2020年上海市青浦区高考英语二模试卷

1、2020年上海市青浦区高考英语二模试卷I.Listening Comprehension Section ADirections： In Section A ， you will hear tenshort conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation，question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questionswill be spoken only once. After you hear a conver

2、sation and the question about it read the four possible answers on your paper， and decide which one is the bestanswer to the question you have heard.1 . ( )A .$ 200 .B. $250.C. $300.D. $350.2 ( )A In July 8 In August C In September D In October 3 ( )A The woman needs to see the doctor B The woman sh

3、ould pretend to be a patientC The woman needs to put in extra effortsD The woman should take magic tablets 4 ( )A Mechanic and customer B Advertiser and designerC Advertising agent and clientD Manager and salesperson5 ( )A She can't make herself understood when whisperingB She'd better avoid

4、 speaking even in a low voiceC She will probably go to see a doctorD She has refused to take medicine 6 ( )A It is full of nonsenseB It is appealing to him C It should be lent to more peopleD It can hardly arouse the woman's interest7 ( )A The lecture was very successful B She felt thirsty at th

5、e lectureC The students were not polite at the lectureD The young people have great wisdom 8 ( )A The woman is now working in a kindergarten8 The man will soon start a business of his ownC The man would like to be a high school teacherD The woman is going to major in child education9 ( )A They have

6、forgot to change their carsB The woman's car has run out of electricityC The man is good at telling jokesD The park is within five minutes' walk10 ( )A She would like to have the typewriter removedB Someone else may need the typewriter C She does not like the spare desk D The office is dusty

7、 and old Section BDirections ： In Section B ， you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation ， and you will be asked several questions on each of the short passages and the longer conversation. The short passages and the longerconversation will be read twice， but the questions will be

8、spoken only once. Whenyou 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.11 ( ) ( 1) A Bank clerk B Restaurant servant C Baby sitter D Campus gardener ( 2 ) A Write a sound resume B Select appropriate courses C Ar

9、range their work schedules D Improve their interviewing techniques(3) A To inform students of a university programB To interest students in a career in counselingC To get counselors to work in the placement officeD To convince local organizations to hire college students12 ( ) ( 1) A To find out wha

10、t happened to the atmosphere and water ofour planet B To explore what occurred to the natural environment on MarsC To confirm that Mars has a much thicker atmosphere nowD To have access to an orbit to circle around the Red Planet( 2 ) A Robots that can operate on batteriesB Robots that are less expe

11、nsive to buildC Robots that can run quickly on four legsD. Robots that have greater load capacity(3) A. Its influence on U . S. movies and TV showsB. Its tough demands on overseas studentsC. Its attempt to spread American culture.D. Its exclusion of American values .13 . ( ) (1) A. He feels lonely l

12、iving all by himselfB. He finds it hard to afford the rent all by himself.C. He wants to get help with his courses from his roommateD. He need to find somebody to make the apartment more comfortable (2)A- The fridge is broken by a heavy boxB. The carpet in the living room is old and dirty.C. The toi

13、let is blocked and the sink has a few leaks.D. The windows in the bathroom can keep the heat up.(3)A. Attractive price .B. Convenient location.C. Relaxing atmosphere.D. Furnished bedroom .(4) A. Offer a loan to the man .B. Find a job for the man .C. Help the man fix up the house .D. Look for another

14、 place .II.Grammar and Vocabulary Section ADirections: After reading the passage belowfill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically 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 bes

15、t fits each blank.14 . ()Luxembourg makes all public transport freeOne square meter Luxembourg makes all public transport free. With a populationof 602 , 000, Luxembourg is one of Europe's(1) smallest (small ) countries-yet it suffers from major traffic jams. But that could be about to change. A

16、sof March 1 , 2020 all public transport - trains, trams and buses - in the countryis now free . The government hopes the move (2) will ease (ease) heavy crowding and bring environmental benefits.Tiny country , big traffic(3)Landlocked (landlock ) Luxembourg which is surrounded by threecountries is o

17、ne of the richest countries in Europe.(4)Taking (take) up2, 586 square kilometers , Luxembourg is roughly the size of Rhode Island. Fromthe capital of Luxembourg City , Belgium , France and Germany(5)can all bereached by car in half an hour .High housing costs , especially in Luxembourg City , mean

18、more than 180, 000 of the country's workforce make regular journeys from those neighboring countriesevery day . Luxembourg is a very attractive place for jobs. But (6) its"booming economy" and high concentration of jobs have led to crowding issues.In 2016, Luxembourg had 662 cars per 1

19、, 000 people , and driving is a "primarymeans of transportation" for people. That year , drivers in Luxembourg City spentan average of 33 hours in traffic jams. It fared worse than European citiesCopenhagen and Helsinki , 7 7) which have comparable population sizes to all of Luxembourg - y

20、et drivers in both only spent an average of 24 hours in traffic . Park and rides around Luxembourg's borders in the three neighboring countries , however , will encourage commuters to use free mass transit.Free transport for allLuxembourg's public transport system covers the whole country an

21、d costs $562 million per year to run . The government is putting up the cost of it free so that the people can benefit from the good economy. People still hold the concern(8)that making transport free may unintentionally prevent people who would normally walk or cycle in urban areas .(9) Instead of

22、walking 500 meters , peoplesee a bus coming and they say , "We can get on and travel 500 meters(10)because it's free" . However , the new scheme can signal important changes ahead when it comes to Luxembourg's reliance on driving.The government might say , "It's important

23、that you throw away your car, andlook , we made public transport free - and maybe this is helpful given the enormous cultural shift we need ."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 yo

24、u need.embarrassingdelivered H . typical15 . ( )A. combination B . regrettably CD. discomfort EI . limitations Jcomposed F . respectively G accompanied K . evidentAt the Oscars , Parasite Makes Best Picture HistoryAt Sunday's Oscars , on a night when almost everything went as planned and as usua

25、l , the one true surprise came in the biggest moment of all.For the first time ever, a film in a foreign language won Best Picture whenBong Joon-ho's Parasite , a comedy-drama-thriller about class and secrets, tookthe big prize . Bong also won the awards for Best Director and Best Original Scree

26、nplay . He (1) G three warm and generous speeches , including one when he won for his directing and thanked fellow nominees(被提名的人) Martin Scorseseand Quentin Tarantino for inspiring him and contributing to the progress of his career ,(2)FAnd , while he gave most of his speeches in Korean with interp

27、reter Sharon Choi when he won the first one , he stopped and noted in English : "This is very first Oscar to South Korea . " The affection in the room for the film was(3) Kevery time it was mentionedas well as in its great competition of awardTheevening began three and a half hours earlier

28、 with a(n) (4) A of the old andthe new : the kind of themed singing-dancing number that used to be the(5) HOscars opening , but in the absence of a traditional host, it was performed by thethoroughly modern Janelle Monae. A version of her own song Come Alive was6 6)J by dancers dressed in costumes s

29、howing respect to black filmmakers. Thespeech that followed , however , was much more7 7)C and unpleasant ,despite the best efforts of Chris Rock and Steve Martin, the latter of whom (8)B blew the name of best actress nominee Cynthia Erivo.The awards in general have been heavily criticized for how w

30、hite the nominees are , the failure to nominate any women directors in a year when several made highly regarded films , and plenty of other lack of inclusivity. The Academy's (9)D with that criticism seemed evident: There may not have been a lot ofperformers of color among the nominees , but the

31、re were a lot among the presenters and speakers and performers . Several presenters made mention of the(10) Iat issue , which is the kind of thing that happens when people are placed in a situation they don't want to ignore but also aren't there to challenge too much.For each blank in the fo

32、llowing,B , C and D.Fill in each blankIII.Reading Comprehension Section ADirections passage there are four words or phrases marked A with the word or phrase that best fits the context.16 . ()Facial-Recognition Technology Cannot Read EmotionsDo not believe claims that facial-recognition technology ca

33、n accurately identify people's emotions , advised several scientists at the 2020 AAAS Annual Meeting in Seattle .Such claims that a photo of a face can be easily(1) B are based on aflawed theory that we smile when we are happy and scowl(沉下脸) when angry , saidProfessor Aleix Martinez . "Ther

34、e's no way that technology will ever be able to detect A that you're experiencing following that approach, " Martinezsaid .Research shows that , on average , people scowl only 30% of the time that they are angry , said Lisa Feldman Barrett , professor of psychology at Northeastern Unive

35、rsity . The rest of the time , they make other faces when they are angry, shesaid . (3) D , people may scowl for other reasons - "when they're concentrating , when someone tells them a bad joke , " she said . "Any AI that is claiming to detect a scowl and interpreting it as anger

36、has some real(4)B ."So much goes into communicating our emotions beyond our(5)Cmovements. Other factors involving little use of language include our body pose,body movement and hormone responses like those that cause one's face to go red from embarrassment or (6) C , said Martinez .Martinez

37、 offered an example of the importance of having enoughinformation . For instance, when he showed people a photo of a Amanwith his mouth wide open and his eyes nearly closed, most thought the man wasextremely angry , his research showed . Yet anyone viewing the context - that the subject was a soccer

38、 player - could(8) D that he was displaying excitementwhile celebrating a goal .A mistake like this may not matter much, but so-called emotion-recognitiontechnology has a larger reach . The technology's(9)B to incorporate facialmovements could have serious, even dangerous outcomes , said Martine

39、z . AI issometimes used in classrooms, in the judicial (司法的) system and in hiring forjobs , he noted . Many of these systems learn from U . S. and European data (10) A by white people . Such inputs could negatively impact, for instance , thehiring of candidates of other races, Martinez said . "

40、I think we have to takeseriously the (11) C in which this AI is being used, " said Barrett .Seth Pollak , professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,shared research about the (12) D of our ability to understand facial expressions and emotions . For several decades , scientis

41、ts thought that infants arrived into the world with a little understanding about emotions, Pollaksaid . To the contrary , babies do not express (13) A emotions . They have a distress system that broadcasts whether they are OK or not. Children learnabout emotions beyond good or bad , and research sho

42、ws that even with incredibly brief levels of exposure to contextual information, very young children start tochange how they (14) B their inferences about other people's emotions . "Human brains are actually able to(15)D patterns and makeinferences about what might be happening at a sophist

43、icated computational level with actually very little experience. " he said .(1)A.recognizedB.interpretedC.noticedD.realizedA.emotionsB.experiencesC.incidentsD.impacts（3）A.ThereforeB.HoweverC.AnywayD.Additionally(4)A.outlooksB.problemsC.resultsD.mysteries(5)A.bodyB.brainC.facialD.gesture(6)A. di

44、sappointmentB.unemotionalityC.excitementD.shock（7）A.red-facedB.long-eyedC. roundshoulderedD.short-haired(8)A.proposeB.ensureC.indicateD.infer(9)A.failureB.capabilityC.fightD.initiative(10)A.dominatedB.calculatedC.concludedD.preserved(11)A.approachB.directionC.contextD.contest(12)A.varietiesB.differe

45、ncesC.resourcesD.origins(13)A.specificB.internalC.strongD.uncomfortable(14)A.pickB.categorizeC.expressD.expect(15)A.take outB.bring outC.carry outD.figure outSection BDirections : Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of t

46、hem 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.17 . ( )Suddenly Uncle Henry stood up ."There's a cyclone coming , Em, " he called to his wife . "I'll go look after the stock

47、. " Then he ran toward the sheds where the cows and horses were keptAunt Em dropped her work and came to the door. One glance told her of thedanger close at hand . "Quick , Dorothy!" she screamed . "Run for the cellar!" Toto jumped out of Dorothy's arms and hid under the

48、 bed, and the girl started to gethim . Aunt Em , badly frightened , threw open the trap door in the floor and climbed down the ladder into the small, dark hole . Dorothy caught Toto at lastand started to follow her aunt. When she was halfway across the room there came agreat roar from the wind , and

49、 the house shook so hard that she lost her footing and sat down suddenly upon the floor .Then a strange thing happened . The house circled around two or three times and rose slowly through the air . Dorothy felt as if she were going up in a balloon . It was very dark , and the wind blew horribly aro

50、und her, but Dorothyfound she was riding quite easily. After the first few twists and turns, and oneother time when the house tipped badly, she felt as if she were being rockedgently , like a baby in a cradle(摇篮). Toto did not like it . He ran about theroom, now here , now there , barking loudly ; b

51、ut Dorothy sat quite still on the floor and waited to see what would happen.At last she crawled over the swinging floor to her bed, and lay down upon itand Toto followed and lay down beside her. In spite of the swinging of the houseand the crying of the wind , Dorothy soon closed her eyes and fell f

52、ast asleep.11) What does the underlined word " cyclone " in paragraph 2 probably mean ? DA. deadlineB. floodC. monsterD. tornado Why did Aunt Em go into the hole in the floor when the cyclone approachedBA. To find the puppy TotoB. To find shelter from the cyclone.C. To protect their fortun

53、e .D. To get tools to help Henry .(3) Which of the following is True about Dorothy? DA. She managed to control the house .B. She found herself flying in a balloon.C. She turned baby crying loudly .D. She remained undisturbed with Toto(4) Which words can be used to describe Dorothy in the emergency?

54、CA. Afraid and brave .B. Curious and tired.C. Flexible and calm.D. Excited and thr川ed( )The Apollo Missions"That's one small step for a man. One giant leap for mankind ."-Neil ArmstrongApollo's GoalsProjectThe national effort that enabled Astronaut Neil Armstrong to speak those wor

55、ds as he stepped onto the lunar surface fuelled a dream as old as humanityApollo's goals went beyond landing Americans on the moon and returning them safely to Earth .Apollo 13Apollo 13 has been called a "successful failure, " because the crew neverlanded on the Moon , but they made it

56、 home safely after an explosion crippled their ship . When the associated heater was turned on during flight, the tank explodeddepleting almost all of the power from the command module and forcing the crew to use the lunar module as a lifeboat. Jim Lovell , Fred Haise and Jack Swigert came1970 ; spl

57、ashdown : April 17)home safely thanks to the mission control team's improvised procedures and their own ability to implement them (Launch : April 11Apollo 14Notable for the return of America's first astronaut,Alan Shepard ,Apollo 14 also was probably the smoothest lunar landing to that pointto space ,The crewspent more than nine hours outside the lunar m