building to be completed since the end of the cold war"uShe was bigger than life, a force of

50、 nature, ” as Amale Andraos, the dean of Columbia University' s architecture school, put it, "she was a pioneer”She was For women, for what cities can desire to build and for the art of architecture56. What features the structures designed by Zaha Hadid?A. Free architectural geometryB Conve

51、ntional designC Odd imaginationD Colorful patterns57. According to Paragraphs 3 and 4, which of the following statement is TRUE?A. Zaha Hadid taught herself to trust instinctsB. The plan for the Peak Club hasn' t been carried outC. The architects gender influenced her work dramatical1y.D. Zaha H

52、adid was the first architect to win the Pritzker Prize58. How did the computer-based approach make a difference to Zaha Hadid" s work?A. It contributes to realizing the strange ideasB. It simplifies the complex structure as a wholeC. It provides new tools to translate the languageD. It serves a

53、s an instrument to interpret the concepts59. The purpose of the passage is toA. present Zaha Hadid* s life experienceB. praise Zaha Hadid* s inspiration and diligenceC. compare Zaha Hadid* s works in different timesD. show Zaha Hadid" s great contributions to architecture2021 SAN FRANCISCOWRITE

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