2021年上海市闵行区高考英语二模试卷

2021年上海市闵行区高考英语二模试卷

I.ListeningComprehensionSectionADirections：InSectionA，youwillheartenshortconversationsbetweentwospeakers.Attheendofeachconversation，aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Theconversationsandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaconversationandthequestionaboutit，readthefourpossibleanswersonyourpaper，anddecidewhichoneisthebestanswertothequestionyouhaveheard.1．(★★★★★)A.A bank officer.

B.A policeman.

C.A lawyer.

D.A delivery man.2．(★★★★★)A.Unpleasant atmosphere.

B.Terrible food.

C.Slow service.

D.Unacceptable price.3．(★★★★★)A.Cloudy.

B.Clear.

C.Rainy.

D.Overcast.4．(★★★★★)A.Work in groups.

B.Give presentations.

C.Turn in their homework.

D.Check their answers.5．(★★★★★)A.Depressed.

B.Uncertain.

C.Sad.

D.Relived.6．(★★★★★)A.Make a medical appointment.

B.Give the man a ride.

C.Buy the man some medicine.

D.Take the man to the hospital.7．(★★★★★)A.To participate in a skiing race.

B.To apply for a new job.

C.To begin a new career.

D.To sell the house in Italy.8．(★★★★★)A.He'll accept the job.

B.He is busy on Sunday.

C.He will not work on Sunday.

D.He will turn down the offer.9．(★★★★★)A.Differences in customs.

B.Differences in pronunciations.

C.Differences in words.

D.Differences in accents.10．(★★★★★)A.He knows very little about John.

B.John doesn't deserve the promotion.

C.John should earn more money.

D.He doesn't care for the news.

SectionBDirections：InSectionB，youwillheartwoshortpassagesandonelongerconversation，andyouwillbeaskedseveralquestionsoneachofthepassagesandtheconversation.Thepassagesandtheconversationwillbereadtwice，butthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Whenyouhearaquestion，readthefourpossibleanswersonyourpaperanddecidewhichonewouldbethebestanswertothequestionyouhaveheard.11．(★★★★★)（1）A.Dogs become tired out.

B.Cats are very happy.

C.Dogs feel enjoyable.

D.Cats get injured easily.

（2）A.They misunderstand each other.

B.They are worried about their behaviors.

C.They enjoy exactly the same hobbies.

D.They wave their tails too often.

（3）A.Dogs are good at hunting animals.

B.Dogs don't like cats naturally.

C.Cats usually like playing with dogs.

D.Dogs and cats can possibly live in harmony.12．(★★★★★)（1）A.Record studios.

B.Individual persons.

C.Social media.

D.Live concerts.

（2）A.They should start their career on their own.

B.They should get advice from the talented musicians.

C.They should use online stages fully to become noticeable.

D.They should seek cooperation with recording companies.

（3）A.Comparison of musicians living at different ages.

B.Advice for those who want to stand out in music career.

C.The development of music styles at present.

D.People's different attitudes toward different musicians.13．(★★★★★)（1）A.It's not big enough.

B.It's out of their budget.

C.There is no garden.

D.The kitchen is too small.

（2）A.It's within the price range.

B.It's spacious for the family.

C.It's in bad conditions.

D.It's ideally located.

（3）A.The unacceptable rent.

B.The inconvenient location.

C.The noise around.

D.The incomplete equipment.

（4）A.Go on looking for an apartment.

B.Decorate their new apartment.

C.Move to the basement suite.

D.Buy new furniture.

II.GrammarandvocabularySectionADirections：Afterreadingthepassagebelow，fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword，fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword；fortheotherblanks，useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.14．(★★★)Everywhere I look outside my home I see people busy on their high-tech devices,while driving,walking,shopping,even sitting in toilets.（1）Whenconnected electronically,they are away from physical reality.

 People（2）havebeeninfluenced（influence）to become technology addicted.One survey reported that"addicted"was the word most commonly used by people（3）todescribe（describe）their relationship to iPad and similar devices.One study found that people had a harder time（4）resisting（resist）the temptation of social media than they did for sleep,cigarettes and alcohol.

 The main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products,not to actually improve our quality of life.They have successfully created a cultural disease.I see people（5）trapped（trap）in a pathological（病态的）relationship with time-consuming technology,（6）

wherethey serve technology more than technology serves them.I call this technology servitude（奴役）.I am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence（7）becauseof/thanksto/owingtouncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices that eat up time and money.

 What is a healthy use of technology devices？That is the vital question.Who is really in charge of my life？That is what we need to ask（8）ourselvesif we are to have any chance of breaking up false beliefs about the use of technology.When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week,then we can regain control and personal freedom,become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology.Mae West is famous for the wisdom that"too much of a good thing is wonderful."（9）Butit's time to discover that it does not work for technology.

 Richard Fernandez,an executive coach at Google acknowledged that"we can be swept away by our technologies."To break the grand digital connection,people must consider（10）howlife long ago could be fantastic without today's overused technology.

SectionBDirections：Fillineachblankwithaproperwordchosenfromthebox.Eachwordcanbeusedonlyonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.15．(★★★★)Celebrity（名人）has become one of the most important representatives of popular culture.Fans used to be crazy about a specific film,but now the public tends to base its consumption on the interest of celebrity（1）Cto any given product.Besides,fashion magazines have almostabandoned the（2）Kof putting models on the cover because they don't sell nearly as well as famous faces.As a result,celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market（3）A，moving from advertising for others'products to developing their own.

 Celebrity clothing lines aren't a completely new phenomenon,but in the past,they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers,and limited to a few TV actresses.Today they're started by first-class stars whose products enjoy（4）Hfame with some world top brands.The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style.As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market,they try to（5）Gtheir production scale rapidly,covering almost all the products of daily life.

 However,for every success story,there's a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer（6）F.No matter how famous the product's origin is,if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities,it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing.And once the（7）Dattention dies down,consumer interest might fade,loyalty returning to tried-and-true labels.

 Today,celebrities face even more severe embarrassment.The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever,but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well.Each misstep is likely to（8）Jto reduce a celebrity's shelf lifeand the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no problem picking him to pieces when the opportunity appears.Still,the ego's（自我的）potential for expansion is（9）B.Having already achieved great wealth and public（10）I，many celebrities see fashion as the next frontier to be conquered.As the saying goes,success and failure always go hand in hand.Their success as designers might last only a short time,but fashion-like celebrity-has always been temporary.A.potential  B.limitless  C.attached  D.initial  E.promotion  F.appeal  G.expand  H.equal  I.recognition

J.threaten   K.practice

III.ReadingComprehensionSectionADirections:ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagetherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,CandD.Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.16．(★★★★)Many things happen when people are ageing.Apart from the greying hair and wrinkled skin,there is a（n）（1）Cchange which comes with older age.When humans reach their later years,they favour more long-term（2）Band their social circle is reduced.

 Now,for what appears to be the first time,scientists have seen the same（3）Din another species.Twenty years of observations of chimpanzees（猩猩）reveal that older males choose to keep contact with their（4）Afriends at the expense of other relationships.

 The researchers studied78，000hours of observations made between1996and2016that followed the social（5）Cof21male chimpanzees between the ages of15and58years old.They classified the chimps'（6）Bdepending on the amount of time they sat with others and groomed（梳毛）them.They then rated（分类）the various pairings as mutual（相互的）friendships,where both chimps seemed to enjoy the relationship；（7）Dfriendships,where one chimp was more keen to be friends than the other；and non-friendships,where neither chimp showed（8）Cthe other.

 When the scientists looked at the（9）Aof friendships,they found that the older chimps had more mutual friendships and fewer one-sided friendships than younger chimps.Another（10）Cseen in older humans was also spotted in the chimps.As the males got older,their levels of（11）Bgradually become less,meaning they started fewer fights and tended to threaten others in their group less often.

 The observations have left the researchers（12）D.According to an idea in psychology known as socio-emotional selectivity theory,older humans prefer more（13）Brelationships because they are aware that time is running out.However many animal experts argue that chimpanzees（14）Athe human sense of mortality（死亡），suggesting something else is driving the behaviour.

 Robin Dunbar,a professor of evolutionary psychology at the University of Oxford,said in humans,the（15）Csocial circles with age is due to declining social motivation to get out and meet people combined by lack of opportunity.In chimpanzees,as older males compete less for mates,they may focus on close,reciprocal（互惠的）relationships with trusted partners,he said.

（1）A.physicalB.intellectualC.emotionalD.functional（2）A.habitsB.friendsC.tasksD.ideas（3）A.problemB.obstacleC.struggleD.behaviour（4）A.establishedB.respectiveC.experiencedD.thoughtful（5）A.skillsB.reputationsC.interactionsD.positions（6）A.intelligenceB.relationshipsC.popularityD.performances（7）A.easy-goingB.warm-heartedC.self-relyingD.one-sided（8）A.respectforB.couragetoC.interestinD.loyalty to（9）A.patternsB.importanceC.meaningsD.development（10）A.instinctB.disadvantageC.featureD.belief（11）A.responsibilityB.aggressionC.reliabilityD.advancement（12）A.delightedB.amusedC.relivedD.puzzled（13）A.unknownB.positiveC.insecureD.senseless（14）A.lackB.obtainC.imitateD.abandon（15）A.absence fromB.isolationfromC.decreaseinD.distinction in

SectionBDirections：Readthefollowingthreepassages.Eachpassageisfollowedbyseveralquestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA，B，CandD.Choosetheonethatfitsbestaccordingtotheinformationgiveninthepassageyouhavejustread.17．(★★★)Each day,10-year-old Seth asked his mom for more and more lunch money.Yet he seemed skinnier than ever and came home from school hungry.It turned out that Seth was handing his lunch money to fifth grader,who was threatening to beat him up if he didn't pay.

 Most kids have been made fun of by a brother or a friend at some point.And it's not usually harmful when done in a playful and friendly way,and both kids find it funny.But when teasing becomes hurtful,unkind,and constant,it crosses the line into bullying and needs to be stopped.

 Bullying is intentional torment（折磨）in physical or psychological ways.It can range from hitting,name-calling and threats to blackmailing（勒索）money and possessions.Some kids bully others by deliberately separating them and spreading rumours about them.Others use social media or electronic messaging to make fun of others or hurt their feelings.

 It's important to take bullying seriously and not justbrushitoffas something that kids have to tolerate.The effects can be serious and affect kids'sense of safety and self-worth.In severe cases,bullying has contributed to tragedies,such as suicides and school shootings.

 Kids bully for a variety of reasons.Sometimes they pick on kids because they need a victim-someone who seems emotionally or physically weaker,or just acts or appears different in some way-to feel more important,popular,or in control.Although some bullies are bigger or stronger than their victims,that's not always the case.

 Sometimes kids bully others because that's the way they've been treated.They may think their behavior is normal because they come from families or other settings where everyone regularly gets angry and shouts or calls each other names.

 Unless your child tells you about bullying-or has visible injuries-it can be difficult to figure out if it's happening.

（1）What is the author's purpose of telling Seth's story？A

A.To introduce the topic of bullying.

B.To seek help for the victims of bullying.

C.To analyze the cause of bullying.

D.To display the effects of bullying on kids.

（2）What does the phrase"brushitoff"（in paragraph4）probably mean？B

A.Remove bullying.

B.Ignore bullying.

C.Avoid bullying.

D.Punish bullying.

（3）According to the passage,which of the following about bullying is NOT true？A

A.Bullying is accidental behaviors.

B.Those who bully get emotional satisfaction.

C.The weak are easy to be bullied.

D.The experience of being bullied can lead to bullying.

（4）What will the following paragraph most probably talk about？C

A.Problems of bullying.

B.Cause and effect of bullying.

C.Signs of bullying.

D.Psychological reasons of bullying.18．(★★)（1）Which of the following phrases can be put in the blank（in the4th line）？B

A.Just Opposite My Opinion

B.Joy of Missing Out

C.Jump off Mental Obstacle

D.Justify Our Main Objective

（2）According to the passage,which of the following is a state of JOMO？C

A.You are busy with a report,so you don't have to attend a staff meeting.

B.You are not feeling well,so you are allowed to leave the work earlier.

C.You received a dinner party invitation,but you preferred to stay home.

D.You were tired out after work,but you heard your favorite song on the radio.

（3）The word"zeitgeist"（in the last paragraph）probably refers toA.

A.a mixed or unfavorable feeling toward technology

B.a trend to use new words related to technology

C.the fear of negative influence of technology on people

D.the lack of ability to use technology properly

Welcome to the online Macmillan Dictionary of the BUZZWORD of the month.

Word entry-JOMO

 JOMO is an acronym（首字母缩略词）standing for the expression______，and it simply refers to the gratifying feeling you get when you break away from the（real or virtual）activities of your social group and spend time doing exactly what you most want to do.

 JOMO is often described as a resist against the hyper-connected society we live in,where technology pushes both social and professional activity constantly in our faces,so that it's virtually impossible to be happily unaware of what everyone else is doing.This often forces us into spending time in ways which we wouldn't necessarily have chosen.JOMO then,is about stepping off the social fashion and reconnecting with what really makes us happy.

Background-JOMO

 The concept of JOMO first appeared in2012，its early use often credited to blogger Anil Dash who,having to withdraw from both on-and offline activity for a period after the birth of his son,realized that he'd enjoyed himself greatly and didn't feel he'd missed out on anything at all.

 JOMO is a play on the earlier acronym FOMO，meaning"fear of missing out"，which is used to describe the feeling of anxiety that people experience when they discover,often via social media,that they've let go on a social event or other positive experience.

 The existence of expressions like JOMO suggest that,although we're unlikely to resist technology completely,the more deeply we immerse（沉浸）in it,the more we're beginning to evaluate its hold on us.Other newly created combined words reflecting thiszeitgeistinclude ringxiety,the constant need to check your phone or mistakenly thinking it's ringing,phubbing,the related condition of being impolite in social situations by checking your phone,tablet,etc.，and infobesity,continuous addiction to digital information in a way which affects your ability to concentrate.19．(★★)Once upon a time,science fiction was just a style among other styles.There were crime stories,there were horror stories,there was literary fiction,and there was science fiction.But today science themes dominate these other styles.It's difficult to think of much modern crime,horror or"serious"fiction that doesn't involve science.

 And it's not just books.With every second movie and computer game having a sci-fi element,science fiction seems to have controlled our entire entertainment culture.It's clear that if we want to define science fiction,we should relate it to the role that science plays in our lives.

 Although some experts have claimed to be able to trace sci-fi back to ancient times,it is more reasonable to find it in initial form in the19th century,when industrial societies arose.One of the features that set industrial societies apart from other kinds was the increasing part that science played in everyday life.Factories with vast machines turned out huge quantities of goods,which were transported by trains,motor vehicles and ships all over the world.Cities were built on the back of technology,with electricity in homes and hospitals helping everyone to lead healthier,more convenient lives.All of these changes had great effects not only on people's real lives,but on their imaginative ones.

 Writers began to describe these changing physical and mental landscapes,eventually giving science fiction a large and devoted fan base of especially young readers,who found that it spoke to their curiosity about the future that science would create.

 But sci-fiction reflected fears about science more than it did hopes.These typical early science fiction novels might be a UK novel like H.G.Wells'The War of the Worlds（1897）.With great skill,Wells played upon the fears of technology by imagining Earth under threat by a civilization-that of men from Mars.

 The science fiction of today expresses the impact of the computing revolution,robotics and our environmental challenges,while it is less concerned with"little green men from Mars"and other themes of past sci-fiction.

 Given that science,technology and politics are always intertwined,contemporary science fiction often has a great deal to say about power.Many recent novels-like American Cory Doctorow's Little Brother（2008）-are concerned with government and security service"conspiracies（阴谋）"against the people,particularly as the revelations of whistleblowers like Edward Snowden sink in.This can give sci-fi writing a"skeptical（怀疑的）"feel.

 This underlines one of the features that remains constant between the beginnings of the empire of science fiction and its state today.

 As then,so now：We want to read about how fearful the future will be,not how it will be a paradise.

（1）According to the first paragraph,we know thatC.

A.science fiction used to take the leadership in literature

B.horror story and literary fiction have initiated science fiction

C.modern fiction reflects the influence of science fiction

D.science fiction is the dominant literature style at present time

（2）What caused science fiction to appear in the19th century？B

A.The curiosity of young readers about the future.

B.The changes that the industrial revolution brought about.

C.People's stretched imagination affected by their real life.

D.People's fears about science rather than hopes.

（3）According to the passage,what do we know about the early science fiction？D

A.It aroused people's curiosity of science on daily life.

B.It intensified people's worries about the social problems.

C.It promoted people's understanding of the true value of science.

D.It conveyed an atmosphere of imaginary anxieties to people.

（4）Which of the following can be inferred from the passage？A

A.Despite the content,the theme of science fiction remains the same.

B.The fear of outer space attack has long been a worry among people of times.

C.The appearance of science fiction has caused misunderstanding among people.

D.Science fiction is weakening government power implemented on people.

SectionCDirections:Readthepassagecarefully.Fillineachblankwithapropersentencegiveninthebox.Eachsentencecanbeusedonlyonce.Notethattherearetwomoresentencesthanyouneed.20．(★★★)Who's in control of your life？Who's pulling your strings？（1）DWe learned this way of operating when we were very young,of course.We were brainwashed.We discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us.As Oscar Wilde puts it,"Most people are other people.Their thoughts are someone else's opinions,their lives a mimicry（模仿），their passions a quotation."

 So when people tell us how wonderful we are,it makes us feel good.We long for this good feeling like a drug-we are addicted to it and seek it out wherever we can.（2）FJust as drug addicts and alcoholics live worsened lives to keep getting their fix（成瘾物），we worsen our own existence to get our own constant fix of approval.

 But just as with any drug,there is a price to pay.The price of the approval drug is freedom-the freedom to be ourselves.The truth is that we cannot control what other people think.People have their own schedule and they come with their own baggage and,in the end,they're more interested in themselves than in you.（3）BEveryone has a different way of thinking,and people change their opinions all the time.The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted and probably pleasing no one in the process.

 So how can we take back control？（4）EWe should guide ourselves by means of a set of values-not values imposed from the outside by others,but innate values which come from within.If we are driven by these values and not by the changing opinions and value systems of others,we will live a more authentic,effective,purposeful and happy life.A.It's the inner self born in our mind that is keeping us under control.

B.Furthermore,if we try to live by the opinions of others,we will build our life on sinking sand.

C.As a matter of fact,people sometimes fail to understand who they are and where they are going.

D.For the most of us,it's other people-society,colleagues,friends,family or our community.

E.I think there's only one way-make a conscious decision to stop caring what other people think.

F.Therefore,we are so eager for the approval of others that we live unhappy and limited lives,failing to do the things we really want to.

IV.SummaryWriting21．(★★★)Directions：Readthefollowingpassage.Summarizethemainideaandthemainpoint（s）ofthepassageinnomorethan60words.Useyourownwordsasfaraspossible.

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