1219高三一模届徐汇区高三英语一模1文档格式.docx

1、3.A. Make a budget.C.Decorate the living room.4.A. She didn t get the promotion.C. She is not in good mood.5.A. The man needs to arrive earlier.C. The woman dislikes air travel.6.A. He has earned a big fortune.C. He has little money.7.A. He didn t attend the ceremony.C. He forgot to take his cell ph

2、one.8.A. Set a deadline for the staff to meet.C. Ask for a progress report on the project.9.A. He doesn t need a vacation.C. He is afraid of losing the job.10.A. No seats are available now.B.Buy the painting.D.Bargain with the art dealer.B.She doesn t look attractive.D. She can t stand foggy days.B.

3、The woman has to work overtime.D. The man wants to save money.B.He is good at saving.D. He spends money like water.B.He took a lot of precious pictures.D. His recorded the ceremony with his camera.B.Encourage his staff to work harder.D. Hold a conversation with his employeesB.The company is short of

4、 hands.D. The boss told him to take a chance.B. It s not the right time to enter.第 1 页共 30 页C. It s too dark for him to find the seat.D. She cant get in until the interview ends.第 2 页共 30 页Section B In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked sev

5、eral 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. Wheny ou 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

6、 heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11.A. More cheerful. B. Less stressed. C. More resolute. D. Less attractive.12.A. To find out how clothes can affect people s feelings.B. To show how scientists pay more attention to details.C.To prove people make fewer mistakes in la

7、b coats.D.To test the effect of clothes on people s attention.13.A. Body movements change the way people think.B. How people dress can change their appearance.C.What people wear can affect their performance.D.People doing different jobs wear different clothes.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the

8、 following passage.14.A. Experts who specialize in preventing natural disasters.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 第 3 页共 30 页第 4 页共 30 页II. Grammar and Vocabulary After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent andgrammatically correct.

9、 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 best fits each blank.Once upon a time .Once upon a time there lived in Germany two brothers. At school they met a wise man who led them to a treasure a library of old

10、 books with tales more fascinating than any they had ever heard. （21） （inspire）, the brothers began collecting their own stories, listening to the folktales people told them. Soon they produced their own treasure a book of fairy tales that would charm millionsin faraway lands for generations （22） （c

11、ome）.The brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, named their story collection Children s and Household Tales and published it in Germany in 1812. The collection （23） （translate） into more than 160 languagesup to now. The stories and their characters continue to feature in virtually every media: theatre,

12、opera, comic books, movies, paintings, rock music, advertising and fashion.Such fame would have shocked the modest Grimms. During their lifetimes the collection （24） （sell） few copies in Germany. The early editions were not even aimed at children. Theyhad no illustrations, and scholarly footnotes to

13、ok up almost as much space as the tales （25） .Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm began their work at a time （26） Germany had been occupied by theFrench under Napoleon. The new rulers restricted local culture. As young scholars, the brothers Grimm began to work on the fairy tale collection in order to save the

14、endangered oral storytelling tradition of Germany.（27） the brothers implied that they were just keeping records of tales, Wilhelm continuedto polish and reshape the stories up to the final edition of 1857. In an effort to make them more acceptable to children and their parents, he stressed the moral

15、 of each tale and emphasized gender roles. To this day, parents still read them to their children because they approve of the lessons in the stories: keep your promises, don t talk to strangers, work hard, obey your parents.Yet （28） all Wilhelm s additions, the most important part of these stories w

16、as left第 5 页共 30 页untouched. The cruel treatment of children and the violent punishments handed out to the stories bad guys are too much for some parents.So what accounts for their popularity Some have suggested that it is （29） the charactersare always striving for happiness. But the truth probably

17、lies in their origin. Grimms tales wereborn out of a storytelling tradition without boundaries （界限 ） of age or culture. The brothers skill was to translate these into a universal style of writing that seems to mirror （30） moods orinterests we bring to our reading of them. And so it was that the Grim

18、ms fairy tales lived happilyever after.第 6 页共 30 页 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. distributedB. absolutelyC. infectionsD. consumeE. harborF. relianceG. potentialH. specificI. originateJ.

19、 respectivelyK. revealedMicroplastic PollutionIn the past few years, scientists have found microplastics in our soil, tap water, bottled water,beer and even in the air we breathe. And there s growing concern about the 31 health risksthey pose to humans.The new analysis in the UK have discovered micr

20、oplastics widely 32 across all 10 lakesand rivers sampled. More than 1,000 small pieces of plastic per litre were found in the River Tame,which was 33 last year as the most polluted place tested worldwide. Even in relatively remoteplaces such as the Falls of Dochart and Loch Lomond in Scotland, two

21、or three pieces per litre werefound.Microplastics are not a 34 kind of plastic, but rather any type of small pieces of plasticthat is less than 5 mm in length according to the . National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.They may 35 from a variety of sources, including cosmetics, clothing, and

22、industrialprocesses.Humansa re known to 36 the tiny plastic particles through food and water, but the possiblehealth effects on people and ecosystems have yet to be determined. One study, in Singapore, has foundthat microplastics can 37 harmful microbes （ 微生物 ）.Research by the National University of

23、 Singapore found more than 400 types of bacteria on 275 piecesof microplastic collected from local beaches. They included insects that cause gastroenteritis （肠胃炎 ） and wound 38 in humans.“ Microplastics are being found 39 everywhere but we do not know the harm they couldbe doing, ” said Christian Du

24、nn at Bangor University, Wales, who led the work. “ It s no use looking第 7 页共 30 页back in 20 years time and saying: If only we d realized just how bad it was. We need to bemonitoring our waters now and we need to think, as a country and a world, how we can be reducing our 40 on plastic. ”第 8 页共 30 页

25、III. Reading ComprehensionDirections : 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.Since 2008, the average labour-force participation rate of 55- to 64-year-olds in OECD （Organizat

26、ion for Economic Cooperation and Development） countries has risen by eight percentage points. A new OECDr eport, “Working Better with Age ”, points out that the employment of older workers is 41 , if prosperity is to be maintained. That can be taken as a sign that our society is finally 42 the value

27、 of its older employees.Retirement gives you the chance to sleep late and avoid the morning rush hours. No longer do youhave to sit through endless meetings or check email frequently. But work can keep the mind active andgives people a 43 in life. The first month of retirement may seem pleasant, but

28、 44 is sure to come. Grand plans to learn languages and travel the world can quickly lose their appeal. 45 , the company of colleagues provides a social network; spending all week at home can lead to loneliness.Working longer should be easier now that most jobs require 46 , rather than manual, labou

29、r.Of course, many people are working longer not because they enjoy what they do, but because they cannot afford to 47 . That is not just because governments have been pushing up the state retirementage. 48 , the average age at which people actually retire differs from the official age byseveral years. In part, that is because many people do not rely on the state pension as their only source of income and need work-related pensions to supplement it.However, companies are g