上海高考英语一模徐汇区.docx

1、上海高考英语一模徐汇区2019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） 2019.12I. Listening Comprehension Section 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 conversations and the questions

2、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. Buying a handbag. B. Trying on a piece of clothing. C. Taking a picture. D. Attending a fashio

3、n show.2. A. To the library. B. To the school. C. To the cafeteria. D. To the cinema.3. A. Make a budget. B. Buy the painting.C. Decorate the living room. D. Bargain with the art dealer.4. A. She didnt get the promotion. B. She doesnt look attractive.C. She is not in good mood. D. She cant stand fog

4、gy days.5. A. The man needs to arrive earlier. B. The woman has to work overtime.C. The woman dislikes air travel. D. The man wants to save money.6. A. He has earned a big fortune. B. He is good at saving.C. He has little money. D. He spends money like water.7. A. He didnt attend the ceremony. B. He

5、 took a lot of precious pictures. C. He forgot to take his cell phone. D. His recorded the ceremony with his camera.8. A. Set a deadline for the staff to meet. B. Encourage his staff to work harder.C. Ask for a progress report on the project. D. Hold a conversation with his employees.9. A. He doesnt

6、 need a vacation. B. The company is short of hands.C. He is afraid of losing the job. D. The boss told him to take a chance. 10. A. No seats are available now. B. Its not the right time to enter.C. Its too dark for him to find the seat. D. She cant get in until the interview ends.Section BDirections

7、: 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 spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the fou

8、r 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. More cheerful. B. Less stressed. C. More resolute. D. Less attractive.12. A. To find out how clothes can affect peoples feel

9、ings.B. To show how scientists pay more attention to details.C. To prove people make fewer mistakes in lab coats.D. To test the effect of clothes on peoples attention.13. A. Body movements change the way people think.B. How people dress can change their appearance.C. What people wear can affect thei

10、r performance.D. People doing different jobs wear different clothes.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Experts who specialize in preventing natural disasters.B. People trained to respond to medical emergencies.C. Super heroes devoted to defending the earth.D. Doctors a

11、nd nurses who provide medical services.15. A. Decent and promising. B. Busy but secure. C. Tough and stressful. D. Demanding but well-paid.16. A. Passing a physical training program. B. Gettingacertificate in CPR (心肺复苏术).C. Possessing a medical school diploma. D. Keeping calm in any situation.Questi

12、ons 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. 18-26. B. 27-35. C. 36-45. D. 46-55.18. A. Jogging. B. Swimming. C. Tennis. D. Cycling.19. A. Launch a new promotion campaign. B. Carry out another survey.C. Increase the production of athletic shoes. D. Hold more athletic competitions

13、.20. A. Make products more appealing. B. Follow the trend.C. Focus on fitness business. D. Target older customers.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 wor

14、d, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Once upon a time .Once upon a time there lived in Germany two brothers. At school they met a wise man who led them to a treasure a library of old books with tales more fascinati

15、ng than any they had ever heard. (21) _(inspire), the brothers began collecting their own stories, listening to the folktales people told them. Soon they produced their own treasure a book of fairy tales that would charm millions in faraway lands for generations (22) _(come).The brothers Grimm, Jaco

16、b and Wilhelm, named their story collection Childrens and Household Tales and published it in Germany in 1812. The collection (23)_(translate) into more than 160 languages up to now. The stories and their characters continue to feature in virtually every media: theatre, opera, comic books, movies, p

17、aintings, rock music, advertising and fashion. Such fame would have shocked the modest Grimms. During their lifetimes the collection (24)_(sell) few copies in Germany. The early editions were not even aimed at children. They had no illustrations, and scholarly footnotes took up almost as much space

18、as the tales (25) _. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm began their work at a time (26)_ Germany had been occupied by the French under Napoleon. The new rulers restricted local culture. As young scholars, the brothers Grimm began to work on the fairy tale collection in order to save the endangered oral storyte

19、lling tradition of Germany.(27)_ the brothers implied that they were just keeping records of tales, Wilhelm continued to polish and reshape the stories up to the final edition of 1857. In an effort to make them more acceptable to children and their parents, he stressed the moral of each tale and emp

20、hasized gender roles. To this day, parents still read them to their children because they approve of the lessons in the stories: keep your promises, dont talk to strangers, work hard, obey your parents.Yet (28)_ all Wilhelms additions, the most important partof these stories was left untouched. The

21、cruel treatment of children and the violent punishments handed out to the stories bad guys are too much for some parents.So what accounts for their popularity? Some have suggested that it is (29)_ the characters are always striving for happiness. But the truth probably lies in their origin. Grimms t

22、ales were born out of a storytelling tradition without boundaries (界限) of age or culture. The brothers skill was to translate these into a universal style of writing that seems to mirror (30)_ moods or interests we bring to our reading of them. And so it was that the Grimms fairy tales lived happily

23、 ever after.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. distributed B. absolutely C. infections D. consume E. harborF. reliance G. potential H. specific I. originate J. respecti

24、velyK. revealedMicroplastic PollutionIn the past few years, scientists have found microplastics in our soil, tap water, bottled water, beer and even in the air we breathe. And theres growing concern about the 31 health risks they pose to humans.The new analysis in the UK have discovered microplastic

25、s widely 32 across all 10 lakes and rivers sampled. More than 1,000 small pieces of plastic per litre were found in the River Tame, which was 33 last year as the most polluted place tested worldwide. Even in relatively remote places such as the Falls of Dochart and Loch Lomond in Scotland, two or th

26、ree pieces per litre were found.Microplastics are not a 34 kind of plastic, but rather any type of small pieces of plastic that is less than 5 mm in length according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. They may 35 from a variety of sources, including cosmetics, clothing, and

27、 industrial processes.Humans are known to 36 the tiny plastic particles through food and water, but the possible health effects on people and ecosystems have yet to be determined. One study, in Singapore, has found that microplastics can 37 harmful microbes (微生物).Research by the National University

28、of Singapore found more than 400 types of bacteria on 275 pieces of microplastic collected from local beaches. They included insects that cause gastroenteritis (肠胃炎) and wound 38 in humans.“Microplastics are being found 39 everywhere but we do not know the harm they could be doing,” said Christian D

29、unn at Bangor University, Wales, who led the work. “Its no use looking back in 20 years time and saying: If only wed realized just how bad it was. We need to be monitoring our waters now and we need to think, as a country and a world, how we can be reducing our 40 on plastic.”III. Reading Comprehens

30、ionSection 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.Since 2008, the average labour-force participation rate of 55- to 64-year-olds in OECD (Organization for Economi

31、c Cooperation and Development) countries has risen by eight percentage points. A new OECD report, “Working Better with Age”, points out that the employment of older workers is 41 , if prosperity is to be maintained. That can be taken as a sign that our society is finally 42 the value of its older employees.Retirement gives you the chance to sleep late and avoid the morning rush hours. No longer do you have to sit through endless meetings or check email frequently. But work can keep the mind active and gives people a 43 in life. The first month of retirement may seem pleasant, but 44 is sure