上海闵行区高三一模英语试题及答案.docx

1、上海闵行区高三一模英语试题及答案英语试卷I.Liste ning Comprehe nsionSectio n ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers.At the end of each con versati on, a questi on will be asked about what was said. Theconversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear

2、a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best an swer to the questi on you have heard.D. A taxi driver.1. A. A postma n. B. A policema n. C. A delivery man.3. A. It s delayed. B. It s overcrowded . C. It s empty. D. It s canc

3、el led.4. A. She has n ever talked in public.B. She probably is poor at giving speeches.C. She enjoys serious mome nts.D. She wants to give up the public speech.5. A. Finishing the lun ch.B. Having a meeti ng.C. Arranging the room.D. Making some coffee.2. A. $50. B. $75.C. $150.D. $200.6. A. By goin

4、g on a diet.B.By doing physical exercise.C.By hav ing fewer meals.D.By eati ng fruit and vegetables.7.A. The man doesn t have a good memory.B.The man shouldn t have bought the chocolate.C.The man lost the chocolate in the kitchen.D.The man s son has take n the chocolate.8.A. The man should n t go fo

5、r the in terview.B.The man s resume is not well -prepared.C.The man can send the resume out.D.The man should get ready for the in terview.9.A. Finish the paper before meeting his professor.B.Shorten his paper into a 3000-word article.C.Get a new and more specific topic for his paper.D.Ask his profes

6、sor s help on his choice of topics.10.A. He will remain in his current job. B. He is quite satisfied with his job.C. He will ask for a higher salary. D. He can never find a better job.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked

7、 several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken 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

8、 heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11.A. Public education against smoking is lacking. B. There is nocampaign against smoking.C. There are no rules regarding smoking. D. That smokers ignore the rules about smoking.12.A. It made her respect smokers in the United States.B

9、.It made her think that smoking rules need to be changed.C.It made her want to be more polite towards nonsmokers.D. It made her more tolerant to smoker behavior.13.A. It s no easy job to stop people smoking in Europe.B. There should be severer rules against smoking in Europe.C. We should take non- s

10、mokers right s into consideration.D. The speaker changed the attitude towards different smokersQuestions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14.A. The weight of the boxes moving across the stage. of repeating the process.C. The size of the objects shown on the stage. cubes used in the show

11、.15.A. Girls seem to be able to reason earlier than boys. playing with cubes more than girls.C. Girls tend to get excited more easily than boys. attention to moving objects than girls.16.A. They are easy to be nervous.earlier age.C. They are better at physical activities.different brain pattern.Ques

12、tions 17 through 20 are based on the following passage.17.A. A detective story.lecture.C. A class assignment.robbery.18.A. She was involved in a jewelry store robbery.B. She had trouble finishing her assignment.C. She did not like the topic she had chosen for her paper.D.She was taking too many cour

13、ses.19.B. The number of timesD. The shape of theB. Boys enjoyD. Boys pay moreB. They talk at anD. They have aB. A professor sD. A jewelry storeB. Put down whateverA. Take some extra time. ideas she has first.D. Write the storyB. To go shopping.D. To take a break from herC. Do some work for another c

14、ourse.ending first.20.A. To do research for her story.C. To meet her professor.work.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to makethe passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with th

15、e proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they willalmost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the homeis very important of course. However, (21) (force) to recycle often mea

16、ns we already have more materialthan we need. Weare dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better (22) we did not need to bring somuch material home in the first place.The total amount of packaging increased (23) 12%between 1999 and 2005.A

17、 large number of companies believe that they can attract customers attention andstimulate their purchasing desire by over-packaging their goods, thus (24) (gain) more profits.Too much packaging is doing damage to the environment. If such packaging (25) (burn), it gives off greenhouse gases which go

18、on to cause thegreenhouse effect. Recycling helps, (26) the process itself uses energy.The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need.However, a few of them are coming round to t

19、he idea (27) this cannot continue, en couragi ng customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have lear nedto associate packagi ng with quality. We have lear ned to think that (28) without packagi ng is of poor quality. This is

20、 especially true of food. But it alsoapplies to a wide range of con sumer products, (29) ofte n have far morepackagi ng tha n n ecessary.There are sig ns of hope. As more of us recycle, we are begi nning to realize justhow muchunnecessary materials are collecting. However, despite the ongoing campai

21、gns(30) (promote) consumers green awareness , we still have a long way to go.Sectio n BDirectio ns: Complete the followi ng passage by using the words in the box. Each wordcan only be used on ce. Note that there is one word more tha n you n eed.A.equal B. dema nding C. ben efits D. employ E. reach F

22、. in creaseG. access H. convey I .con diti ons J. superior K. approachedThere is disti nction betwee n readi ng for in formati on and readi ng forunderstanding. Thus we can 31 the word “ reading ” in two distinet senses.The first sense is the one in which we read n ewspapers, magaz in es, or anythin

23、gelse. We can get 32 to the content of those materials easily. Such materialsmay in crease our store of in formati on, but they cannot improve our un dersta nding.And clearly we don t have any difficulty in gaining the new information, for ourunderstanding was 33 to them before we started. Otherwise

24、, we would have feltthe shock of puzzleme nt.The sec ond sense is the one in which we read somethi ng that at first we do notcompletely understand. Here the thing to be read is at the first sight better or highertha n the reader. The writer is com muni cat ing somethi ng that can 34 thereader s un d

25、ersta nding. Such com muni cati on betwee n un equals must be possible.Otherwise one person could never learn from another. Here “ learning ” means understanding more, not remembering more information.What are the 35 in this kind of reading? First, there is inequality inunderstanding. The writer mus

26、t be “ 36 ” to the reader in understanding.Besides, his book must 37 something he possesses and his potential readerslack. Second, the reader must be able to overcome this inequality in some degree. And he should always try to 38 the same level of understanding with the writer.If the equality is 39

27、, success of communication is achieved.Besides gaining information and understanding, there s another goal of reading- entertainment. It is the least 40 and requires the least amount of effort.Everyone who knows how to read can read for entertainment if he wants to. In fact, any book that can be rea

28、d for understanding or information can probably be read for entertainment as well.III.Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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.Celebrit

29、ies, in other word, famous people, have 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 attached to a specific 41 . Besides, fashion magazines have almost 4

30、2 thepractice of putting models on the cover because they dont sell nearly as well as famous faces. 43 , celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerfulmarket potential, moving from advertising for others products to developing their own.Celebrity clothing lines arent a completely new phenomen

31、on, but in the past they were typically aimed at the 44 co nsumers, while today they re started byfirst-class stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top 45 .The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more e

32、xperienced at the market, they expand their production scale 46 , covering almost all the products of daily life.However, for every success story, there s a related warning tale of a celebrity who 47 his consumer appeal. No matter how famous the product s origin is,if it 48 to impress consumers with its own qualities it begins to resemble