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1、上海黄浦区高考英语一模黄浦区2020学年度第一学期高三年级期终调研测试英 语 试 卷（完卷时间： 120分钟 满分： 140分） 2020年12月 第1卷（共 100分）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. The conversatio

2、ns 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. Brother and sister. B. Father and daughter.C. Husband and wife. D. Mother

3、and son.2. A.A waiter. B. A manager. C. A salesman. D. A barber.3. A. He enjoys eating it. B. He cares little for it.C. He prefers fried seafood. D. He doesnt want to taste it.4. A. The goods there were on sale last weekend.B. Its the womans favourite shopping mall.C. It sold out 50% of the goods la

4、st weekend.D. Its the cheapest shopping mall nearby.5. A. The woman isnt satisfied with her clothes style.B. The woman is most probably pregnant.C. The woman doesnt like the new family member.D. The woman is trying her best to lose weight.6. A. It is the only property she has.B. Her father asked her

5、 not to sell it.C. She inherited it from his father.D. She has nowhere to live after selling it.7. A. Call a repairman to come at once.B. Check the sink in the kitchen first.C. Clear up the kitchen right now.D. Stop the water from running immediately.8. A. She lost her purse. B. She forgot to bring

6、cash.C. She failed to attend the concert. D. She was unable to get the student discount.9. A. Finish checking her reference. B. Complete the research.C. Put the material in order. D. Start typing the paper.10. A. The woman enjoyed the movie very much.B. The woman didnt sleep well because of the movi

7、e.C. The man asked the woman to be careful at night.D. The man invited the woman to go to the theatre together,Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation. After each passage or conversation, you will be asked several questions. The passages and th

8、e 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.11. A. She wro

9、te several books B. She managed a farm.C. She was a business woman. D. She worked as a nurse.12. A.101 years. B. 76 years. C. 25 years. D.22 years.13. A. Pictures in plain style. B. A successful art collector.C. A great American artist D. The secret of living longer.Questions I4 through I6 are based

10、 on the following passage.14. A. To concentrate for our quiet thought.B. To give full attention to the driving.C. To avoid being caught by the police,D. To be as casual as possible in the driving.15. A. In an elevator. B. At a special hall.C. In a bathroom. D.At a concert.16. A. By listening compreh

11、ensively and analytically.B. By taking a sonic bath thoroughly.C. By attending classical concerts frequently.D. By listening to an emotional piece of music.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. Inquiring about the details of a trade fair.B. Booking rooms at a hotel.C

12、. Complaining about the hotel room service.D. Giving suggestions on receiving guests.18. A. Its a busy season for international tourism.B. There arent many hotels available in the city.C.An important economic event will occur.D. There is a big conference to be held.19. A. For five days altogether,B.

13、 From Dec.11th to Dec. 13th.C. From morning to night on Dec.15th.D. A whole day on the fourth day of their stay.20. A. The woman wants to reserve rooms either on the 1st or 6th floor,B. The woman has to pay 1200 dollars for all the rooms she has booked.C. Whether the rooms are accessible by wheelcha

14、ir will affect the womans choice,D. Twelve people are most likely to attend the conference to be held on Dec.13th.II.Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections:After reading the passage below.fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent andgrammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word,

15、fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word: for the other blanks.use one word that best fits each blank.Consider the Mechanical PencilIf you used to collect small objects.Im sure (if you were anything like my younger self)thatyou used to collect mechanical pencils.In one of the math p

16、reparatory classes1(21)_（go)to in elementary and middle school.we used to receive mechanical pencils as prizes for doing well on the in-class exams or answeringquestions in class. This was(22)_I built up my collection of Cadoozles,which are shortmechanical pencils decorated with brightly colored spa

17、ceships and ice cream bars. But Ive longsince used up all my Cadoozles and a majority of the mechanical pencils that 1(23)_（hide)in an empty moon-cake tin so many years before.which makes me reflect fondly back on those olddays.when receiving a mechanical pencil was as easy as drinking a glass of wa

18、ter.Mechanical pencils are not only more convenient than your traditional Ticonderoga in the sensethat they never need (24)_(sharpen):they also produce thinner. cleaner lines. which is extremely important for drawers and drafters. Furthermore,they are environmentally friendly.sinceyou dont have to b

19、uy (25)_wooden pencil whenever you run out of lead(铅芯）. Youcan simply refill your mechanical pencil. There is only one slight negative I must remark on.(26)_is that as someone who calls mechanical pencils lead pencilin casual conversation.theterm lead pencilis confusing.Mechanical pencil lead is act

20、ually not made from the chemicalelement lead. It is made from a mixture of graphite and clay. which(27)_not give you leadpoisoning.This is contrary to what my third-grade teacher said when she saw my classmate Johnclicking his mechanical pencil against his index finger out of boredom:John,stop that!

21、 Youregoing to get lead poisoning!I think all the third-graders (and teachers) in the world would feelmuch(28)_(safe) if they knew what really made up the pencils they use every day.It used to be so easy to grab a mechanical pencil whenever I needed one. but (29)the moon-cake tin has become increasi

22、ngly lighter. I have learned to appreciate mywriting instruments more.Perhaps I should have collected a few more Cadoozles when I wasyounger.perhaps I should have appreciated the feeling of holding up the moon-cake tin when it was three-quarters full, hoping that three would always be a new pencil f

23、or me (30)_（use) tomorrow.Section BDirections:Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box.Each word can only beused once.Note that there is one word more than you once.A.threatenedB.designedC.preferencesD.typicallyE.experimentalF.theoreticalG.abandoned H.instruments I.constantlyJ.exten

24、siveK.persuasiveScience Isnt Always Perfect-But We Should Still Trust ItFrom environment pollution to climate change. we make decisions every day that involve usin scientific claims. Are genetically modified crops safe to eat? Is climate change an emergency? In recent years, many of these issues hav

25、e become politically polarized,with people rejecting scientific evidence that is opposite their political_31_.When Greta Thunberg, the youthful climate activist, was asked by one member why we should trust the science.she replied. because its science!For several decades, there has been a(n)_32_and o

26、rganized campaign intended to producedistrust in science.funded by regulated industries and libertarian think-tanks whose interests andbeliefs are_33_by the findings of modern science.In response.scientists have tended to stressthe success of science. After all, scientists have been right about most

27、 things,from the structure ofthe universe to the relativity of time and space.That answer isnt wrong.but for many people its not_34_.After all, just because scientistsmore than 400 years ago were right about the structure of the solar system doesnt prove thatdifferent group of scientists are right a

28、bout a different issue today.An alternative answer to the question-Why trust science?-is that scientists use the scientific method. If youve got a high school science textbook lying around the house, youll probably find that answer in it.But this answer is wrong.But what is_35_declared to be the sci

29、entific method-develop a hypothesis(假设），then design an experiment to test it-isnt what scientists actually do. Historians of science have shown that scientists use many different methods, and these methods have changed with time.Science_36_changes:new methods get invented, old ones get_37_.and any p

30、articular point in time scientists can be found doing many different things.And thats a good thing,because the so-called scientific method doesnt work.False theories can produce true results, so even if an experiment works,it doesnt prove the theory that was_38 to test it is true. There also might b

31、e many different theories that could produce that same 39 result.On the contrary, if the experiment fails, it doesnt prove the theory is wrong: it could be that the experiment was badly conducted or there was a fault in one of the_40_.I11.Reading ComprehensionsSection ADirections: For each blank in

32、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.Travelling, at least travelling any considerable distance, means dealing with airports. Iveseen my share of airports.They come in several_41_.The smallest I have been through was inthe