2019年度上海地区松江区高考英语一模试卷.doc

-!2019年上海市松江区高考英语一模试卷I. Listening ComprehensionSection A （10分）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 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（1分）A A busB A computerC A telescopeD An elevator2（1分）A Salesman and customerB Boss and secretaryC Husband and wifeD Interviewer and interviewee3（1分）A Stamp collectingB ReadingC PaintingD Photography4（1分）A He lost a button at workB He thinks he damaged the womans calculatorC He doesnt know where he put the calculatorD Hes not sure how to solve a maths problem5（1分）A At 6：45B At 7：15C At 7：45D At 8：156（1分）A Borrow the books from the womanB Go to buy the books in the shopC Go to his grandpa for some booksD Search for the books on the Internet7（1分）A Buying chairsB Preparing for a partyC Arranging the place for a contestD Taking part in a contest8（1分）A She works in a very nice restaurantB The restaurant food made her illC Her job involves a lot of business dinnersD She feels tired when preparing meals at home9（1分）A Amy didnt seem to be nervous during her speechB Amy needs more training in making public speechesC The man didnt think highly of Amys presentationD The man can hardly understand Amys presentation10（1分）A In FranceB In ChinaC In ItalyD In Japan11（4.5分）（1）A A notice was put in a window seatB Some of the seats were not occupiedC There was a window seat unoccupiedD The plane was not very crowded（2）A Mr Jackson was the last passenger to get on board the planeB Mr Jackson was surprised to see the notice on the seatC Mr Jackson sat next to the soldierD The plane Mr Jackson took was heavily loaded with luggage（3）A The notice was put on the seat by the soldierB The soldier was waiting for his girlfriendC The girl was the last passenger who got on the planeD The seat by the window was kept for the last passenger12（4.5分）（1）A Beijing was the most polluted cityB The air quality index reading for Xian reached 500C The AQI for Xingtai in Hebei Province was 491D Emergency measures against air pollution have not been taken（2）A About 100 citiesB About 50 citiesC About 500 citiesD About 20 cities（3）A Limiting government vehicle useB Putting off all constructionC Asking polluters to apologize for their actionD Reducing the emissions from power companies13（6分）（1）A In a studioB In a clothing storeC At a beach resortD At a fashion show（2）A To live there permanentlyB To stay there for half a yearC To find a better job to support herselfD To sell leather goods for a British company（3）A Designing fashion items for several companiesB Modeling for a worldfamous Italian companyC Working as an employee for FerragamoD Serving as a sales agent for Burberry（4）A It has seen a steady decline in its profitsB It has become much more competitiveC It has lost many customers to foreign competitorsD It has attracted a lot of more designers from abroadII. Grammar and VocabularySection A （10分）Directions： 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 the other blanks， use one word that best fits each blank.14（10分）Marvel and Disney Remember Stan Lee Today， Marvel Comics and The Walt Disney Company pause and reflect with great sadness on the passing of Marvel Chairman Emeritus， Stan Lee With a heavy heart， we share our deepest condolences （哀悼）（1） his daughter and brother， and we honor and remember the creator， voice and champion of Marvel "Stan Lee was as extraordinary as the characters he created A super hero in his own right to Marvel fans around the world， Stan had the power to inspire， to entertain， and to connect Nothing but his heart （2） exceed the scale of his imagination" said Bob Iger， Chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company Stan Lee loved the （3） （write） word from an early age， and wanted to craft stories like those in his favorite books and films， which he consumed greedily From a simple upbringing in Manhattan， young Stanley worked his way through a series of jobs （4） he found himself an assistant at a comic book publishing company Timely Comics Marvel fans found a friend in Stan Lee He introduced the famous "Stans Soapbox" to speak directly to his readers， （5） （reach） a personal level rarely seen in comics of the day Always pushing for new ways of creating comics， Stan also started the "Marvel method" of plotting and art， creating some of （6） （fantastic） stories in the industry to this day An entire generation of young readers expanded and strengthened their vocabulary and knowledge through Stans stories Roy Thomas， （7） succeeded Lee as editorinchief at Marvel， had visited Lee two days before （8） death to discuss the upcoming book The Stan Lee Story， and stated "I think he was ready to go But he was still talking about doing more cameos（配角） （9） he had the energy for it and didnt have to travel， Stan was always up （10） （do） something more" Marvel and the entire Walt Disney Company salute the life and career of Stan Lee and offer their undying gratitude for his unmatchable accomplishments within their halls Every time you open a Marvel comic， Stan will be thereSection B （10分）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 more than you need.15（10分）A interpret B encounter C subjective D ratings E previouslyF belief G bubbles H preciously I illustrates J compliments K site The ability of the herd mentality（从众心理）to increase peoples chances of liking or believing something may help explain a wide variety of phenomena Aral （A managerial economist at the Massachusetts institute of technology） says， from housing （1） to gold prices and from political polls to restaurant reviews， the （2） that other people like something has a powerful ability to make people like it themselves The new study （3） how simple it would be for companies to control reviews of their products by simply adding a few positive （4） of their own early reviews in the process， Aral adds It found that effects were strongest when stories were about politics， business and cultures than for fun or lifestyle pieces In situations where there are more （5） news reviews， you have to be a little more cautious about interpreting likes and dislikes "Think twice before you trust， how many likes something has，" he adds "Thats something you have to （6） with a grain of salt （持怀疑态度）" And its a situation many online users （7） on a daily basis Aral recently went onYelpcom to review a restaurant with a plan to give it three out of five stars， but when he got to the （8） ， he was shown how other people describe the same place and those reviews include someone with five stars Seeing those positive reviews made him think twice about his own （9） average opinion "A woman （10） how great it is， how great her great prices are and how the lemon sauce is so great，" he says "Maybe its not such a good idea to say some rating right before you make your own"III. Reading ComprehensionSection A （15分）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.16（15分）Whether its from an awful breakup or a painful life event， some memories can return repeatedly to our mind for the entire lives But， what if science can （1） your bad memories so that you can start all over again？ As is known to all， memory is an incredibly complex （2） While scientists used to believe it was like a filing cabinet and particular memories were stored in different sections of the brain， we now know this is （3） In fact， each memory is a brain wide process If you end up remembering something， its because the cells in your brain are being fired，（4） new connections and links and literally rebuild the circuitry of your mind And this change is partially （5） by proteins in the brain So what if the proteins arent available？ Simply put， memories cant be made Seriously， scientists have tested this by giving animals drugs that prevent these proteins from forming（6） ， the animals have no recollection of the things that took place shortly after the drug was taken From this research， scientists actually found a way to target longterm memories for （7） You see， every single time you remember a memory， your brain is once again firing and rewiring In fact， each time you reflect on a memory， you are physically changing that memory in your mind And each time the memory is changed a little， it reflects your （8） thoughts Remembering， to a great extent， is an act of （9） and imagination， which means that the more you reflect on old memories， the less accurate they will become And scientists have actually quantified this change After 9/11， hundreds of people were asked about their memories of the dreadful day A year later， 37% of the details had changed By 2004， nearly 50% of the details had changed or gone （10） And because memories are formed and rebuilt every time， if you administer （服药） the proteinpreventing drug while recalling a memory， the memory can be （11） removed To test this， scientists took lab rats and played sound for them， shortly followed by an electric shock（12） doing this for many times， the rats quickly learned that if they heard the sound， a shock was soon to follow Therefore， they would stress up and freeze every time they heard it Months later， these rats would still （13） the noise However， if they administered the drug first， the rats would lose the memory of the sound， and simply continue on They had lost their memory of that specific noise To be sure that the drug wasnt just causing largescale brain damage， scientists repeated these experiments with various tones this time Both sounds would warn for a shock and （14） the rats would fear both But if they administered the drug and played only one of the sounds， the mice would only forget that one tone， while still remaining （15） of the other Over time scientists have discovered specific drugs to target particular proteins across different parts of the brain（1）A refreshB forgetC controlD erase（2）A rangeB processC ideaD structure（3）A incorrectB evidentC partialD complex（4）A eliminatingB decreasingC bringingD building（5）A inspiredB stoppedC identifiedD perfected（6）A By contrastB On the contraryC As a resultD For example（7）A evaluationB estimationC deletionD production（8）A terrifiedB criticalC currentD former（9）A repetitionB creationC functionD reproduction（10）A uncontrolledB complicatedC valuableD missing（11）A repeatedlyB effectivelyC hardlyD consistently（12）A BeforeB UntilC AfterD While（13）A turn toB respond toC adapt toD return to（14）A surprisinglyB especiallyC eventuallyD similarly（15）A suspiciousB carefulC painfulD fearfulSection B （22分）Directions： Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A， B， C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.17（8分）Who would win in a fight， a lion or a tiger？ Well， if size has anything to do with the matter， the tiger would win Thats because tigers are the largest of all cat species Tigers are not only large， they are also fast They can sprint as fast as 40miles per hour for short distances and leap as far as 30feet horizontally You might not think that such large， fast， and fierce creatures need help to survive， but they do It is estimated that at the start of the 20th century， there were over 100，000 tigers living in the wild By the turn of the century， the number of tigers outside of captivity dwindled to just over 3，000 Interestingly， the most serious threats that tigers face come from a much smaller species， one with an average weight of around 140lbs That species is Homo sapiens， better known as humans Humans threaten tigers in primarily two ways： hunting and destroying habitat Tigers are hunted for many reasons People have long valued the famous striped skins Though trading tiger skins is now illegal in most parts of the world， tiger pelts are worth around 10，000 on the black market Though the fur would be incentive enough for most poachers， other parts of the tiger can also fetch a pretty penny Some people in China and other Asian cultures believe that various tiger parts have healing properties Traditional Chinese medicine calls for the use of tiger bones， amongst other parts， in some prescriptions Tigers have also been hunted as game In other words， people hunted tigers solely for the thrill and achievement of killing them Such killings took place in large scale during the 19th and early 20th centuries， when an English hunter might claim to kill over a hundred tigers in their hunting career Though this practice is much less popular today than it was in the past， it has not ceased entirely Humans have done considerable damage to the worlds tiger population through hunting， but perhaps more damage has been caused through the destruction of habitat Tigers once ranged widely across Asia， all the way from Turkey to the eastern coast of Russia But over the past 100 years， tigers have lost 93% of their historic range Instead of spanning all the way across Asia， the tiger population is now isolated in small pockets in southern and southeastern Asia This is because humans have drastically changed the environments Humans have built towns and cities Road and transit systems were created to connect these towns and cities To feed the people living in these areas， forests and fields have been cleared to create farmland A major obstacle to preserving tigers is the enormous amount of territory that each tiger requires