2021年上海高考英语冲刺模拟试卷（学生版+解析版）.pdf

2021年高考英语冲刺模拟试卷（上海）I.Listening Comprehension Section A（第题，每题 1分；第 1120题，每题 1.5分；共25分）Directions:In Section A,you will hearten 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.Afteryou hear a conversation and the question about it,read the four possible answers on your paper,and decide whichone is the best answer to the question you have heard.1.A.On a plane.B.At the tailors.2.A.5:45.B.6:45.3.A.He didnt know Caroline was in hospital.C.He forgot to call the woman.4.A.To work in July.C.To go back to school.5.A.He dropped his phone.C.His call got cut off.6.A.They will meet Angela on the way.C.Angela is usually a latecomer.7.A.He is a person of generosity.C.He is rather mean on money.8.A.Teacher and student.C.Shop assistant and customer.9.A.There are several Jacks in his class.B.Jacks personality has changed greatly.C.In a hospital.D.At a gas station.C.7:45.D.8:45.B.He took Caroline to the hospital.D.He slipped on the way to hospital.B.To print a form.D.To take a vacation.B.He hates long-distance calls.D.His mobile is too long.B.They will have an early start.D.Angela may not come tomorrow.B.He is in charge of the department.D.He doesnt get on well with colleagues.B.Father and daughter.D.Boss and employee.C.Jack had received training on debate.D.Jack was not likely to win the debate contest.10.A.He was forced to go to the calligraphy exhibition.B.He found no interest in the calligraphy exhibition.C.He was poor at investing in exhibits of calligraphy.D.Watching soap operas is his favorite recreation.Section BDirections:In Section B,you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation,and you will he askedseveral questions on each of the passages and the conversation.The passages and the conversation will be readtwice,hut the questions will he spoken only once.When you hear a question,read the four possible answers on yourpaper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11.A.To encourage its people to retire later.B.To import more goods from abroad.C.To give its people additional social welfare.D.To change the long-held Western prejudice.12.A.Small companies.B.Industrialists.C.Trade unions.D.Young people.13.A.They know how to spend money.B.They are forced out of their class.C.The hold the same belief as the retired.D.They support their hardworking parents.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14.A.There is a great difference between reading and listening.B.There are some effective ways to practice your reading skill.C.Highly educated and poorly educated people have different reading habits.D.The speed and efficiency of reading greatly depend on contents and purposes.15.A.They move very fast through the text.B.They vary their speed when reading.C.They concentrate on the key words.D.They re-read the text at least twice.16.A.Too slow for a difficult book though just right for a non-serious one.B.Too slow for a non-serious book but too fast for a difficult one.C.Too fast for difficult material though just right for a non-serious book.D.Too fast for a non-serious book as well as for a difficult one.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17.A.In a studio.B.In a clothing store.C.At a fancy-dress ball.D.At a fashion show.18.A.To stay for half a year.B.To live there for good.C.To find a better job to support herself.D.To sell leather goods for a British company.19.A.Designing fashion items for several companies.B.Modeling for a world-famous Italian company.C.Working as an employee for Ferragamo.D.Serving as a sales agent for Burberry.20.A.It has seen a steady decline in its profits.B.It has become much more competitive.C.It has lost many customers to foreign companies.D.It has attracted a lot more designers from abroad.II.Grammar and Vocabulary（每题 1 分；共20分）Section ADirections:After reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammaticallycorrect.For the blanks with a given word,fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word;for the otherblanks,use one word that best fits each blank.Alex Morton is a talented writer who led a very interesting life.He was born in 1945 in Manchester,and wasthe(21)(young)of six children.From the moment h e(2 2)r e a d,he was never without a bookin his hands.He was a keen reader throughout his schooldays,and he soon showed his talent for writing,too.In fact,his teachers gave him extra assignments j us t(23)(be)able to read more of his work.A f t e r(2 4)(l e a v e)school he went to Manchester University.By the time he got his BA,he hadalready published a number of short stories,and his first novel was almost finished.Over the next few years he wrotenon-stop a n d(2 5)o f his books was more successful than the last.(26)being so busy with his work,Alex still found time for romance.While at university,he met Fiona Jones,(27)later became his wife.They have two children.(28)(devote)to his family life,he hasalways been a good husband and father.Alex Morton has been writing over twenty books so far and his name has been on the best-seller list more timesthan he can remember.However,the peak moment of his career was(29)he won the Booker Prize forFiction in 1995.Since then,Alex has continued to write and many of his books(30)(make)into films.Section BDirections:Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box.Each word can be used only once.Note thatthere is one word more than you need.A.loyalty B.memorable C.rationally D.evolved E.multidimensional F.alternativeG.increasingly H.identifiable I.objective J.subconsciously K.utilizeHow Sensory Marketing WorksAs an approach that appeals to the senses instead of logic,sensory marketing can affect people in a way thattraditional mass marketing cannot.Classic mass marketing works on the belief that peopleas consumerswillbehave 31 when faced with purchasing decisions.Traditional marketing assumes that consumers will systematically consider concrete product factors like price,features,and utility.Sensory marketing,by contrast,seeks to _32 the consumers life experiences andfeelings.These life experiences have 33_sensory,emotional,cognitive,and behavioral aspects.Sensorymarketing assumes that people,as consumers,will act according to their emotional impulses more than to their34 reasoning.In this way,an effective sensory marketing effort can result in consumers choosing to buya certain product,rather than an equal but less expensive 35.For the Harvard Business Review in March 2015,sensory marketing pioneer Aradhna Krishna wrote,Free of Charge Every Wednesday Evening at theMain Library from 6 p.m.Class is divided into Beginners,Intermediates and Advanced Levels Chinese Tutors with previousTeaching ExperienceGULF ESLAdu 11 ESL ProgrammeMost Up-To-Date ESL Teaching Methods&Materials Available for Students&Professionals713-777-55579431 W.Sam Houston Pkwy S#20360.If Alice wants her twelve-year-old daughter to learn some German in the summer vacation,it is possible for herto send her daughter to.A.Dallas International School B.Summer Language CoursesC.English Courses D.Gulf ESL61.Jim is going to study in Beijing next year,so you advise him to at t end.A.Online School B.English CoursesC.Chinese Mandarin Class D.Gulf ESL62.If Kitty,who is a Chinese student studying in a college in the U.K.,wants to stay in a local family whilestudying English in the summer vacation,she can apply to.A.Dallas International School B.Summer Language CoursesC.English Courses D.Gulf ESL(C)By the end of the century,if not sooner,the worlds oceans will be bluer and greener thanks to a warmingclimate,according to a new study.At the heart of the phenomenon lie tiny marine microorganisms(海洋微生物)called phytoplankton.Becauseof the way light reflects off the organisms,these phytoplankton create colourful patterns at the ocean surface.Oceancolour varies from green to blue,depending on the type and concentration of phytoplankton.Climate change willfuel the growth of phytoplankton in some areas,while reducing it in other spots,leading to changes in the oceansappearance.Phytoplankton live at the ocean surface,where they pull carbon dioxide into the ocean while giving off oxygen.When these organisms die,they bury carbon in the deep ocean,an important process that helps to regulate the globalclimate.But phytoplankton are vulnerable to the oceans warming trend.Wanning changes key characteristics ofthe ocean and can affect phytoplankton growth,since they need not only sunlight and carbon dioxide to grow,butalso nutrients.Stephanie Dutkiewicz,a scientist in MITs Center for Global Change Science,built a climate model that projectschanges to the oceans throughout the century.In a world that warms up by 3,it found that multiple changes to thecolour of the oceans would occur.The model projects that currently blue areas with little phytoplankton could becomeeven bluer.But in some waters,such as those of the Arctic,a warming will make conditions riper for phytoplankton,and these areas will turn greener.4Not only are the quantities of phytoplankton in the ocean changing,she said,“butthe type of phytoplankton is changing.”And why does that matter?Phytoplankton are the base of the food web.If certain kinds begin to disappear fromthe ocean,Dutkiewicz said,it will change the type of fish that will be able to survive.Those kinds of changes couldaffect the food chain.Whatever colour changes the ocean experiences in the coming decades will probably be too gradual andunnoticeable,but they could mean significant changes.Itll be a while before we can statistically show that thechanges are happening because of climate change,Dutkiewicz said,“but the change in the colour of the ocean willbe one of the early warning signals that we really have changed our planet.63.What are the first two paragraphs mainly about?A.The various patterns at the ocean surface.B.The cause of the changes in ocean colour.C.The way light reflects off marine organisms.D.The efforts to fuel the growth of phytoplankton.64.What does the underlined word“vulnerable“in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A.Sensitive.B.Beneficial.C.Significant.D.Unnoticeable.65.What can we infer from the passage?A.Phytoplankton play a declining role in the marine ecosystem.B.Dutkiewicz model aims to avoid phytoplankton changes.C.Phytoplankton have been used to control global climate.D.Oceans with more phytoplankton may appear greener.66.What is the main purpose of the passage?A.To assess the consequences of ocean colour changes.B.To analyse the composition of the ocean food chain.C.To explain the effects of climate change on oceans.D.To introduce a new method to study phytoplankton.Section CDirections:Read the following passages.Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box.Each sentencecan be used only once.Note that there are two more sentences than you need.A.What youYe born with isnt what youre stuck with.B.Where the difference was observed was in connectivity.C.Another more complicated mnemonic（助记忆符）technique is called a mind palace.D.Training in method of loci can physically change the way a person remembers.E.Eating and sleeping right will lead to optimal brain function,the flow-on effect of which is a bettermemory.F.The improved memory observed after mnemonic training persists for as long as 4 months aftertraining concludes.Life would be a lot sweeter if you were a memory athlete.Most of us however,are not wired that way.Butdont be discouraged:thanks to neuroplasticity,anyone can transcend their fallible memory._67_There are a few relatively simple things a person can do to help improve their memory function.First up,the basics:the foundation of good memory is good h e a l t h.68Then there are more deliberate approaches like practicing mnemonics.A mnemonic device is a trickdesigned to make remembering things easier.So instead of remembering to buy eggs,rice,apples and dog food,it might be easier to think of READ,which stands for rice,eggs,apples,and dog food.This is the acrostic method.69 Lets use the same shopping list as an example.Instead of focusing on the word rice,thistechnique works by focusing on the image of rice thrown on the ground in a yard.For eggs,picture a hen peckingat the rice,followed by a nearby tree of apple blossoms,the petals falling around the hen,falling on a sleepingdog.Once the interconnected scene is created its a simple visual to ease your way around the halls of thegrocery store with no list needed.This technique,where you base a memory around visual images,is moreformally called method of loci.A recent study published in Neuron has unearthed some interesting insights about the brains of competitivememorizers.The researchers invited 23 of the worlds top 50 memory athletes to have their brains scanned inrest states,and while performing memory tests,and matched each champion to a control participant.Anatomically,the scans showed there was no difference in brain structure or region size between the groups.70 And whats more,after they gave the naive1 control group training in the method of loci,their neuralconnectivity began to look more like that of the pros.IV.Summary Writing（10分）Directions:Read the following passage.Summarize the main idea and the main point（s）of the passage in no morethan 60 words.Use your own words as far as possible.Much of the work in todays world is accomplished in teams.Most people believe the best way to build a greatteam is to gather a group of the most talented individuals.Sports team owners spend millions of dollars attracting toptalent.Is their money well spent?Several recent studies examined the role of talent in the sports world.They focused on football,basketball andbaseball.The results are mixed.For football and basketball,adding talented players to a team proves a good method,but only up to the point where 70%of the players are top talent;above that level,the teams perfbnnance begins todecline.Interestingly,this trend isnt evident in baseball,where additional individual talent keeps improving theteams performance.To explain this phenomenon,the researchers explored the degree to which a good performance by a teamrequires its members to coordinate their actions.This task interdependence distinguishes baseball from football andbasketball.In baseball,the performance of individual players is less dependent on teammates.They conclude thatwhen task interdependence is high,team performance will suffer when there is too much talent,while individualtalent will have positive effects on team performance when task interdependence is lower.If a basketball star is,forexample,trying to gain a high personal point total,he may take a shot himself when it would be better to pass theball to a teammate,affecting the teams performance.Another possibility is that when there is a lot of talent on ateam,some players may mak