上海市普陀区2021届高三英语第二次模拟考试试题.doc

普陀区2015高三二模英语考试卷（考试时间 120分钟 试卷满分 150分）第I卷 （共103分）I. Listening ComprehensionSection A Short ConversationsDirections: 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 questions you have heard.1. A. At the department store. B. At the airport.C. At the railway station. D. At the furniture store.2. A. A student. B. A secretary. C. A teacher. D. A boss.3. A. She expected more people at the party. B. She enjoys entertaining small children.C. She has always enjoyed great popularity. D. She threw a surprise party for her friend.4. A. It is 4:10 now. B. It is 4:20 now.C. It is 4:50 now. D. It is 4:40 now. 5. A. Mark was too busy to call the man.B. The man saw Mark on the street two months ago. C. The woman had forgotten Marks phone number. D. Mark and the woman hadnt been in touch for long.6. A. The library is closed on weekends.B. He was not allowed to check out the book.C. He had no idea where the book was.D. He didnt get the book he needed.7. A. The houses for sale are at high price.B. The man is unwilling to look at the houses on sale.C. The houses are too expensive for the couple to buy.D. The housing sellers provide free trips for potential buyers.8. A. The man no longer smokes. B. The man is under pressure from his wife.C. The man usually follows his wifes advice.D. The man refuses to listen to his doctors advice. 9. A. The man made a mistake about the date of the appointment.B. The man wants to change the date of the appointment.C. The man is glad hes got in touch with the doctor.D. The man cant come for the appointment at 4:15.10. A. The man is worried about his future.B. The two speakers are at a loss what to do now.C. The two speakers will graduate from the college.D. The woman regrets spending her time doing nothing.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages 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. A professional diver.B. A rescuer on the Golden Gate Bridge. C. A telephone operator.D. A guard on the Golden Gate Bridge.12. A. Someone has fallen off the bridge.B. Someone on the bridge is being attacked.C. Someone is threatening to destroy the bridge.D. Someone on the bridge is attempting to kill himself.13. A. Call the mother to come right away.B. Try to communicate with them first.C. Help them to get out of their misery.D. Remind them that they have children to take care of.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. The standards for being fit vary from person to person. B. A healthy lifestyle is a must for being fit. C. We may not know how fit we are without tests. D. Personal goals are more important than needs to decide whether one is fit. 15. A. It is more accurate. B. It is more flexible. C. It is less enjoyable. D. It is less effective.16. A. An accountant who can be as physically fit as an athlete. B. The importance of three basic factors concerning fitness. C. New concept of fitness and its essential factors. D. Some sports with significant training effect. Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.Old-fashioned General StoresSupermarketsThe shopkeeper knew all his regular customers personally.Shopping today seems to lack that _17_ element. The shop was not only a center of buying and selling but also a _18_ meeting place.The manager has to get his huge staff to work _19_.There were very few problems in _20_.He must be ready for any emergency that may appear.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.Changing RoomsWhy did the woman want to change her room?She booked a double room with a beach view, but was provided one with _21_.Why didnt the hotel provide the woman the room she booked?There were only _22_ with the beach view left.Why didnt the woman accept the mans suggestion?She thought it was too _23_ in rooms with a city view.What did the man do finally?He promised to give the woman _24_ back.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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. (A)Good ideas often start with really silly questions. Bill Bowerman was making breakfast one day. As he stood there making waffles (华夫饼干) for his son, he wondered what would happen if he poured rubber (25)_ his waffle iron. Later, he tried it and the result looked something like the bottom of most sports shoes we see today. Still, when he took this idea to several existing shoe companies, he was laughed at. In fact, every single company turned him down. Though rather discouraged, Bowerman persevered and went on (26)_ (form) his own company, making NIKE athletic shoes. Sometimes good ideas grow out of frustration. When Fred Smith was a student at Yale University, he needed to have some paperwork (27)_(deliver) across the country the next day. Smith was amazed to find out that overnight delivery was impossible. He sat for a long while (28)_ (wonder) why. Why couldnt there be a reliable overnight mail delivery service? He decided to design one. Smith did just that and turned his design into (29)_ class project. His business professor gave him only a C for his efforts. However, Smith was not through. He improved the ideas in that class project and eventually turned (30)_ into one of the first and (31)_ (successful) overnight mail services in the worldFedEx.We know today, of course, that each of these ideas led to an incredibly successful product or service (32)_ has changed the way many of us live. The best questions are usually open-ended and are often silly. Children arent afraid to ask such questions, but adults frequently are. Think how different the world might be (33)_ people never asked “silly” question!(B)A lot of people in the world today are used to working, going on holiday, and having moneybut many of them arent happy. Yet other people seem to be really happy, (34)_ _ they are poor, or have no job, or are surrounded by problems. Why?Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, from the University of Chicago, has interviewed thousands of people who have a happy life to find out how they do it. “I (35)_ (study) happiness for over 30 years,” says Csikszentmihalyi. “My interest in the subject came from my own experience as a child during World War II, when I saw many adults destroyed by the terrible events. But there were always a few who kept their courage, helped others, and were able to give a sense of purpose and meaning to their lives. I wanted to find out how a person (36)_ build a fulfilling and enjoyable life.”In general, his research showed that people were unhappy doing nothing. The professor stresses that happy people dont waste time, either at work or when theyre free. “Many people feel the time that they spend at work or at school wasted. But often their free time (37)_ (waste) as well. Many people are used to doing passive thingswatching television, for examplewithout (38)_ (use) any skills. As a result, life goes past in a series of boring experiences.”But it doesnt have to be this way. The professor has found that people are happy when they get into (39)_ he calls “flow”. When people get very involved in a task that they have chosen, and which is well-defined and challenging, they experience “flow”, a situation (40)_ they dont notice time passing.People who are not used to happiness can learn how to be happy, says the professor, if they constantly get into “flow” states. Is happiness as easy as that? Perhaps it is.Section B Directions: 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. caseB. experienceC. growingD. dominantE. exclusionF. varietyG. declining H. remainI. problematicJ. contributionK. shareThe world faces a future of people speaking more than one language, with English no longer seen as likely to become _41_, a British language expert says in a new analysis. “English is likely to _42_ one of the worlds most important languages for the foreseeable future, but its future is more _43_ and complexthan most people appreciate,” language researcher David Graddol said. He sees English as likely to become the “first among equals” rather than having the global field to itself. “Speakers, who only use English, of any _44_ of EnglishAmerican or Britishwill _45_ increasing difficulty in employment and political life, and are likely to become confused by many aspects of the society and culture around them,” Graddol said.The _46_ of the worlds population that speaks English as a native language is decreasing, Graddol reported in an issue of the journal Science. The idea of English becoming the world language to the _47_ of others “is past its sell-by date,” Graddol said. Instead, he said, its major _48_ will be in creating generations who use more than one language.A multilingual(使用多种语言的) population is the _49_ in much of the world and is becoming more common in the United States. Indeed, the Census Bureau reported last year that nearly one American in five speaks a language other than English at home, with Spanish leading, and Chinese _50_ rapidly. The diversity of language, in turn, has helped to make English the nations official language.III. Reading Comprehension Section A 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.GM (转基因) crops are debatable. On one hand, some farmers and scientists feel that GM crops can make the world a _51_ place. If bioengineers can create crops that are resistant to insects, _52_, then they wont have to worry about insects destroying plants. In the _53_ of insect damage, crops can grow to feed the poor and hungry. Genetic engineering can create plants with other desirable properties as well. Plants that dont require much water, that can live even in times of drought, can help prevent the widespread _54_ that would occur if people have nothing to eat. Its easy to see why many people believe that GM crops will help the world meet the difficult _55_ that it will face as more and more people need to be fed.But not everyone thinks bioengineering is a good idea. Other people are _56_. They mistrust the claims made and dont believe that biotechnology is without _57_. The possible dangers include harming the ecosystemthe inter-related community of plants and animals and bacteria that _58_ the Earth. They _59_ that changing plants can harm our environment, and damage to our surroundings can hurt us. One danger is that GM crops can transfer their characteristics to other plants. Plants that reproduce by spreading their pollen (花粉) in the wind can possibly fertilize wild plants, making them more _60_ to control. Another problem is that GM plants might be a source of allergens (过敏源). This seems _61_, but in the process of making GM foods, genes are transferred that are known to cause problems for some people. Allergic reactions can _62_ from coughing and sneezing to death.Indeed, people hold very different opinions about _63_. While some people look forward to crops that will not rot during the trip to market, others claim that we will ruin our cropland and destroy what we are trying to save. While some people look forward to crops that can _64_ droughts, others claim that contact with GM plants can pollute other crops, making them _65_ for use. For some people, GM crops are the hope of the future; for others, they are a poison that will harm or destroy our farmland.51. A. worseB. betterC. less healthyD. more peaceful52. A. in no wayB. by all meansC. for exampleD. by contrast53. A. absence B. appearanceC. caseD. effect54. A. warB. povertyC. starvationD. robbery55. A. challengeB. specificationC. standardD. principle56. A. knowledgeableB. supportiveC. ignorantD. suspicious57. A. controlB. risksC. criteriaD. doubts58. A. turn upB. make upC. give upD. take up59. A. ensureB. worryC. denyD. demand60. A. temperateB. difficultC. efficientD. enjoyable61. A. inevitableB. inaccessibleC. unavoidableD. unlikely62. A. sufferB. ariseC. startD. range63. A. bioengineeringB. allergensC. droughtD. future64. A. causeB. reduceC. standD. change65. A. efficientB. expensiveC. unfitD. possibleSection BDirections: 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.(A)You carry a 1.3 kg mass of fatty material in your head that controls everything you will ever do. This fantastic control center lets you think, learn, create, and feel emotions. It also controls everything your body does. What is this amazing machine? Its your braina structure so amazing that the famous scientist James Watson called it “the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe.”Imagine your kitten jumped onto the kitchen counter, and was about to step onto a hot stove. You would have only seconds to act. In situations like this, your brain reads the signals from your eyes and quickly calculates when, where and at what speed you need to run to save he