2021年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试 英语(上海卷) .pdf
全国普通高等学校招生统一考试上 海 英 语 试 卷本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分，共 150分，考试用时120分钟。考试结束，将答题卡和答题卷一并交回。考生注意：1.本试卷分为第I 卷和第H 卷两部分。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。2.答 第 I 卷前，考生务必在答题卡和答题纸上用钢笔或圆珠笔清楚填写姓名、准考证号、校验码，并用铅笔在答题卡上正确涂写准考证号和效验码。第I 卷（共 105分）Section ADirections:In section A,you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers.At the endof each conversation,a question will be asked about what was said.The conversations and thequestions will be spoken only once.After you hear a conversation and the question about it,readthe four possible answers on your paper,and decide which one is the best answer to the questionyou have heard.1.A.A shop assistant.B.A dentis.tC.An cloarician.D.A bank clerk.2.A.The exam score.B.The world news.C.A soccer match.D.A basketball team.3.A.At a post office.B.At a flower shop.C.At a department store.D.At a bus station.4.A.5 hours.B.7 hours.C.9 hours.D.10 hours.5.A.Tims not seriously injured.B.Tim will get to the hospital quickly.D.The woman doesnt know how Tim is now.6.A.She isn9t in the mood to travel.C.Family holiday no longer interests her.7.A.The cost was reasonable.C.She likes the hotel.8.A.Disappointment B.Disapproval.9.A.The man is too forgetful.C.The man has too many keys.10.A.He wants to live in apartments.C.He has already signed a contract.Section BB.France is too far for family holiday.D.She has had too many holidays this year.B.The cost was unbelievably high.D.She will stay overnight.C.Sympathy.D.Passion.B,The man shouldnt get annoyed.D.The man should attend more lessons.B.He thinks his signature is unnecessary.D.He doesnt always say what he means.Directions:In Section B,you will hear two short passages,and you will be asked three questionson each of the passages.The passages will be read twice,but the questions will be spoken onlyonce.When you hear a question,read the four possible answers on your paper and decide whichone would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following introduction.11.12.13.A.White masters.B.African slaves.C.A.Having kung fu experience.B.C.Wearing a green belt.D.A.He uses his hands to keep the balance.B.Native dancers.D.Sport trainers.Being able to sing and play music.Being strong and able to balance well.He dos.es contact with his opponent.C.He is kicked by his opponent.D.He is pushed out of the circle.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage14.A.Great guests and talk to hotel staff.B.Have breakfast and examine room service.C.Prepare for the meeting and write new reports.D.Review the previous nights reports and check emails.15.A.Saying hello to every guest.B.Considering different bath requirements.C.Dining with a different staff member.D.Holding various operational meetings.16.A.A days life of a hotel manager.B.The daily routine at a hotel.C.Hotel service and improvement.D.Meetings attended by a hotel massager.Section CDirections:In Section C,you will hear two longer conversations.The conversations will be readtwice.After you hear each conversation,you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with theinformation you have heard.Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Doctors suggestion:One spoonful of cough 20 every 4 hours for the next fivedays.Doctors NotesDr.B.HallPatienfs name:Symptoms:Temperature:Mr.17Awful 18_ and a terrible cough19Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.What does the man ask the woman to do?To 21.What does laml Wyndham write?22.Why do the main characters in the story join agroup of people?Because they hope to start _23.Between whom will there be some conflict in thestory?Between people and 24.II.Grammar and vocabulary.Section ADirections:Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A,B,C and Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.25.Sean has formed the habit of jogging the tree-lined avenue for two hours every day.A.between B.along C.below D.withA.three hourC.a three-hourB.a three-hoursD.three hours27.If our parents do everything for us children,we wont learn to depend onA.themselves B.them C.us D.ourselves28.Every few years,the coal workers.their lungs X-rayed to ensure their health.A.are having B.haveC.have had D.had had29.-Sorry,Professor Smith.I didnt finish the assignment yesterday.-Oh,you have done it as yesterday was the deadline.A.must B.mustntC.should D.shouldntA.longer thanB.more thanC.as much asD.as far as31.The church tower which will be open to tourists soon.The work is almost finished.A.has restored B.has been restoredC.is restoring D.is being restored32.ri had great difficulty the suitable food on the menu in that restaurant.C.to findD.finding33.Lucy has a great sense of humour and always keeps her colleagues with her stories.A.amused B.amusingC.to amuse D.to be amused34.you may have,you should gather your courage to face the challenge.A.However a serious problem B.What a serious problemC.However serious a problem D.What serious a problem35.the city centre,we saw a stone statue of about 10 metres in height.A.Approaching B.Approached C.To approach D.To be approached36.One reason for her preference for city life is she can have easy access to places likeshops and restaurants.A.that B.how C.what D.why37.When changing lanes,a driver should use his turning signal to let other drivers knowA.he is entering which lane B.which lane he is enteringC.is he entering which lane D.which lane is he entering38.Wind power is an ancient source of energy we may return in the near future.A.on which B.by whichC.to which D.from which39.our manage objects to Toms joining the club,we shall accept him as a member.A.Until B.Unless C If D.After40.Thai is the only way we can imagine the overuse of water in students bathrooms.A.reducing B.to reduce C.reduced D.reduceSection BA.additional B.producing C.regular D.predicted E.identifiedE atmosphere G.matched H.reducing I.carried J.increaseForests in the northern half of the globe could be growing faster now than they were 200years ago as a result of climate change,according to a study of trees in eastern America.The treesappear to have faster growth rates due to longer growing seasons and higher concentrations（浓度）of carbon dioxide in the_41.Geoffrey Parker,a scientist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Centre inEdgewater.Maryland,said that the increase ha the rate of growth was unexpected and might be42_ to the higher temperatures and longer growing seasons documented in the region.Thegrowth may also be influenced by the significant 43 in atmospheric CO2,he said.nWe made a list of reasons these forests could be growing faster and then excluded half of them,Dr Parker said.Their study suggests that northern forests may become increasingly important in44 the influence of man-made CO2 on the climate.Dr Parker and his colleagues have 45 out a detailed record of the trees on a（n）46basis since 1987.They calculated that due to the global warming the forest is producing 47tons of wood each year.Section ADirections:For each blank in the following passage there are four wordsor phrases marked A,B9 C and D.Fill in each blank with the word or phrasethat best fits the context.The first attempt of even the most talented artists,musicians,and writers is seldom amasterpiece,If you consider your drafts as dress rehearsals（彩排）,or tryouts,revising will seem anatural part of the writing 50.What is the purpose of the dress rehearsals and the out-of-town previews that manyBroadway shows go through?The answer is adding,deleting,replacing,reordering,51revising.Andrew Lloyd Webbefs musical Phantom of the Opera underwent such a process.When Lloyd Webber began writing in 1984,he had in mind a funny,exciting production.However,when Phantom opened in London in 1986,the audience saw a moving psychologicallove story set to music.The musical had.52 several revisions due,in part,to problems withcostuming and makeup(戏月艮和化妆).For instance,Lloyd Webber 53 some of the musicbecause the Phantoms makeup prevented the actor from singing certain sounds.When you revise,you change aspects of your work in 54 to your evolving purpose,orto include 55 ideas or newly discovered information.Revising involves 61 the effectiveness and appropriateness of all aspects of yourwriting,making your purpose more clearly,and refocusing or developing the facts and ideas youpresent.When you revise,ask yourself the following questions,keeping in mind the audience forwhom you are writing:Is my main idea or purpose 62 throughout my draft?Do I ever losesight of my purpose?Have I given my readers all of the 63 that is,facts,opinions,inferences-that they need in order to understand my main idea?Finally,have I included toomany 64 details that may confuse readers?50.A.techniqueB.styleC.processD.career51.A.in particularB.as a resultC.for exampleD.in other words52.A.undergoneB.skippedC.rejectedD.replaced53.A.rewroteB.releasedC.recordedD.reserved54.A.additionB.responseC.oppositionD.contrast55.A.fixedB.ambitiousC.familiarD.fresh56.A.HoweverB.MoreoverC.InsteadD.Therefore57.A.discussB.switchC.exhaustD.cover58.A.draftingB.rearrangingC.performingD.training59.A.directorB.masterC.audienceD.visitor60.A.personalB.valuableC.basicD.delicate61.A.mixingB.weakeningC.maintainingD.assessing62.A.amazingB.brightC.uniqueD.clear63.A.anglesB.evidenceC.informationD.hints64.A.unnecessaryB.uninterestingC.concreteD.finalSection BDirections:Read the following three passages.Each passage is followed by several questions orunfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.Choosethe one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)The elephant was lying heavily on its side,fast asleep.A few dogs started barking at it.The elephant woke up in a temble anger:it chased the dogs into the village where they ran forsafety.That didn*t stop the elephant.It destroyed a dozen houses and injured several people.Thevillagers were scared and angry.Then someone suggested calling Parbati,the elephant princess.Parbati Baruas father was a hunter of tigers and an elephant tamer.He taught Parbati toride an elephant before she could eve.n walk.He also taught her the dangerous art of the elephantround-up-how to catch wild elephants.Parbati hasnt always lived in the jungle.After a happy.childhood hunting with her father,she was sent to boarding school in the city.But Parbati never got used to being there and manyyears later she went back to her old fife.nLife in the city is too dull.Catching elephants is anadventure and the excitement lasts for days after the chase,M she says.But Parbati doesnt catch elephants just for fun,My work,she says,is to rescue man fromthe elephants,and to keep the elephants safe from man.And this is exactly what Parbati has beendoing for many years.Increasingly,the Indian elephant is angry:for many years,illegal huntershave attacked it and its home in the jungle has been reduced to small pieces of land.It is nowfighting back.Whenever wild elephants enter a tea garden or a village,Parbati is called toguide the animals back to the jungle before they can kill.The work of an elephant tamer also involves love and devotion.A good elephant tamer willspend hours a day singing love songs to a newly captured elephant.Eventually they grow to lovetheir tamers and never forget them.They are also more loyal than humans/she said,as sheclimbed up one of her elephants and sat on the giant,happy animal.An elephant princess indeed!65.For Parbati,catching elephants is mainly to.A.get long lasting excitement B.keep both man and elephants safeC.send them back to the jungle D.make the angry elephants tame66.Before Parbati studied in a boarding school,.B.she learned how to sing love songsC.she had already been called an elephant princessD.she was taught how to hunt tigers67.Indian elephants are getting increasingly angry and they revenge beca us e.A.they are caught and sent for heavy workB.illegal hunters capture them and kill themC.they are attacked and their land gets limitedD.dogs often bark at them and chase them68.The passage starts with an elephant story in order to explain that in Indi a.A.people easily fall victim to elephants1 attacksB.the man-elephant relationship is getting worseC.elephant tamers are in short supplyD.dogs are as powerful as elephants(B)The following card includes a brief summary and a short assessment of a research paper.Trevor,C.O.Lansford,B.and Black,J.W.,2(X)4,Employee turnover(人事变更)and jobperformance:monitoring the influences of salary growth and promotion,Joumal of ArmchairPsychology,vol.113,no.1,pp.56-64.In this article Trevor et al.review the influences of pay and job opportunities in respect of jobperformance,turnover rates and employees*job attitude.The authors use data gained throughorganizational surveys of blue-chip companies in Vancouver,Canada to try to identify the main causeof employee turnover and whether it is linked to salary growth.Their research focuses on assessing arange of pay structures such as pay for performance and organizational reward plans.The article isuseful as Trevor et al.suggest that there are numerous reasons for employee turnover and a variety ofdifferences in employees*job attitude and performance.The main limitation of the article is that thesurvey sample was restricted to mid-level management,thus the authors indicate that further,moreextensive research needs to be undertaken to develop a more in-depth understanding ofemployee turnover and job performance.As this article was published in a professional journal,thefindings can be considered reliable.It will be useful additional information for the research on paystructures.It can provide a guide for further reading on the topic.69.The research paper published is primarily concerned withA.the way of preventing employee turnoverB.methods of improving employee performanceC.factors affecting employee turnover and performanceD.pay structures based on employee performance70.As is mentioned in the card,the limitation of the research paper mainly lies in t hat.A.the data analysis is hardly reliableB.the research sample is not wide enoughC.the findings are of no practical valueD.the research method is out-of-date71.Who might be most interested in this piece of information?A.Job hunters.B.Employees in blue-chip companies.C.Mid-level managers.D.Researchers on employee turnover.（C）The 2012 London Olympics had enough problems to worry about.But one more has justbeen added-a communications blackout caused by solar storms.Now scientists believe that this peak could result in vast solar explosions that could throwbillions of tons of charged matter towards the Earth,causing strong solar storms that could jam thetelecommunications satellites and interact links sending five Olympic broadcast from London.The Suns activity has a strong influence on the Earth.The Olympics could be in themiddle of the next solar maximum which could affect the functions of communications satellites
