上海市长宁区2020年高考教学质量检测(一模)英语试题及答案(word版)

1、长宁区2020-2020学年第二学期教学质量监测高三年级英语学科试卷2020.1考生注意：1 .考试时间120分钟，试卷满分140分。2 .本次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，在答题纸反面清楚地填写姓名。第I卷（共103分）I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two s

2、peakers. 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, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the

3、question you have heard.1. A. In a bookstore.C. In a stationery shop.2. A. Diner and waitress.C. Ticket seller and customer.3. A. She is not hungry.C. She doesn ' t like cooking.4. A. The postcard has been lost.C. The local post office is closed.5. A. To a bank.C. To a travel agency.B. In a groc

4、ery.D. In a shopping mall.B. Librarian and reader.D. Teacher and student.B. She wants to dine out.D. She feels awful today.B. The man will go to the post office.D. The woman is expecting a postcardB. To Macao.D. To a gymnasium.6. A. There will be too many people at the party.B. He feels sorry that t

5、he woman is not coming.C. It makes people happier to have more parties.D. The woman can bring her brother to the party.7. A. The man is extremely fond of traveling.8. The woman has taken many pictures at the contest.9. The man admires the woman ' s talent in writing.10. The woman is an experienc

6、ed photographer.8. A. The new dress is for warm weather.B. The new dress makes her look cool.C. She doesn ' t like cold weather at all. D. She bought the dress when it was warm.9.10.A. A nice hair-style.C. A wonderful wedding.A. She could hardly find the truth.C. She is good at finding a place t

7、o stay.B. An old photo.D. An unforgettable friend.B. She doesn ' t agree with the man.D. She had no travel experience in Russia.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passage. The passages will be read twice, but

8、the questions 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.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. International Nurses ' Day. B. World No To

9、bacco Day.C. International Workers ' Day. D. National Chocolate Chip Day.12. A. May' s brilliant green jewel stands for constant love.B. Workers started to fight for 8 hours labor back in the 1800s.C. Chocolate chip cookies are usually made for the people you love.D. May ' s flower, the

10、Lily of the Valley represents happinessand pure love.13. A. The Merry Month of May.B. Month Flower and Jewel of May.C. Food Celebrations in May.D. No Cigarettes in May.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. He invented the way of blood transfusion （输血）.B. He solved the pro

11、blem of dangerous blood transfusion.C. He found a couple of new blood types of human beings.D. He discovered the relation between blood types and personalities.15. A. Loyal but anxious.B. Logical but changeable.C. Creative but selfish.D. Ambitious but inflexible.16. A. Modest.B. Neutral.C. Disapprov

12、al. D. Supportive.Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17

13、through 20 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Original plan:Problem:Suggestions:Laurence ' s Social ArrangementTo invite Roger and Millie for a meal this 17 night.They have to go to Scotland for a wedding 18.To gather the 19 weekend.Roger sh

14、ould give her a 20 in a week or so to set the time.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.How much is the tuition for each semester?$_21_.How does Lisa get the rest of money?By doing _22_.How does Lisa spend the

15、money she earns herself?Mainly on her23.What does Lisa think of the clothes in discount stores?They are _24_.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word,

16、fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.(A)One day I heard two girls talking about making net friends in a caf . One said that she (25) (meet) one of her net friends and the other told her not to because most people foun

17、d their net friends (26)(disappoint) in real life.We all know it is quite common now that many teenagers, especially (27) from one-child families, like to make net friends and spend lots of time chatting with them because they need someone to talk with and share their sorrow and happiness. However,

18、is it wise for them to do so?In my opinion, it is possible for you to find some real good friends with the help of new technology but you (28)take care. When you talk with someone unknown on the Internet, you have no idea at all what kind of person he is and (29)he is telling you the truth. Besides

19、we can ' t deny that some bad guys mask themselves very well so that they can get many nice people (30)(trap). So, you' re taking the risk of meeting your net friends (31)you get any idea about him. In a word, you can never be too careful when meeting your net friends.(B)Perhaps one aspect o

20、f modern life which is most often considered ' annoying is' noise. According to some estimates, the amount of urban noise (32)(double) in the past ten years, and with the increase in road and air traffic, noise is likely to increase too.Noise quite clearly affects the health of modern man. I

21、t is a health threat. Loud noise (33) (say) to be a leading cause of deafness among many people over 65. It is also a major (34) (contribute) factor in causing stress, (35)itself causes a variety of illnesses.Noise is sometimes associated with lack of communication in the modern world. In many busy

22、shops, factories and nightclubs, (36)level and constancy of noise make conversation at a natural level difficult or impossible.Certain people in society, such as motorcyclists, seem to believe they have a right (37) (make) as much noise as they like without being fined. Do they?We are so trained to

23、noise in this modern world (38)people growing up with little (39) no experience of genuine peace and quiet have begun to associate silence with boredom. Isn ' t it time for us to start teaching young people that silence is golden and that you can do a lot of interesting things (40)the accompanim

24、ent of noise?Section 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.A. accurateB. alterationC. averageD. calculatesE. concealF. enormouslyK. predictionG. initialH. intervalsI. merelyJ. multipl

25、yBeyond two or three days, the world' s best weather forecasts are based on guesswork, andbeyond six or seven they are worthless.The Butterfly Effect is the reason. For small pieces of weather - and to a global forecaster, small can mean thunderstorms and snowstorms any 41 fails rapidly. Errors

26、and uncertainties 42, gathering upward through a chain of unstable features, from dust devils(尘旋风)and windstorms up to continent-size eddies (旋风)43 satellites can see.The modern weather models work with a network of points of the order of sixty miles apart, and even so, some 44 data has to be guesse

27、d, since ground stations and satellites cannot seeeverywhere. But suppose the earth could be covered with sensors spaced one foot apart, rising at one-foot 45 all the way to the top of the atmosphere. Suppose every sensor gives perfectly46 readings of temperature, pressure, dampness, and any other q

28、uantity a meteorologist (气象工作者 )would want. Exactly at noon a(n)47 powerful computer takes all the data and48 what will happen at each point at 12.01, then 12.02, then 12.03The computer will still be unable to predict whether Princeton, New Jersey, will have sun or rain on a day one month away. At n

29、oon the spaces between the sensors will 49 alterationsthat the computer will not know about, tiny variations from the 50. By 12.01, those alterations will already have created small errors one foot away. Soon the errors will have multiplied to the ten-foot scale, and so on up to the size of the glob

30、e.III. Reading Comprehension Section ADirections: For each blank in the following passage 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.Ecotourism is a combination of ecology (the study of systems of living things) and tou

31、rism. It is 51" responsible travel to natural areas that preserves the environment and improves thewelfare of the local people “by the International Ecotourism Society. Actually, ecotourism can mean travel to far- off places of great natural beauty, but not always in a(n)52 way. Itbig business,

32、 and the attraction of money can cause people to think about 53 first. Whileecotourism offers benefits to people and ecosystems, it leaves ecosystems open to negative effects, too.Costa Rica, once a Spanish colony, and independent since 1821, has an ecotourism industry worth over one billion dollars

33、 yearly, and thousands of jobs have been 54. Nearly 21percent of the land is now protected national parks,55 thanks to ecotourism. Nevertheless,due to the number of people visiting the country' s natural places, some damage to the ecosystem has occurred.While 56 can have a negative impact on eco

34、systems, the same areas might have been57 by industries such as farming, logging, or mining if there were no ecotourism industry.Shelters （庇护所）have been created 58, keeping the ecosystem protected. And, by visitingbeautiful rainforests and seeing rare animals, visitors get a sense of their 59, and o

35、f gratitude for them. Tour guides can also be educators who train people to love and care for the environment. Visitors can take these 60 with them to their home countries.Unfortunately, while their effect may not be 61 in the off-season, the constant paradeof visitors in the high season can be dama

36、ging. At one national park in Costa Rica, wild monkeys now feed on garbage left by the tourists.62, ecotourists tend to seek out places with the rarest animals and plants,63 the most delicate living things.It is easy to be critical of the ecotourism industry, but it is important to be 64 as well.Eco

37、tourism can never be " pure ” . We can ' t expect zero negative effects on the ecosystem. It is also 65 to suppose that humans won ' t go anywhere accessible to them. If protection efforts aremaintained and increased, those remaining places of undisturbed nature may be stressed, but the

38、y won' t be destroyed.51.A. defined asB. made up ofC. applied toD. combined with52.A. attractiveB. naturalC. differentD. responsible53.A. effectsB. natureC. profitsD. economy54.A. lostB. createdC.abandonedD. shifted55.A. mainlyB. comparativelyC. unfortunatelyD. barely56.A. touristsB. environment

39、C. manufacturersD. politics57.A. fertilizedB. destroyedC. reservedD. stimulated58.A. equallyB. regularlyC. insteadD. though59.A. freedomB. hardnessC. welfareD. value60.A. ecosystemsB. lessonsC. animalsD. trainers61.A. uncertainB. noticeableC. healthyD. special62.A. For instanceB. On the contraryC. I

40、n additionD. As a whole63.A. appreciatingB. discoveringC. shelteringD. pressuring64.A. positiveB. creativeC. effectiveD. sensitive65.A. feasibleB. reasonableC. unrealisticD. inevitableSection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished

41、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 just read.（A）When I was young, it wasn ' t the parental love that filled my thoughts in thpring. It was baseball.I loved everything a

42、bout the game the crack of a bat, the excitement of chasing a ground ball across short green grass, even watching the games on our old black-and-white TV. Yet looking back now, nothing was quite as important to me as the annual ritual （老规矩）of playing catchwith my dad.Dad was never much of a baseball

43、 fan, but as green leaves began to shoot on bare branches and warmth returned to the air, he would grab his old mitt （棒球手套）and head out to the yard with me just the same. There was something beneficial about playing catch with him, the hum of the ball as it sailed through the air, and the friendly p

44、op as it hit the leather netting. We may have been 50 feet apart, but the flight of that ball connected us, forming as strong a relationship as any father-son talk ever could have.I was never the star of my Little League team, yet Dad never cared about that. Every year, he would be out there, waitin

45、g to field any false throw I sent his way.As I grew older, I realized that our game was a reflection of our relationship - that even if a problem didn ' t involve a glove and a ball, Dad would always be there to handle anything I threw in his direction. His devotion to our springtime ritual show

46、ed his devotion to me not only to my love of baseballl but also to my life.I ' ve often heard it said thatwith my father, love was in the details.“the devil is in the details." Now I realize that in my relatio66.When the author was young, he didnA. the sound of hitting a ballC. the joy of r

47、unning after a ballt care much about.B. the company of his fatherD. the games broadcast on TV67.68.The author ' s father practiced catching baseball with him on warm spring days, A. having a father-son conversation with himB. killing time while doing some physical exerciseC. making him an excell

48、ent baseball playerD. giving him a guiding hand in his lifeWe can learn from the passage that.A. a yearly celebration was held to start their spring baseball catching ritualB. the author and his father used to have a loose relationship with each otherC. the author fully realized his father's lov

49、e for him when he was young69.D. the author ' s father always stood by him whenever he was in trouble What is the passage mainly about?A. The same hobby shared between the author and his father.'s love for him.B. The way the author and his father used to spend spring days.C. The author '

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