上海市浦东区届高三英语一模.docx

1、上海市浦东区届高三英语一模浦东新区2018 学年度第一学期期末质量检测高三英语试卷考生注意：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。I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a

2、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 have heard.1.A. Blue.B. Green.C

3、. Yellow.D. Purple.2.A. 7:15.B. 7:45.C. 8:00.D. 8:15.3.A. In a restaurant.B. At the mans house.C. In a supermarket.D. In the hospital.4. A. The CEO wont be free at that time.B. The lecture hall isnt big enough.C. The equipment in the lecture hall is out of order.D. The lecture hall is not reserved e

4、arly enough.5.A. An athlete.B. A fitness instructor.C. A mechanic.D. A medical doctor.6.A. Take a deep breath.B. Take some aspirin.C. See a doctor.D. Drive to the hospital.7. A. The man shouldnt order food in such awful weather.B. The delay of the delivery is caused by the awful weather.C. There is

5、a problem with the policy of food delivery.D. The man should have his delivery fee returned.8.A. Having an outing.B. Ordering various drinks.C. Preparing for a party.D. Choosing suitable drinks.9.A. Thoughtful.B. Terrified.C. Apologetic.D. Annoyed.10. A. He followed his grandmothers steps of cooking

6、.B. He has a great talent for cooking.C. He is a green hand in cooking.D. He improved the dish of his grandmother.高三英语试卷 第 1 页 共 10 页Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conver

7、sation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the question will be spoken only once. When you 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.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following le

8、cture.11.A. Literature.B. Business.C. Cooking.D. History.12.A. Christopher Columbus.B. People in Mexico.C. Hernando Cortez.D. Daniel Peter.13.A. The development of chocolate.B. The introduction of Cortez.C. The contributions of Columbus.D. The usage of cocoa beans.Questions 14 through 16 are based o

9、n the following passage.14. A. Les Misrables. B. Red.C. My Week with Marilyn. D. The Theory of Everything.15. A. He rose to fame overnight.B. He has been a household name.C. He was recommended by Prince Harry.D. He first appeared in a stage play in 2004.16. A. His small brown spots on the face.B. Hi

10、s graduation from famous schools.C. His remarkable gift for performing on stage.D. His involvement in various styles of performance.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. A chef tends to work at entry level jobs.B. A chef works in a non-professional setting.C. A chef

11、has the ability to create the recipe.D. A chef is as professional as a cook.18. A. He received the training in the culinary (烹饪) school.B. He stuck to the traditional recipe without any change.C. He had a natural skill in cooking the cuisine.D. His latest book was on the list of NYT bestseller list.

12、19. A. Make some easy dishes like chopping vegetables.B. Cook with the accurate measurement and no spice.C. Make an efficient and delicate cooking.D. Cook with creativity and passion.20. A. Working as a chef. B. Dos and donts about a chef.C. Tips for cooking. D. Recommendation of a bestseller.高三英语试卷

13、 第 2 页 共 10 页II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill 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 tha

14、t best fits each blank.Is Climate Change Consuming Your Favorite Foods?Due to climate change, the worlds endangered lists are no longer just for animals. We may not only need to adapt ourselves to living in a warmer world but a (21)_(tasty) one as well.As the increased amount of carbon dioxide in th

15、e air linked to global warming (22)_(continue) to affect weather, we often forget that they are also impacting the quantity, the quality, and the growing locations of our food. Some foods have already felt the impact while (23)_ may even become scarce within the next 30 years.Whether or not you try

16、to limit yourself (24)_ one cup of coffee a day, the effects of climate change on the worlds coffee-growing regions may leave you little choice.Rising temperatures and unpredictable rainfall patterns are reported to have been threatening coffee plantations in South America, Africa, Asia, and Hawaii.

17、 The result? Significant cuts in coffee yield.According to organizations like Australias Climate Institute, half of the present coffee-producing areas (25)_ (estimate) not to be suitable by the year 2050, if current climate patterns continue.With temperatures continuously rising, oceans are absorbin

18、g some of the heat and undergoing warming of their own, (26)_(cause) a decline in fish population, including in lobsters that are cold-blooded creatures, and in salmons(鲑鱼) (27)_ eggs find it hard to survive in higher water temperatures. Warmer waters also encourage some poisonous marine bacteria to

19、 grow and lead to illness in humans whenever (28)_ (take) with raw seafood, like oysters.And how about that satisfying “crack” which you get when you are eating crabs and lobsters? It could be silenced (29)_ shellfish have been struggling to build their calcium carbonate(碳酸钙) shells, which is a resu

20、lt of ocean acidification.Even worse is the possibility (30)_ we will have no seafood to enjoy at all. In a 2006 Dalhousie University study, scientists predicted that if over-fishing and rising temperature trends continued at their present rate, the worlds seafood stocks would run out by the year 20

21、50.Section BDirections: Fill in each blanks 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. partneredB. evolutionC. formerlyD. advanceE. tailoredF. pursueG. transformingH. voluntarilyI. balancingJ. equalK. loyalty高三英语试卷 第 3 页

22、 共 10 页Workforce of the FutureThe workplace is changing rapidly. Rather than the standard working day of nine to five, employees are working more flexibly to meet their busy home lives. Advances in technology are _31_ the very nature of the tasks and skills required in the workplace.To gain a full p

23、erspective of how the workplace is set to change over the next decade, employee benefits provider Unum UK _32_ with The Future Laboratory to survey 3,000 workers across several industries. They also interviewed industry experts and business leaders on topics from artificial intelligence and robotics

24、 to the increase of flexible working and an ageing workforce.The result outlines some of the employment changes that businesses can expect to see over the next decade and predicts the _33_ of two worker cultures which will dominate the workforce. They are the obligated and the self-fulfilled workers

25、.“Obligated workers” refer to people with dependents and the sandwich generation,_34_ raising children with caring for elderly parents. Therefore, they value a career _35_ to life stages and events and financial security. Joel Defries, 33, father of one kid and partner at London Vodka said, “A flexi

26、ble employer will allow me to have a long paternity leave(陪产假) and to value my family just as much as I value my job.”Self-fulfilled workers are committed to life-long learning and acquiring new skills rather than _36_ to an employer. They actively look for personal development and want employee ben

27、efits that help them _37_ both their personal and professional ambitions. They treat personal commitments and pursuits as _38_ to professional commitments. Elly Kemp, 31,_39_ a full-time employee, now working part-time in a cafand also assisting with her grandmothers care said, “My approach to work

28、allows me the freedom to _40_ my career at my own pace. I want my work to be fluid so I can change it when I want and do whatever makes me happy at the time.”III. Reading Comprehension Section ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fi

29、ll in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Early decisionyou apply to one school, and admission is binding (有法律约束力的)seems like a great choice for nervous applicants. Schools _41_ a higher percentage of early-decision applicants, which arguably means that you have a better ch

30、ance of being enrolled. And if you do, youre done with the whole painful process by December. But most students and parents dont realize that schools have hidden _42_ for offering early decision.Early decision, since its binding, allows schools to fill their classes with qualified students; it allow

31、s _43_ committees to select the students that are in particular demand for their college and know those students will come. It also gives schools a higher yield rate(优秀学生率), which is often used as one of the ways to _44_ college selectivity and popularity.The problem is that this process effectively _45_ the window of time students have to make one of the most important decisions of their lives up to that point. Under _46_高三英语试卷 第 4 页 共 10 页admissions, seniors have to choo