届上海市徐汇区高考英语一模含答案.docx

1、届上海市徐汇区高考英语一模含答案2017 学年第一学期徐汇区学习能力诊断卷高三英语 试卷（满分 140 分，考试时间 120 分钟）2017.12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号和，并将核对后的条形码貼在指定位置上，在答題纸反面清楚地填写。I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversat

2、ions between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a 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 b

3、est answer to the question youhave heard.1.A. At a bank.B. On the street.C. At home.D. In a cafe.2.A. A concert.B. A book sale.C. A banquet.D. An art exhibition.3.A. 50 minutes.B. 25 minutes.C. An hour and a quarter.D. An hour and a half.4.A. The train will arrive on time.B. The train is late due to

4、 the storm.C. The woman will take the next train.D. The woman has to wait for the train.5.A. She talks too much.B. She doesnt like speaking.C. She is always very frank.D. She often talks loudly.6.A. She doesnt want to have a birthday party.B. She doesnt like the gift.C. She wants to forget her birth

5、day.D. She doesnt want to grow old.7. A. The woman doesnt want to go out in the evening.B. The film is not worth seeing at all.C. The man wont go to the movies with the woman.D. The man is very tired from his work.8.A. The summer this year is terribly hot.B. Last summer was even hotter.C. Hot weathe

6、r helps people lose weight.D. Light was stronger this morning.9.A. He should have invited Mary.B. He is doing business with Mary.C. He was not a man of his word.D. He didnt want to ask Mary to the party.10. A. She would rather invite more people to come.B. They prepared too much food at a previous m

7、eeting.C. The family members always eat a lot.第 1 页 / 共 17 页微信公众号：试卷D. They should prepare more food and drinks.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 p

8、assages and the 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 heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

9、11. A. She was born in a poor family.B. She worked as a doctor in her early life.C. She spent her whole life in London.D. She decided to help the poor when she was young.12. A. Because of the poor living conditions.B. Because she was sent to a settlement house.C. Because of her health problem.D. Bec

10、ause her family moved to another city.13. A. She founded the first settlement house in America.B. She wrote books about the problems faced by the poor.C. She introduced laws to help workers, women, and children.D. She helped those who had come to America from other countries.Questions 14 through 16

11、are based on the following passage.14. A. They are available in different languages except Russian.B. They are a range of useful desktop publishing packages.C. They are not allowed to be taken out of the college.D. They can help the students with their language learning.15.A. Consult him frequently.

12、B. Use the computer regularly.C. Occupy the computer early.D. Print essays patiently.16.A. Micro-computer lab service.B. Facilities of a college.C. The use of micro-computers.D. The operating of printers.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. He is the journalist of a

13、 local newspaper.B. He is a huge fan of international stories.C. He is an experienced editor of a TV program.D. He is an advocate for environmental protection.18. A. Current trends in economic development. B. Domestic issues of general social concern.C. International relations and foreign policies.

14、D. Conflicts among different political parties.19. A. Based on what the public wants to know.B. By interviewing people who have stories.C. By analyzing the current social problems.第 2 页 / 共 17 页D. Based on public expectations and editors judgment.20. A. First-hand stories. B. Practical experience.C.

15、 Audiences feedback. D. Educational background.II. Grammar and VocabularySection 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 t

16、he other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.The Grasshopper in Van Gogh PaintingArt conservators(管理员) dream of finding (21)_(hide) secrets in the masterpieces they look after. Rarely do they expect to find a dead grasshopper.Conservators at the Nelson-Atkins museum of art in Kansas City

17、said they discovered the dead insect in one of its star paintings, Vincent van Goghs OliveTrees, when it (22)_ (scan) as part of the research for a catalogue of its French painting collection.It was spotted by Mary Schafer. She told a local broadcaster that she found it in the works lower foreground

18、. “(23)_(look) at the painting with the microscope，I came across the tiny body of a grasshopper covered in the paint, so it (24)_ have occurred in the wet paint back in 1889.“We can connect it to Van Gogh painting outside, so we think of him battling the elements, dealing with the wind, the bugs, an

19、d then hes got to walk back to his studio through the fields.Whats fun is that we can come up with all these stories for (25)_ the insect landed in the paint.”Schafer said they were curious to know if the grasshopper could be studied (26)_(far) to possibly identify which season Van Gogh painted Oliv

20、e Trees.Michael Engel, a professor at the University of Kansas, was approached (27)_(examine) the grasshopper further. He discovered that part of the insects body was missing and there was no sign of movement in the surrounding paint. In other words, it was already dead (28)_ it somehow landed on th

21、e artists wet canvas and could not be used for dating purposes.Van Gogh painted Olive Trees in 1889, the year after his falling out with his friend Gauguin, (29)_ may have led to his famous act of self-mutilation in the history of art: cutting off his own ear.The grasshopper may not help in any art

22、historical research but it has become a talking point for museum visitors, looking closely into the painting to see (30)_ they can spot the dead insect.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only beused once. Note that there is one word more

23、than you need.第 3 页 / 共 17 页A. concernsB. illegalC. circulationD. recommendedE. launched F. conductingG. witnessingH. innovationI. emphasizedJ. regulationsK. criticismsExperts agree that it is becoming a growing trend that more and more consumers across the country are using cashless payment methods

24、.In fact, as early as 1988, the State Council released _(31)_ to encourage bank transfers and to reduce using cash during economic activities. Today, the move toward a cashless society could“reduce the risks of using cash, save on costs and as a matter of convenience, prevent _(32)_ activities such

25、as money laundering(洗钱),” Dong Ximiao, a research fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at the Renmin University of China, told the Global Times.But China is not the first country to seek a cashless society. Developed states like Sweden, Denmark and Singapore are also _(33)_ the increa

26、se of cashless payment. The rapid development of cashless payments does not mean there are no challenges and _(34)_.Alibabas Hema store, where customers can shop, dine and order goods for delivery from their mobile phones, have come into the spotlight recently. Media reports said that consumers cant

27、 purchase goods with cash there, which would be considered illegal. A Hema PR representative told the Global Times that all 13 Hema stores in the country do in fact allow consumers to pay in cash. She noted that Hema store simply _(35)_ consumers to pay via Alipay for convenience purposes.Alipay and

28、 WeChat Pay, the nations two major third-party mobile payment tools, also _(36)_ campaigns this month to encourage more merchants and customers to use cashless payment methods. Both called for the establishment of a “cashless society”, which caused _(37)_ over whether cash will soon disappear. Dong

29、_(38)_ that a cashless society would not mean that cash would completely disappear. “As the economy grows, the _(39)_ of cash is still very huge,” noted Dong.“Also, its important to remember that nearly half of Chinas population lives in rural areas, especially in undeveloped western regions, and th

30、erefore is not able to enjoy _(40)_ brought by the Internet,” Dong said. “And when it comes to Chinas senior citizens，most of them prefer to use cash in their daily life,” he added.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases

31、marked A, B, Cand D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Eating fast food makes people impatient even when they are not short of time, a new study claims.Students in the study became _(41)_ even when shown the logo of burger chain McDonalds so quickly on screen that they could not _(42)_ it.Researchers say that daily exposure to fast food brands could have a subliminal(潜意识的) effect on _(43)_, making people hurry regardless of whether they are pushed for time. They