2018年虹口区高考英语二模

1、 .wd.虹口区 2017 学年度第二学期期终教学质量监控测试高三英语试卷 2018.04考生注意：1. 考试时间 120 分钟，试卷总分值 140 分。2. 本考试设试卷和答题纸两局部。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。第 I 卷(共 100 分)I. Listening Comprehension II. Grammar and vocabulary Section ADirections: After reading the passage b

2、elow, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent andgrammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; f or the other blanks, use one word that best f its each blank.Nooks arrival, Good or Bad?Book lovers, most of them, will tell

3、you(21)_ a pleasure it is to lend a favorite read to the friend the novel you stayed up all night to get to the end of ; the travel book that made you feel (22) _you yourself w ere on a train ride through India. For a while it seemed that e-book users w ere to be denied this pleasure of lending to f

4、riends. You could buy a book or magazine for your reading device, but you couldn't lend it out.But now, with the Nock, the US book chain Barnes and Noble's response to Amazon's Kind le, electronic readers will be ab le to have their latest literary enthusiasm(23) _ (press) on their frien

5、ds, just like readers of physical books can, You simply email the book from your Nook and your friend can read it for two weeks, (24) _ (use) any device with the Barnes& Noble e-book reader software. It's a big improvement from previous e-book readers.The Nook offers other features too. You

6、read in black and white on the main screen. just likewith Kind le. The difference is (25) _on the lower part of the device there's a colour touch screen,(26) _allow s you to browse through a book or a magazine , but goes black when you're not using it so that you save power.(27) _exciting th

7、ing about the Nook is that it offers Wi-Fi, arguably a big advance on previous e-book readers. Customers in the United States can use the Internet connection (28) _ (read) whole e-books at Barnes& Noble for hundreds of bookstores for free. None of Barnes& Nobles competitors can come close to

8、 this.But the Nook, ironically,(29) _ (turn out) to be a money-loser for Barnes& Noble, or at least a job- loser for Barnes& Noble's employees. According to Marian Moniker at The Big Money Website,(30) _the Nook is successful it might take sales from the companys bookstores, eventually f

9、orcing their closure and the loss of thousands of jobs.Section BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. branchB. department C. appropriateD. expansionE. withdrewF. dominatedG. licensedH.

10、 contractI. considerableJ. brandsK. breakthroughForeign Giants Target Chinese Milk MarketEuropean dairy products giant Arla Foods has chosen a leading Chinese milk manufacture as a business partner for its (31)_ in China a clear sign that overseas companies are starting to cultivate huge Chinas dair

11、y market by tying up with local players.Arla signed the cooperation (32) _, which comes into effect this month, with Mengniu Dairy at the end of August to set up a milk-pow der joint venture in Hohhot, capital of North Chin as Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The deal between Arle Foods and Mengniu

12、 can be seen as a new (33) _for Multinationals re-entry into the sector.Many foreign giants have found it difficult to create ( 34) _profits in domestic milk market, especially the liquid-m ilk sector, which is followed closely by price wars and dominated by local (35) _-companies like Danone, Kraft

13、 and Friesland Coberco have quitted dairy production in China.A few have been successful -Nestle, Inter, Bristo-Myers Squibb and Wyeth have (36) _ the high-end milk-formula market in China.“We will watch the market closely and re-invest here in a(n) (37) _ time, an official of the Dutch firm Friesla

14、nd said w hen it (38) its investment in its Tianjin joint venture last year after eight years.The company has (39) _its Chinese partner to continue using its Dutch lady brand and also sells its imported Friso infant foods, Dutch Lady milk pow der and Dutch lady Calcimex in the Chinese market through

15、 its (40) _ company in Hong Kong.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four word s or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Our modern working lives are ruled by the concept of co

16、mpetence(能力). The idea that lies behind competence is quite simple: that one can state what people should do in behavioral terms, and then _41_ whether a person has succeeded in meeting that task or not. We rarely have a second thought about whether the idea of measuring and achieving competence is

17、a good one or not. _42_ , it is a debatable one.Humans do not learn or work in ways that can be measured by the _43_ of competence.Take the example of a barista who is being trained to make coffee. The job title of “barista _44_ a degree of skill in making coffee. However, baristas in large coffee c

18、hains are usually trained through_45_ qualifications. One part of these qualifications is to produce a cup of coffee to meet a(n) _46_ standard. It might have to achieve a certain taste and appearance. This might seem perfectly reasonable, but there are two reasons why such an approach to training b

19、aristas does not_47_. First, the production of a cup of coffee to a certain standard is a binary(二次元的) _48_ . The baristas can either produce a coffee of a certain standard or they cannot. If they happen to produce the best cup of coffee in the world, it does not matter, as competence-based training

20、 does not reward outstanding performance. _49_, producing the worst cup of coffee would be a fail in the same w ay as producing a cup just below the standard. In fact, competence is not interested in the process of producing a coffee at all-only the final binary outcome.Second, if the barista does p

21、roduce a coffee to a certain_50_ , competence is not interested in why the barista can do that. But humans are not machines that _51_ produce binary outcomes. We have bodies and minds which _52_ through learning.Yet we are increasingly forced to _53_ competence in our schools and workplace. We are n

22、ot empty machines that simply produce binary outcomes. If w e w ant to be true human in our learning and our workplace, we need to be _54_ and special. Learning and innovation involve failure in aiming for something that is unusually good. Such things simply cannot be _55_ by the standard of compete

23、nce w here the mediocre(平凡的) is the gold standard.41. A. questionB. predictC. measureD. confirm42. A. As a ruleB. As a wholeC. In other wordsD. In fact43. A. impressionB. conceptC. valueD. development44. A. suggestsB. assumesC. deservesD. inherits45. A. society-basedB. self-basedC. pleasure-basedD.

24、competence-based46. A. minimumB. uniqueC. traditionalD. international47. A. lastB. workC. existD. change48. A. challengeB. appearanceC. outcomeD. practice49. A. ThereforeB. InsteadC. MoreoverD. Likewise50. A. agreementB. extentC. standardD. description51. A. typicallyB. simplyC. cheaplyD. occasional

25、ly52. A. alterB. expandC. createD. exhaust53. A. handleB. classifyC. transferD. achieve54. A. commonB. sociableC. creativeD. mature55. A. judgedB. achievedC. restoredD. presented Section BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished state

26、ments. 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)William Herschel was born on November 15 th, 1738 in Hanover in a family of musicians. In 1757, he fled to England and began earnin

27、g a living as an organist and later composer and conductor. In 1772, he convinced his sister Caroline to join him as a singer. In their spare time the brother-sister team became occupied in astronomy. William died at his home in Slough, near Windsor on August 25th, 1822, and Caroline on September 1s

28、t, 1848.Herschel's first major discoveries were to show that Mars and Jupiter exhibit axial rotation (绕轴自转).Herschel struck fame in1781, when on March13th, he discovered the planet Uranus(天王星while engaged in work aimed at determining stellar parallax(恒星视差).This being the first new planet discove

29、red since ancient times, Herschel, until then a mere amateur astronomer relatively unknown even in England, became world-famous. Adopting a historically proven strategy, Herschel named the new planet Georgium Sidum, in honor of the then ruling English king George III. The trick worked once again, as

30、king George III gave William and Caroline the titles of "The King5s Astronomer" and "Assistant to the king's Astronomer", an honor which came with a life's pension for both. In 1782 they moved to Bath, and shortly thereafter to Slough, and from this point on William and C

31、aroline could devote themselves entirely to astronomy. The Herschel went on to discover two moons of Uranus in 1787.While Caroline became increasingly occupied with the search for comets at which she was quite successful. William became for a time interested in the Sun. Inspired by Wilson5s 1774 wor

32、k, he put forth the theory of sunspot, an opinion that continued to exist well into the nineteenth century. In 1800, he became interested in the solar spectrum (太阳光谱)，and uncovered the first evidence for solar energy output outside of the visible spectrum, in what is now known as the infrared (红外线).

33、In 1801, he published two papers that effectively started the field of solar influences on Earths weather.56.Herschel made himself known to the world mainly by_.A.discovering the planet UranusB.determining stellar parallaxC.discovering two moons of UranusD.uncovering the evidence for the infrared57.

34、It can be inferred from the passage that George III_. A.liked science and technologyB.liked Herschel's naming of the new planetC.was interested in astronomyD.gave Herschel a lot of useful suggestions58.What do we know about Caroline from the passage?A.She was successful in music.B.She was titled

35、 "The king's AstronomerC.She died later than her brother.D.She published two papers59.This passage mainly tells readers_A.some information about Herschel and his sisterB.how Herschel and his sister discovered the planet UranusC.Herschel and Caroline got along well with each otherD.Herschel

36、and Caroline's major scientific publications(B)OSCARTHEATREBOOKING-inpersonTheBoxOfficeisopenMondaytoSaturday, 10am-8pm.-bypostStatingtheperformanceandchoiceofseats,enclosingacheque,postalorder,oryourcredit carddetails toOscarTheatreBoxOffice,POBox220,Mainstreet.Allchequesshouldbemade payabletoO

37、scar Theatre-bytelephoneRing 0844 8472484toreserveyourticketsortopaybycreditcard(Visa, MasterCard accepted)-on-lineCompletetheon-linebookingformatoscartheatrecom.DISCOUNTSSaver: $2off anyseat booked any timein advancefor performancesfrom Monday toThursday inclusive,andforallmatinees(下午场).Saversareav

38、ailableforchildrenupto16years old,over60sandfull-timestudents.Supersaver:half-priceseatsareavailableforpeoplewithdisabilitiesandonecompanion.It is advisabletobookinadvance.Thereisamaximumofeightwheelchairspacesavailableand on wwheelchairspacewillbehelduntilonehourbeforetheshow(subjecttoavailability)

39、Standby:bestavailableseatsareonsalefor$6fromonehourbeforetheperformancefor people eligible(有资格的)forSaverandSupersaverdiscountsandthirtyminutesbeforeforallothercustomers.GroupBookings:thereisatenpercentdiscountforpartiesoftwelveormore.Schools:schoolpartiesoftenormorecanbook$9ticketsinadvanceandwillge

40、teverytenth ticketfree.Pleasenote:weareunabletoexchangeticketsorrefundmoneyunlessaperformanceis cancelledduetounforeseencircumstance.60. When booking by post, you can pay for a ticket by _. A. visiting the website of a post officeB. going to your local bank in personC. enclosing your Master Card in

41、an envelopeD. providing your credit card information61. What benefit can bookers enjoy according to the text?A. A group of ten adults going to a performance can claim a discount.B. A school party of 15 persons that book in advance pay $135 in total for a performance.C. Someone accompanying a wheelch

42、air user to a performance receives a discount. D. An 18-year-old teenager is eligible for Saver discounts.62. According to the text,_ can get Standby ticket.A.65-year-olds buying tickets an hour and a half before a performance begins B. full time students buying tickets 45 minutes before a performan

43、ce begins C. theatre-goers who are unexpectedly unable to be present at a performance.D. anyone who buys tickets an hour before a performance begins(C)Heres the scary thing about the identity-theft ring that the feds cracked last w eek: there was nothing any of its estimated 40,000 victims could hav

44、e done to prevent it from happening. This w as an inside job, according to court documents. A lowly help-desk worker at Teledata Communications, a software firm that helps banks access credit reports online, allegedly stole passwords for those reports and sold them to a group of 20 thieves at $60 a

45、pop. That allowed the gang to cherry-pick consumers with good credit and apply for all kinds of accounts in their names. Cost to the victims: $3 million and rising.Even scarier is that this, the largest identity-theft bust to date, is just a drop in the bit bucket.More than 700,000 Americans have th

46、eir credit hijacked every year. It's one of crime's biggest grow th markets. A name, address and Social Security number -which can often be found on the Web-is all anybody needs to apply for a bogus line of credit. Credit companies make $1.3 trillion annually and lose less than 2% of that re

47、venue to fraud, so there's little financial incentive for them to make the application process more secure. As it stands now, it's up to you to protect your identity.The good news is that there are plenty of steps you can take. Most credit thieves areopportunists, not w ell-organized gangs.

48、A lot of them go Dumpster diving for those millions of "pre-approved" credit-card mailings that go out every day. Others steal wallets and return them, taking only a Social Security number. Shredding your junk mail and leaving your Social Security card at home can save a lot of agony later

49、.But the most effective w ay to keep your identity clean is to check your credit reports once ortwice a year. There are three major credit-report outfits: Equifax (at equifax ), Trans-Union ( transunion ) and Experian (experian ). All allow you to order reports online, which is a lot better than wad

50、ing through voice-mail hell on their 800 lines. Of the three, I found TransUnion's website to be the cheapest and most comprehensive-laying out state-by-state prices, rights and tips for consumers in easy-to-read fashion.If you're lucky enough to live in Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Massachu

51、setts, New Jersey orVermont, you are entitled to one free report a year by law. Otherwise it's going to cost $8 to $14 each time. Avoid services that offer to monitor your reports year -round for about $70; that's $10 more than the going rate among thieves. If you think you're a victim o

52、f identity theft, you can ask for fraud alerts to be put on file at each of the three credit-report companies. You can also download a theft-report form at /idtheft, which, along with a local police report, should help when irate creditors come knocking. Just don't expect justice. Th

53、at audacious help-desk worker was one of the fewer than 2% of identity thieves who are ever caught.63. The expression “inside job(Line 2, Paragraph 1) most probably means_.A. a crime that is committed by a person working for the victimB. a crime that should be punished severelyC. a crime that does g

54、reat harm to the victimD. a crime that poses a great threat to the society64. The creditors can protect their identity in the following w ay except _.A. destroying your junk mailB. leaving your Social Security card at homeC. visiting the credit-report website regularlyD. obtaining the free report fr

55、om the government65. It is easy to have credit-theft because_A. More people are using credit service.B. The application program is not safe enough. C. Creditors usually disclose their identity.D. Creditors are not careful about theiridentity.66. The best title of the text is_A. The danger of credit-

56、theft B. The loss of the creditorsC. How to protect your good nameD. Why the creditors lose their identitySection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper seen given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two sentences than you need.A. W

57、hen you are done with your task then reward yourself. B. Make sure you only rest for 10 minutes.C. Or you can work harder and start an even bigger project.D. Set a kitchen timer and say to yourself that you only have to do this work for 10 minutes.E. When you sort papers，do the laundry or do the dishes, be fully there.F. You don't always have to do just one thing at a time in silence.Ways to Be More EfficientNot all tasks of the day are inspiring. But you still h