上海长宁区高三英语二模卷word版含答案.docx

1、上海长宁区高三英语二模卷word版含答案2020学年第二学期高三英语教学质量检测试卷 （满分140分; 考试时间120分钟） 第I卷（共100分） I. Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: 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. The conversations and th

2、e 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. At the airport. B. In the cinema. C. At a restaurant. D. In a shopping mall.2. A. A

3、sk for a morning call. B. Book a later flight. C. Take the early flight. D. Cancel his trip.3. A. The woman has a good gardener. B. The woman is good at gardening.C. The man offers to do the gardening. D. The man wants to hire a gardener. 4. A. He finished his degree long ago. B. Hell work for his d

4、egree for four more years.C. He began his studies four years ago. D. He has just started working on his degree.5. A. It was miserable all day long. B. The trip was ruined by the bad weather.C. It was sunny on Saturday morning. D. The trip turned out to be good.6. A. The party was a big surprise. B.

5、Kate has a lot of friends.C. The man agreed with the woman. D. The woman knows Kate well.7. A. Hes got too much in his mind. B. He brought the wrong book.C. He didnt keep his promise. D. He forgot the name of the book. 8. A. They must check out immediately. B. The swimming pool in the hotel is close

6、d.C. Its not easy to call a taxi to the airport. D. She agrees to go swimming with the man.9. A. Mr. Lius schedule. B. A picture of Mr. Liu.C. Mr. Lius favourite hobbies. D. A special gift for Mr. Liu.10. A. The man hasnt met Tina recently. B. The man wants to see Tina.C. Tina used to work in New Yo

7、rk. D. The woman is so forgetful.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 passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spok

8、en only once. When you 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 heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. 30 million tons. B. 18 million tons. C. 12 million tons. D. 60 million

9、tons.12. A. Cooperate with Asian countries. B. Ask the United Nations for help.C. Get rid of diseases of rice plants. D. Make investments in rice production. 13. A. The suggestions given to end poverty. B. The problems caused by rice shortages.C. The efforts made to increase rice production. D. The

10、effects resulting from the economic crisis. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. To tell adults what to do at home.B. To discipline naughty children.C. To take good care of a house. D. To help a family bring up children better.15. A. Their badly-behaved children are out

11、 of control. B. Their children need help in doing homework.C. Theyd like to devote themselves to their work.D. Theyd like to share with others how to help kids out.16. A. To tell parents how to educate their children. B. To recommend the TV show to people in need.C. To give people advice on how to s

12、et family rules.D. To entertain people having family problems.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17.A. A study on language policy. B. A lecture about geography.C. Preparations for a presentation. D. A tour to West Australia.18. A. Historical background. B. An overview of

13、 the educational system. C. The economic system. D. The role of the English language.19. A. To search them on the Internet. B. To find them in the Resource Room.C. To ask Dr. White for help. D. To refer to a tourist brochure.20. A. They have to find the two maps first. B. They want to change their t

14、opic.C. The Resource Room is about to close. D. Its time for them to have lectures.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

15、 proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. It was a very dark street. I was on my way home 21 a friends party and decided to take a short cut. I just turned the corner from the main street and started walking towards the light at the end of the shor

16、t street. Suddenly, almost by magic, I thought, there was someone standing at the far end, under the lamplight. Most people 22 have been frightened, perhaps terrified, but I wasnt at all frightened. Perhaps I should have been. There was someone there. I felt somehow that the personand I couldnt see

17、23 it was a man or a womandid not mean to harm me. 24 I wasnt frightened, I still wasnt sure what to do. Should I walk on towards the end of the street and towards the light and towards the person? Or should I go back the way I had come? I decided to walk on towards the light.The “guide”, as I calle

18、d the person later, stood and waited 25 I was halfway down the street, and then started walking ahead of me. Even now I couldnt describe him or her: he or she seemed 26 (dress) in a long gown, but there was a dim light all around him or her. Certainly I felt safe and followed the person down several

19、 streets that I did not know. It was a part of town, I realized, that I 27 (warn) about, but nothing happened to me, and as soon as we were near the bright lights of the main road, my “guide” just 28 (disappear).The following day I heard that a young person had been killed 29 (walk) home alone not v

20、ery far from 30 I was that night. I dont care what other people think. I am sure that the “guide” was my guardian angel and that he or she looked after me. Section B Directions: 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 mo

21、re than you need. A. weakenB. ensureC. considerablyD. benefitsE. independentlyF. apply G. aggressiveH. conflictsI. potentialJ. subjectsK. proposed Obstacles can be overcome, say trade experts The main problem in the EU-UK talks on a trade deal is resolvable so long as neither side treats the matter

22、as a question of high principle, according to trade experts. German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Wednesday that a trade deal must 31 a “level playing field, not only for today, but also for tomorrow ”. But British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday evening that Britain would never

23、sign up to automatically having to 32 future EU rules in areas such as environmental regulations and labour standards in order to keep the 33 of a trade deal. Nonetheless, experts said there was the 34 for negotiation between Britains position, a willingness to swear not to 35 regulatory standards a

24、s they stand at the end of its Brexit (British exit) transition period, and the EUs quest to ensure that these trade deals work well for ever. The “landing zone” for any deal would likely ensure that the UK was not able to weaken the effectiveness of European regulations and keep the advantages of z

25、ero tariffs (关税) in goods: the main feature of the 36 free trade agreement. David Henig, UK director of the European Centre For International Political Economy, said what was needed to be agreed were specific 37 that the trade deal covered and the process for dealing with possible 38 . The only reas

26、on that this should spoil the trade deal talks, said Mr. Henig, was if one or both sides keep their positions on a matter of principle. Since the start of the talks, the EUs concern has been to avoid having a(n) 39 competitor close to its single market, seizing an advantage through lax (宽松的) environ

27、mental regulations and labour standards. The EU has already moved 40 on state aid. Brussels entered the negotiations saying the UK should continue to in effect operate the state aid system under the supervision of the European Court of Justice. It has since agreed to an approach based upon agreeing

28、common principles with Britain. III. Reading ComprehensionSection A Directions: 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. Did Tea and Beer Bring About Industrialization? Profess

29、or Macfarlane has spent decades trying to understand the mystery of the Industrial Revolution. Why did it happen in Britain at the end of the 18th century?Macfarlane compares the question as a puzzle. He 41 that there were about 20 different factors and all of them needed to be present before the re

30、volution could happen. The chief 42 can be found in history textbooks. For industry to 43 , there needed to be the technology and power to drive factories, large urban populations to provide cheap labor, a 44 economy, and a political system that allowed this to happen. All these factors must have be

31、en necessary but not sufficient to cause the revolution. Most historians, however, are 45 that one or two missing factors are needed to solve the puzzle. The missing factors, Macfarlane supposes, are tea and beer.Historians had noticed one interesting factor around the mid-18th century that required the 46 . Between 1650 and 1740, the population in Britain didnt increase, but then it grew rapidly. The population burst seemed to happen at the right time to provide labor for the Industrial Revolution. But why? When it started, it was 47 efficient to have people livi