上海市虹口区2020届高三英语二模试题(含解析)

1、上海市虹口区 2020 届高三英语二模试题（含解析）考生注意:1. 考试时间 120 分钟，试卷满分 140 分。2. 本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。 所有答題必须涂 （ 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. 答題前，务必在答題纸上填写准考证号和姓名， 并将核对后的条形码貼在指定位 置上，在答題纸反面清楚地填写姓名。I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At

2、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 question you

3、 have heard.1.A. At an airport.B. On a plane.C. On a bus. D. In adepartment store.【答案】B【解析】【分析】M: Excuse me, but I 'm not feeling quite well. I think I'm going to throwup.W: There is an airsickness bag in front of you, sir.Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?详解】此题为听力题，解析略

4、2.A. He is suffering a pain in the neck.B. His roommate walks in his sleep.C. His roommate 's bed is always in a mess.D. He doesn ' t like sharing a room with anyone.【答案】C【解析】【分析】W: Patrick, how do you like your roommate?M: It 's a pain in the neck sharing a room with him. He talks inhis

5、 sleepand never makes the bed. I'm simply fed up with him.Q: What can we learn about Patrick from the conversation?【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。3.A. The woman was fully absorbed in the movie.B. The woman lost her way to the cinema that evening.C. The woman couldn't understand the movie very well.D. The mo

6、vie was no better than what the woman had imagined.【答案】 A【解析】【分析】M: You went to the cinema last night, didn't you? How was the movie TheWandering Earth?whole evening.W: It couldn 't be better. I lost myself in it theQ: What can we learn from the conversation? 【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。4.A. $160.B. $50.

7、【答案】D【解析】【分析】C. $120.D. $150.W: Do you rent room by the week? You see, I for a whole month.m not sure whether I ' ll stayM: Yes. The rents are higher,however.It 's $50 a week, but only $160 a month.Q: How much will the woman pay if she rents the room for three weeks? 【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。5.A. He r

8、eally likes his wife's new hairstyle.B. His wife didn' t take his sensible advice.C. He didn 't want to cut his wife's long hair.D. His wife often complains about everything.【答案】 B【解析】【分析】W: Mike, look at my new hairstyle. I wish my hair were longer.M: Yes, honey. If only you'd l

9、istened to me.Q: What does the man imply?【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。6.A. Puzzled.B. Regretful.C. Angry. D.Relieved.【答案】C【解析】【分析】W: Sorry, sir. I am calling to inform you that the book you ordered online is out of stock.M: Why didn 't you update the information online then? I need it urgently to carry on my

10、research.Q: How does the man feel?【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。7.B. An entry form.D. The position of systemA. A job offer.C. An excellent re sume.engineer.【答案】 A【解析】分析】W: I think your resumeis excellent,but I ' mafraid wedon't have any vacancy for the position of system engineer at the moment.M: Well, the

11、re must be someposition open somewhereperhaps something more entry-level?Q: What does the man want?【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。8.A. Mr. James talks a lot about gardening.B. Mr. James likes boasting of his cleverness.C. The woman is not interested in what Mr. James says.D. Mr. James isn 't very straightforwar

12、d in what he says.【答案】D【解析】【分析】M: Do you understand what Mr. James just said?W: Not really. He always beats about the bush, and I just can't get hispoints.Q: Why can't the wom an understand Mr. James?【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。9.A. The elderly are expert at using apps.B. The elderly don't know how t

13、o use apps.C. The elderly can help to develop smart apps.D. The app developers can't afford to ignore the elderly.【答案】D【解析】【分析】W: Do old people in your country like to use apps?M: Yeah, of course, how can the smart app developers miss out on so important and vast a population?Q: What does the ma

14、n mean?【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。10.A. Mr. Johnson 's ideas are nonsense.B. He quite agrees with Mr. Johnson 's views.C. He has his own opinions on social welfare.D. Mr. Johnson is skillful in expressing his ideas.【答案】 B【解析】【分析】W: I don't agree with Mr. Johnson on his views about social welfare. He

15、seems to suggest that the poor are robbing the rich.M: He could have used better words to express his idea. But I 've found what he said makes a lot of sense.Q: What does the man imply?【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longerconversation,

16、and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation 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 would be the best answer

17、 to the question you have heard.Questions are based on the following passage.11.A. In multi-cultural countries.C. In developed countries. countries.12.A. Lack of communication facilities.C. Power failure.13.A. Features of different types of poverty. elimination.C. Changes in three poverty categories

18、. line.【答案】 11. B 12. D 13. A【解析】B. In developing countries.D. In densely-populatedB. Temporary shelter.D. No access to recreation.B. Approaches to povertyD. Ways to calculate the povertyHello! Today I am going to talk about poverty, a critical issue in today'sworld. Oneuseful way to understand

19、poverty is to distinguish between three degrees of poverty.The first type of poverty is extreme poverty. In extreme poverty, households cannot meet basic needs for survival. People suffer from long-term hunger.They have no access to safe drinking water, let alone health care. They cannot afford educ

20、ation for their children. In short, people who live in extreme poverty do not have even the minimumresources to support themselves and their families. Then, where does extreme poverty occur? Well, you can find it only in developing countries.Well, what about moderate poverty? Unlike extreme poverty,

21、 moderate poverty generally refers to rarely meeting the basic needs of life condition. People living in moderate poverty have the resources to keep themselves alive, but only at a very basic level. For example, they may have access to drinking water but not clean, safe drinking water. They may have

22、 a home to shelter themselves but it does not have power supply, or a telephone.The third kind of poverty is relative poverty. Relative poverty is generally considered to be a household income level which is below a given proportion of average family income. The relatively poor live in high income c

23、ountries but they do not have a high income themselves. The methods of calculating the poverty line vary from country to country, but we can say that basically the income of a family living in relative poverty is less than that of the average family. They can meet their basic needs but they lack acc

24、ess to cultural goods, and entertainment. They also do not have access to quality health care.Weshould keep these distinctions in mind when we research people 's living conditions either in the developing or the developed world.Questions:Where does the speaker say we can find extreme poverty?Whi

25、ch of the following features can be seen in relative poverty?What does the speaker mainly talk about?【11 题详解】此题 听力题，解析略。【12 题详解】 此题为听力题，解析略。【13 题详解】此题为听力题，解析略。Questions are based on the following passage.14.A. Because of the course materials.B. Because of the discussion topics.C. Because of others &

26、#39; misuse of technology.D. Because of a rule the speaker made for his class.15.A. The speaker 's history class received low assessment.B. The students think highly of the speaker's history class.C. The speaker made the rule because he was against technology.D. The speaker made the rule jus

27、t because of his unpleasant experiences.16.A. It may improve teaching and offer more help.B. It may allow students to get on well with each other.C. It may distract students from being involved in class.D. It may help students to better understand complex themes.【答案】 14. D 15. B 16. C【解析】Like many o

28、ther people, I love my smartphone, which keeps me connected with the larger world. I also love my laptop, because it holds all of my writing and thoughts. However, I know there are times when I need to move away from these devices and truly communicate with others.On occasion, I teach a course calle

29、d History Matters to a group of higher education managers. My goals for the class include a full discussion of historical themes and ideas. Because I want students to thoroughly study the materials and exchange their ideas with each other in the classroom, I have a rule no laptop, iPads, phones, etc

30、. When students were told my rule in advance of the class, some of them were not happy.Most students assume that my reasons for this rule include unpleasant experiences in the past with students misusing technology. There 's a bit of truth to that. Some students assume that I am anti- technology

31、. There 's no truth in that at all. The real reason why I ask students to leave technology at the door is that I think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversations and truly engage complex ideas. Interruptions by technology often break concentration and allow for too much de

32、pendence on outside information for ideas. I want students to dig deep within themselves for inspiration and ideas.I ' ve been teaching my history class in this way for many years and the evaluations reflect student satisfaction with the environment that I create. Students realize that with deep

33、 conversation and challenge, they learn at a level that helps them keep the course materials beyond the classroom.Questions:Why were some of the students in the history class unhappy?What can be learned from this passage?What can be inferred from the passage about the use of technology in classrooms

34、?【14 题详解】 此题为听力题，解析略。【15 题详解】 此题为听力题，解析略。【16 题详解】 此题为听力题，解析略。Questions are based on the following passage.17.A. She bumped into a coffee table.B. She chatted with the cafe owner.C. She talked with someone she knew.D. She was listening to a lively debate.18.A. Newspapers were given out to customers.B

35、. An entrance fee was charged for getting in.C. It was the meeting place for debating clubs.D. It was first started in Oxford in the 16th century. 19.A. Partly right.B. Extremely interesting.C. Very unfair.20.D. A bit unreasonable.A. By providing free laptops for use.B. By making sofas comfortable t

36、o sit on.C. By engaging them in stimulating conversation.D. By transporting customers to various destinations. 【答案】 17. C 18. B 19. D 20. B【解析】W: Here's your cup of coffee, Bob.M: Thanks! But what took you so long, Catherine?W: Sorry, Bob. I bumped into somebody I knew in the cafe and stopped fo

37、r a chat.M: OK, well. Catherine, did you know that coffee houses were originally a meeting place for lively debates and intellectual discussions?W: Really? I didn 't know that, Bob. So how long ago was this debating society formed?M: The first coffee house was set up in Oxford in 1650. But they

38、quickly became popular and soon they were all over London too. You paid a penny to get in, and this included access to newspapersand stimulating conversation!W: But I have to say, while I was getting our coffees earlier, there was nobody else in the cafe talking except me and my friend. Everybody wa

39、s sitting on their own, tapping away on their laptops. So the spirit of those 17th century coffee houses has disappeared then? No more lively debates and intellectual discussions?M: It seems so. As Douglas Fraser, BBCBusiness and EconomyEditor says, the coffee shop's free Wi-Fi is transporting i

40、ts customers to different destinations far from the person beside them. As you can see, so manypeople sit along plugged into their laptopsand they 're all doing differentthings working, writing, messing about on social media.W: I think the cafe owners should turn off the free Wi-Fi. I don 't

41、 thinkpeople should be allowed to sit all day using the Internet occupying tables and not talking to anybody! Especially when someof themdon't even buy a coffee!M: That 's a bit extreme, Catherine. Cafe owners need customersand theyencourage people to stay by having comfortable sofas and new

42、spapers to read and the free Wi-Fi!W: I suppose you ' re right.Questi ons:Why did it take Catherine a long time to bring back the coffee?What can be lear ned about the earlier coffee house from this conv ersati on?What does Bob think of the idea of turning off the Wi-Fi?How do the cafe owners at

43、tract customers?【17题详解】此题为听力题，解析略。【18题详解】此题为听力题，解析略。【19题详解】此题为听力题，解析略。【20题详解】此题为听力题，解析略。II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make thepassage cohere nt and grammatically correct. For the bla nks with a give n word, fill in each blank wi

44、th the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each bla nk.The Best Way of Losi ng WeightForget what the skinny movie stars and the TV adverts say - losing weight is hard work. _21_ you do it through exercise, diet, or a bit of both, it ' s extremely chal

45、lenging to lose those pounds and then to keep them off. Sometimes it can invoIve 22(change) huge parts of your day-to-day life and it can mean breaking decades-old habits.But it turns out there' s one little t hing you 23 do to help youachieve your goal and it ' s got nothing to do with food

46、 or exercise. The experts at Weight Watchers did research which shows many of their members were more successful and _24_ (discouraged) whe n they shared regularupdates on their new healthy lifestyleonline.They found people who shareda diary of their daily lives with frie ndsand followers were stimu

47、lated andin spired by positive feedback25_ they lost some pounds and kept themoff.More than 50 per cent of people said the support of a weight loss community was crucial when it came26changing their eating habits and 53 percent shared photos of their meals on social media. With this knowledge under

48、their belts, Weight Watchers 27(launch) a series of short films latelywhich show people recordi ng their daily weight loss journ ey.One of the members who shared her jour ney was Dani elle Duggi ns, and her video shows her enjoying a range of healthy meals and a few treats, while28 (play) with her c

49、hildre n.The compa ny' s marketi ng director Claudia Nicholls said:“ The supportof a com mun ity has always proved to be an effective way of forming and sustaining healthy habits, but there has never been an easier or more affordable way 29 (tap) into the power of the crowd for support and in sp

50、irati on with the explosi on of on li ne com mun ities. Weight Watchers owns a social com mun ity for members, Conn ect,30 sees over 14,000 dailyposts in the UK alone, and provides our members with in sta nt access to a community of people who are on similar journeys to them.【答案】21. Whether22. cha n

51、ging23. can 24. less discouraged25. that 26. to27. has launched28. playing29. to tap 30. which【解析】 本文属于新闻，介绍减肥以及维持体重最有效的方式不是锻炼，也不是节食，而是 与他人分享自己的成功经历， Weight Watchers 专门建立了一个会员专属的社交平 台。【21 题详解】 考查连词。句意：不管你是通过锻炼还是饮食，也或是两者兼备，都很难减掉体重 并且维持减掉后体重。分析句子可知， you do it through exercise, diet, or a bit of both属于

52、选择关系，故用 whetheror不管是还是，故用 whether。【22 题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：有时，这需要改变大部分的日常生活。本句为 involve 的 用法 involve doing sth 需要做某事，故用 changing 。【23 题详解】 考查情态动词。句意：结果是只需要做一件小事就可以帮你达成目标，这与饮食和 锻炼没有关系。分析句子可知，本句结构完整，谓语动词为 do 原形，故用情态动 词 can 可以。【24 题详解】 考查比较级。句意：专家做了一份研究发现，当成员们在网上定期分享他们新的健 康生活方式的时候，减肥更容易成功，更少泄气。根据文章可知，介绍减肥的最

53、好 方法， 效果 最好 的方 式，由 于前 面有 more successful ，故用 比较级 ， less discouraged 。【25 题详解】 考查同位语从句。句意：当他们与朋友们分享自己的日常生活的时候，他们的跟随者会受到他们积极的反馈的鼓励和启发，这种积极反馈就是他们减了肥，保持了体重。分析句子可知，they lost some pounds and kept them off 是对 feedback 的 解释说明，故为同位语从句，从句结构意思完整，故用连接词that。【26题详解】考查介词。句意：当涉及到改变日常饮食习惯的时候，超过50%勺人说减肥社区的鼓励是至关重要的的。本

54、句为句型 when it comes to sth 当涉及到某事，故用to。【27题详解】考查现在完成时。句意：基于这个知识，Weight Watchers最近拍摄了一系列的短片。由于lately 修饰，故用现在完成时，故用 has launched 。【28题详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：在与孩子玩耍的时候，Danielle Duggins展示了一个短片， 短片里，她分享了广泛的健康饮食以及吃的更少。 while是连词，句中主语和动词 play 是主动关系，故用 playing 。【29题详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：但是从未有更容易或者更经济的方式把大众支持的力量融 入进去。分析句子可知，ta

55、p做后置定语修饰名词way,故用不定式to tap 。【30题详解】考查定语从句。句意：Weight Watchers的会员们有一个专门的社交平台，Connect，在这个平台上，仅在英国，每天就有超过14000条帖子。分析句子可知，sees over14,000 daily posts in the UK alo ne为非限制性定语从句修饰先行词 Conn ect，从句缺乏主语，故用关系代词 which。Secti on BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Eachword can be

56、 used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. scaleC. disastrousD. hotspotsFy targetK victimG, intcruhovcnH. inevitable1. coniinuousJ, resolveK. riskyWhy Bike Theft Is Not Taken Seriously?For many people a bicycle is the only tran sport they can afford and itis very convenient f

57、or them to use. Therefore, the impact of the loss of their bike can be 31 . But why is cycle theft so often seen as a minor crime?According to the police, 96,210 bikes were stolen in 2020, and about one in 50 bicycle-owninghouseholds fall 32 to cycle theft each year. Thosewho can afford a second bik

58、e might have a “ beater ” , a cheap bike they leave in 33 areas, and can afford to lose but those who cannot make both ends meet, and live below the poverty line will find themselves corn ered by bike theft.According to a survey for Bike Register, 50% of victims felt policedidn ' t investigate the crime, while those34 in cycle theft see itas low risk in terms of being caught. Police reco