上海市静安区届高三下学期教学质量检测二模英语试题WORD版.docx

1、上海市静安区届高三下学期教学质量检测二模英语试题WORD版静安区高三年级英语期中（二模）测试卷（ 2018.5）I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers.At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Theconversations and the questions will be sp

2、oken only once. After you hear aconversation 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. By the seaside. B. In a restaurant. C. In a supermarket. D. At home.2. A. Driving the private car costs li

3、ttle. B. Taking subway requires a special pass. C. Its more convenient to carry canned fish by private cars. D. Its uncomfortable to take the subway.3. A. A phone company clerk. B. A mechanic. C. A travel agent. D. A marriage consultant.4. A. The woman should go out to work. B. The woman should take

4、 charge of the cleaning herself. C. Maids are not very trustworthy these days. D. He contributes a lot to the family economy.5. A. He is not clever enough for the math club. B. He doesnt have enough enthusiasm to explore math. C. He lacks former experiences in math study. D. He will be sooner or lat

5、er admitted into the math club.6. A. 2. B. 3. C. 5. D. 7.7. A. The woman was mistaken about where she lost her ipad. B. The womans ipad might be kept well in the library. C. Theres a very slight chance of finding back her ipad. D. Her ipad is for public use so she might as well buy a new one.8. A. A

6、s a science fiction fan, she has already seen the film. B. She will go to deal with a dental problem then. C. She will go for a business appointment then. D. She is not very happy to go to see a film with the man.9. A. Her personal feeling quite contrasts with the research finding. B. Reading books

7、is teenagers favourite activity. C. All the researches are offering misleading information. D. Mobile phones have taken none of teenagers leisure time.10. A. Previous customers have bought up the ovens on sale. B. Many other goods on sale are still available. C. The man can buy the oven through othe

8、r channels. D. The oven is now sold at regular price.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two passages and one longer conversation.After each passage or conversation, you will be asked several questions. The passagesand the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoke

9、n only once.When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decidewhich one is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. To take advantage of cheap sugar cane. B. To reduce carbon dioxide emission. C. T

10、o add a selling point for its cola. D. To attract more young customers.12. A. To exchange food recipe(配方) with these companies. B. To share customer information with these companies. C. To get investments from these companies. D. To relieve these companys dependence on petroleum.13. A. Coca-Colas ne

11、w ways to cut costs. B. Coca-Colas transfer to recyclable plant plastics. C. Coca-Colas successful partnerships with other business giants. D. Coca-Colas efforts to pay more attention to customers needs.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. It provides jet bursts to stron

12、gly clean the body. B. It installs noise-masking effect equipment. C. It has a private doctor stand by the toilet. D. It collects ones physical data when the toilet is used.15. A. The toilet will be more economical on water. B. Users doctor can instantly get the data. C. A device inside the basin wi

13、ll be installed. D. Treatment suggestions will be delivered to the doctor.16. A. Because young people are not keen on innovations. B. Because young people are suspicious of the toilets function. C. Because the retail price is high for the young. D. Because young people dont know much about the produ

14、ct.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. Because its an experienced car rental agency. B. Because it provides big discount on the rent. C. Because its convenient to collect the car after arrival. D. Because it offers commute cars and cars for long trip.18. A. Unrelia

15、ble technology. B. Short battery life. C. Potential radiation from electricity. D. Lack of charging points.19. A. 370. B. 400. C. 530. D. 560.20. A. Car rental service fee. B. Insurance fee. C. Gas fee. D. Traffic fine.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage below, f

16、ill in the blanks to make the passagecoherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in eachblank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word thatbest fits each blank.Uh-oh, the new years just begun and already youre finding it hard to keep t

17、hose resolutions to junk the junk food, get off the couch or kick smoking. Theres a biological reason why a lot of our bad habits are so hard to break they get（ 21）_(wire) into our brains.Why are bad habits stronger? Youre fighting against the power of an immediate reward, says Dr. Nora Volkow, dire

18、ctor of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and an authority on the brains pleasure pathway.We all as creatures are behaving that way, to give greater value to an immediate reward as opposed to (22)_ is delayed, Volkow says.How this bit of happiness turns into a habit involves a pleasure-sensing ch

19、emicalnamed dopamine. It causes the brain (23)_(pursue) that reward again and again strengthening the connection each time especially when it gets the right hint from your environment.People tend to overestimate their ability to resist temptations around them, thus (24) _(destroy) attempts to give u

20、p bad habits. Even scientists who recognize it (25)_ show weakness. I know popcorns are not healthy. But every time I go to the cinema, I have to eat it, Volkow says， Its fascinating.A movement to pay people for behavior changes may exploit that connection, as some companies offer employees outright

21、 payments or insurance reduction for adopting better habits.(26)_well paying for behavior plays out, researchers say there are still some steps that may help fight your brains hold (27)_ newly-established habits:Repeat, repeat, repeat the new behavior the same routine at the same time of day. You de

22、cide to exercise. Doing it at the same time of the morning, rather than fitting it in casually, (28)_ (make) the striatum(终脑皮层)recognize the habit.Therefore, if you dont keep doing it, you will feel frustrated.Exercise itself raises dopamine levels, so eventually your brain will get a feel-good hit

23、(29)_ _ your muscles protest.Besides, try to reward yourself with (30)_ that you really desire. For instance, if you exercise all week or stick to your diet, you could try a fancy restaurant- safer perhaps than a box of cookies because the price inhibits the quantity.Section BDirections: Fill in eac

24、h blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each wordcan only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. necessary B. infect C. extremes D. refreshed E. spellsF. impact G. accompanied H. sufficient I. shrink J. silenced K. earnedAs the increased amount of carbon dioxide in

25、the atmosphere, heat stress, longerdroughts(干旱), and more intense rainfalls linked to global warming continue toupset our daily weather, we often forget they also _31_ the quantity, quality, andgrowing locations of our food. Many foods have already _32_ top spots on theworlds endangered foods list,

26、indicating their possibility to become scarce withinthe next 30 years.To start with what is _33_ in many peoples lives, we are disappointed tofind that coffee plantations in South America, Africa, Asia, and Hawaii are all beingthreatened by rising air temperatures and erratic(不稳定的) rainfall patterns

27、, whichinvite disease and invasive species to _34_ the coffee plant and beans. The result?Significant cuts in coffee output.And Coffees culinary cousin, cacao (aka chocolate), is also suffering stress fromglobal warmings rising temperatures. But for chocolate, it isnt the warmer climatealone thats t

28、he problem. Cacao trees actually prefer warmer climates as long as thatwarmth is paired with high humidity and _35_ rain. However, the problem is thatthe higher temperatures projected for the worlds leading chocolate-producingcountries are not expected to be_36_by an increase in rainfall. Therefore

29、ashigher temperatures take more moisture from soil and plants, its unlikely that rainfallwill increase enough to make up for this loss.A notably nutritious plant, the peanut grows best when it gets five months ofcontinuous warm weather and 20 to 40 inches of rain. Anything less and plants wontsurviv

30、e. That isnt good news when most climate models agree that the climate of thefuture will be one of the _37_, including droughts and heatwaves.The world has already caught a glimpse of the peanuts future fate when last yeara serious drought across the peanut-growing Southeastern U.S. led many plants

31、to die.According to a financial report, the dry _38_ caused peanut prices to rise by asmuch as 40 percent!Finally, in the world of sea, as air temperatures rise, oceans and waterwaysabsorb some of the heat and undergo warming of their own. The result is the_39_in fish population. Warmer waters also encourage vicious marine bacteria,like Vibrio, to grow and cause illness in humans.And that satisfying crack you get when eating crab(蟹) could be _40_ asshellfish struggle to build their calcium carbonate (碳酸钙) shells, a result of oceanacidification.III.