2019上海英语春考试卷

1、第1页 共11页2019上海英语春考试卷（考试时间120分钟,试卷满分140分）I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between twospeakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about whatwas said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once.

2、Afteryou hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possibleanswers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to thequestion you have heard.1. W: This table is reserved for you, sir!M: Looks like a nice table, but its too close to the door.第2页 共11页Q: Where does the con

3、versation most probably take place?2. M: I saw you on TV yesterday. You are ever so good. You didnt look nervous.W: To be frank, when it was my turn to speak, I really had my heartin my mouth.Q: What does the woman mean?3. M: Shall we go and try the restaurant around the corner?W: I cant eat a thing

4、. My headaches.Q: What can we learn about the woman?4. W: A single room is fifty pounds per night and a double room sixty poundsper night. Stay two nights and you will get another for free.W: A single room for three nights, please.第3页 共11页Q: How much should the man pay for his room?5. W: How did you

5、 do in the writing contest?M: If only I had paid more attention to style.Q: What can we learn about the man?6. M: Hey, Joan. Whats up?W: Nothing much. Its my son. It doesnt seem easy for him to used tothe new school.Q: How does Joan most probably feel about her son?7. M: Have you heard from Mary lat

6、ely. Its said that she is nowworking as a fitness coach.W: I got an e-mail from her last week. She has been working at a school sinceget第4页 共11页she left our firm.Q: Who are the two speakers talking about?8. W: How did the lecture go?M: Oh, you should have seen those young people. Thirstyknowledgewit

7、h my wisdom.Q: What does the man mean?(From-The Big Bang Theory)9. M: Look at the menu. Everything looks great. But they are too expensive.W: Have anything you like. Tom said its on our bossQ: Who will pay the bill?for10. W: David, I got you a present, a solar-powered calculator.M: I dont need a cal

8、culator, Mum. I have one.Q: What does David imply?Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two passages and one longerconversation. After each passage or conversation, you will be asked severalquestions. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but thequestions will be spoken on

9、ly once. When you hear a question, read the fourpossible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to thequestion you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.The calm waters of Rose Bay in Sydney are disturbed only when a seaplanecomes into land and

10、take off again. In some way, Rose Bay第5页 共11页has witnessed the surprising history of flying boats, a type of early seaplane. On5 July, 1938, an Empire Class flying boat departed from here, Australias firstinternational airport. It was heading for England and marked the start of thegolden age of flyi

11、ng boats. Over ten days with 30 stops along the route,passengers enjoyed a first-class service, including breakfasts of fruit, steak,juiceand wine. But the flight didnt comecheap. Tickets were far beyond the reachof most Australians, at a price that was equivalent to an annual salary. Theservice was

12、 suspended in 1942 as water cold, and the planes were officiallyused by the air force. By the time normal life started again after the war,land-based aircraft had developed rapidly and flying boats were lookingincreasingly out of date. However, Sydney and its vast waters remained wellplaced to explo

13、re the resources, and so began a newage for the flying boats.(Now listen again.)Questions:11. When did the golden age of flying boats start?第6页 共11页第7页 共11页12. Whywas the service of Empire Class flying boats stopped in the early1940s?13. What is the speaker mainly talking about?Questions 14 through

14、16 are based on the following passage.According to some psychologists, intelligence is the ability to learn fromexperience, adapt to new situations, understand and handle abstract conceptsand use knowledge to change onesenvironment. Skills like learning, memory, reasoning and problem-solvingenhance

15、these abilities. Therefore, certain habits maybe evidence youve gotthese skills. For example, it is commonly thought that those who are intelligentare organized and have everything in their workspace arranged neatly. But thats not thecase. In an experiment from the University of Minnesota, people in

16、 a messysetting came up with more creative ideas than those in a neat space. CathleenVoss, study author, says disorderly environments seem to inspire breaking freeof tradition, which can produce fresh ideas. Orderly environments, in contrast,encourage following traditions and playing it safe. But ac

17、cording to Jonathan第8页 共11页Why, a research scientist at Duke University, creativity is one of the qualities thatsmart people tend to possess and may actually lead to messiness. He says,“Its not messiness that helps creativity, but creativity which maycreatemessiness.”Such people tend to get lost in

18、thought while focusing on aproblem or issue, and planning becomes of less importance than focusing on aproblem at hand(Now listen again.)Questions:14. According to the passage, what are intelligent people like in most peopleseyes?15. According to Jonathan Why from Duke University, which of the followingstatements is true?16