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1、2021年上海市松江区高考英语二模试卷I .Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections:In Section A,you will hear tenshort conversations between two speakers.At the end of each conversation,aquestion will be asked about what was said.The conversations and the questionswill be spoken only once.After you hear a conversatio

2、n and the question about it,read the four possible answers on your paper,and decide which one is the bestanswer to the question you have heard.1 .()(1 分)A.At a car shop.B.In a meeting room.C.At a gas station.D.In a car park.2.()(1 分)A.At 9 ：00.B.At 9 ：15.C.At 10：00.D.At 10：15.3.()(1 分)A.No one came

3、out alive.B.Tom was put into prison.C.Tom survived the accident.D.Tom，s car was not damaged.4.()(1 分)A.Italian.B.German.C.Japanese.D.Chinese.5.()(1 分)A.Patient and doctor.B.Customer and salesman.C.Student and teacher.D.Hostess and servant.6.()(1 分)A.By eating whatever he wants.B.By doing physical ex

4、ercise.C.By doing weightlifting regularly.D.By eating fruit and vegetables.7.()(1 分)A.A movie.B.A lecture.C.A play.D.A class.8.（）（1 分）A.Go back home.B.Drive to the beach.C.Buy a road map.D.Ask the way.9.（）（1 分）A.The man should go to a movie.B.The man should work on his papers.C.The woman should buy

5、new shoes.D.The woman wants to borrow his shoes.10.（）（1 分）A.He was always late for work.B.He had some personal financial problems.C.He was too sick to do the job.D.He was not careful enough with his work.Section BDirections:In Section B,you will hear two passages and one longerconversation.After eac

6、h passage or conversation,you will be asked severalquestions.The passages and the conversation will be read twice,but thequestions will be spoken only once.When you hear a question,read the fourpossible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to thequestion you have heard.11.（）

7、（4.5 分）（1）A.He cannot have a check card now.B.He lives with his parents.C.He has run a computer company.D.He has earned a high salary.（2）A.To learn how to drive a car.B.To release a new computer game.C.To deal with money like an adult.D.To stop the computer market disappearing.（3）A.Because he might

8、be fired by the firm one day.B.Because computer games might not always sell well.C.Because one has to be young to program computer games.D.Because he doubts whether he can still make so much money.12.（）（4 5 分）（1）A.Job hunting after university graduation.B.Economic pressure in China and America.C.Way

9、s for the young to make money on campus.D.Problems facing American and Chinese students.（2）A.Sensible.B.Confident.C.Knowledgeable.D.Sensitive.（3）A.It is the society that causes university students to lack confidence.B.Some American university students sell something to make money.C.Many businesses i

10、gnore students*ability to apply theory to practice.D.Both the society and young people should try to solve the problems.13.（）（6 分）（1）A.A training coach.B.A market supervisor.C.A senior psychologist.D.A financial trader.（2）A.He can save on living expenses.B.He considers cooking creative.C.He can enjo

11、y healthier food.D.He finds a take-away tasteless.（3）A.It can be a pleasant thing.B.It is frustrating sometimes.C.It takes patience to manage.D.It is hard to use correctly.（4）A.The man has great difficulty in escaping the markets.B.The man seldom cares about emotional management.C.The man considers

12、stress in financial market unbeatable.D.The man often gets relaxed by exercising in the evening.II.Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections:After reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct.For theblanks with a given word,fill in each blank wi

13、th the proper form of the givenword;for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.14.（）（10 分）How to Become a Morning Person?You have grand ambitions:to start a business,to write a book.But chancesare you work long hours,or household responsibilities consume your days.By thetime you fin

14、ish all you have to do,you will have had no energy（1）foranything you want to do beyond turning on the TV.Yet some busy people do make time for their priorities.The secret is givingthe most attention to（2）ihcni at the very beginning of a day.They get upearlier than they have to.Morning by morning,the

15、y make progress on something（3）that matters.Its not fun to force yourself out of bed,but these early hours are often thebest time to do things for yourself.With a little schedule reorganization,（4）becoming/to become（become）a morning person is more doable than you think.1 first learned that mornings（

16、5）could/might be transformationalyears ago,when I was studying a busy lawyer，s schedule.She wanted to spend moretime with her son,but she had little control over when she left work.This stateof affairs kept her sad（6）until/till she realized she and her son wereboth early risers and the morning time

17、could be made full use of.After thinking itthrough,the lawyer decided to get up even earlier.Then,when the boy stepped intothe dining room,she(7)had finished(finish)preparing a rich breakfastso they two could enjoy the meal to the fullest together.Mornings are also great for focused thinking.Get up

18、an hour earlier,and youcan knock out your most important task of the day.Or you can spare some time forthose creative desires(8)buried(bury)deep in your heart and hard tonurture.But many will argue:Im not a morning person!The fact is that there are notso many true night owls.When most people take an

19、 honest look at(9)howthey，re spending the hours before bed,they，11 find they have wasted much time onthe TV programs they dont mean(10)lo walch(watch).Also,they oftenbrowse through photos on social media of people they didn，t like in high schoolanyway.A better approach is to sleep earlier,rise earli

20、er and turn unproductiveevening hours into productive morning hours.Section BDirections: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.necessity B.threat C.neighbouring D.adjusted E.unlikely F.decl

21、ineG.cooperated H.questions I.profitable J.imposing K.gainsNew York and New TaxAccording to a Manhattan Institute survey,more than half of high-earning NewYorkers are working entirely from home and 44%are considering leaving the city.Ned Lamont,Connecticuts governor,has said the old idea of the comm

22、uter(通勤者)going into New York City five days a week may be outdated.z，It does seem(1)_ Ethat the tens of thousands commuting from Mr.Lamonts state wi11 continue to do so.The region1 s governors have(2)_ G_ well together to deal with the pandemic(流行病)，but the friendliness may soon end over taxes.When

23、people from(3)_ C_ states like New Jersey and Connecticut commute toNew York to work for a New York-based employer,they must pay New York tax on therelated earned income.Even those who work from home must pay New York taxes unlessthe employee is working outside New York by(4)A.Taxpayers and those st

24、ates are looking closely at this loophole(漏洞).InDecember,Connecticut and New Jersey applied to the Supreme Court to consider acase which(5)_ H_ a states authority to tax non-residents income while theyare working remotely.They think this is definitely a(n)(6)B to thecity，s finances.Firms have consid

25、ered leaving the city before,and employees aregradually accepting the idea.They have been working remotely for almost ten monthsand they,ve(7)_ D_ to that idea.”Companies are also watching the progression of the Bi 1lionaire Mark to MarketTax Act,which would treat capital（8）_ K_ from billionaires pr

26、operty astaxable income.New York*s Democratic governor said he would reject any laws（9）heavy taxes on the rich,because it would drive out wealthy,mobile residents.It would not take too many moving trucks for the city to feel the economic loss,says Michael Hendrix,A 5%（10）_ F_ of New Yorkers making a

27、bout$10,000would result in an annual loss of$9 33m-roughly the amount distributed to thecity,s health department.I I I.Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections:For each blank in the followingpassage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D.Fill in each blankwith the word or phrase that bes

28、t fits the context.16.（）（15 分）Certainty:Over-rated and Over-rewardedType the words kind of or perhaps into an email in Microsoft Outlook andthe program might well tell you to think again.If the Al-powered MicrosoftEditor judges that you are not sounding（1）_ C_ enough,it will soon giveyou a word of w

29、arning:Words expressing uncertainty will（2）D yourimpact.To me,this suggestion precisely expresses something weve got wrong in society.We live in a world that（3）A those who speak with confidence-even whenthat is misplaced-and gives very little opportunity to perform to those who（4）doubt.We tend to li

30、sten to those experts who tell us a simple,clear andconfident story.Why?Because that*s（5）B satisfying,says Dan Gardner,author of Future Babble,Thats saying let me sweep away the uncertainty for，you.Research shows that the human brain is programmed to hate（6）A:a2016 study found that when volunteers w

31、ere given electric shocks,their stresslevels were highest when they had no idea whether they were going to be given ashock-higher even than subjects who were told they would（7）C get one.We should first know that while confident-sounding experts might be giving uswhat our brains desire,the（8）D they a

32、re providing is probably false.Psychologist Philip Tetlock divided up forecasters into foxes and hedgehogs”.Foxes consider all sorts of different approaches and perspectives,and combinethose into distinct conclusions.（9）_ D_,hedgehogs tend to view the worldthrough the lens of one single defining ide

33、a.That makes the hedgehogs（10）_ Bforecasters but more likely to get attention.Perhaps we care less about the truth and more about enjoying some sense of（11）C however short-lived that might be.But wouldn，t it be better if we heldexperts to account?Mr.Gardner suggests tagging speakers with some kind o

34、f recordof previous（12）_ C_ much as we are given performance statistics forracehorses or baseball players.Highly confident statements also（13）_ B_ polarization（两极化），encouraging others to respond in the same kind of language when they disagree.“Theres a natural tendency to push back with equal amount

35、s of(14)_ Asays Daniel Drezner,a political scientist.Is it time to give a bit more attention to the(15)A?Full ofcertainty on the need to stop paying so much attention to those expressingcertainty,I say yes.(1)A.timidB.reasonableC.decisiveD.mature（2）A.assessB.reverseC.enhanceD.lessen（3）A.rewardsB.rel

36、axesc.confusesD.weakens（4）A.eliminateB.acknowledgec.emphasizeD.conceal(5)A.physicallyB.psychologicallyc.politicallyD.professionally（6）A.uncertaintyB.confidencec.dishonestyD.stress（7）A.readilyB.fortunatelyc.definitelyD.probably（8）A.desireB.depressionc.shockD.relief（9）A.For instance B.In additionc.Eve

37、n soD.In contrast(10)A.funnierB.worsec.less confidentD.more reliable(11)A.achievement B.responsibilityc.securityD.justice(12)A.approachesB.attentionc.predictionsD.significance(13)A.prohibitB.promotec.sacrificeD.separate(14)A.firmnessB.encouragementc.carefulnessD.statement(15)A.foxesB.hedgehogsc.fore

38、castersD.scientistsSection BDirections:Read the following three passages.Each passage is followedby several questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are fourchoices marked A,B,C and D.Choose the one that fits best according to theinformation given in the passage you have just read.1

39、7.()(8 分)Hazel Mayfield usually cooks the Thanksgiving meal for herextended family in Houston,Texas.She usually welcomes friends and neighbors whoare eager to taste her fried turkey,green bean casserole,candied yams,homemadecornbread dressing,and dirty rice-just a few of her signature dishes.Known a

40、sSugar Mama,because her grandchildren think shes so sweet,the 9 1-year-oldtypically likes to do her own shopping for the ingredients to make her specialdishes.My mother is the head cook of the family,said Panulette Mouton,Mayfieldsdaughter.Because of her reputation,you know,therere people in and out

41、 all dayand every family comes through.They want to get some of Sugar Mamas cooking,andsome of them would like to learn from her how to cook the food.But Mayfield hasnt been to the grocery store since March.And there is littleabout Thanksgiving in 2020 thats usual.Because of Covid-19,the deadly viru

42、sthat has killed millions in the U.S.and spoiled life around the world,everythingis different.Since limiting close face-to-face contact with others is the best wayto reduce its spread,hundreds of thousands of American families have re-imaginedthe holiday with virtual celebrations and canceled or del

43、ayed travel plans.Therecan only be small gatherings with people in their households in response to COVID-19.This year,Mayfield，s family members,without exception,are lamenting theabsence of a big gathering.Theyve explained to their young children andgrandchildren why this year，s Thanksgiving is diff

44、erent.Mayfields youngestdaughter,Michelle Sanders,says it，s tough to help her grandchildren understandwhy they can，t see some of their other family members and why they have to stay athome,celebrating Thanksgiving all by themselves.Its really hard,trying to explain to them,“Sanders said.When-youreta

45、lking to them and they want to come over,you have to tell them no.They reallydon，t know how to be careful./z Sanders added,“And,they don，t understand that,being three,four,and six,you know they dont really understand that.So,its its really,really hard,and heartbreaking.，z(1)According to the passage,

46、Hazel Mayfield is _ A_.A.helpful and kind-heartedB.stubborn and enthusiasticC.talented and instructiveD.grateful and sensitive(2)The underlined word in paragraph 4 can be best replaced by B.A.fascinated byB.upset aboutC.ignorant ofD.embarrassed at(3)What can we infer from what Sanders said in the la

47、st paragraph?_ AA.Children are too young to understand the situation.B.Children are always careless on Thanksgiving Day.C.Its tough to help children overcome their problems.D.Adults should show patience when talking with kids.(4)What do we know about the effect of COVID-19 according to the passage?_

48、 CA.People are cutting down holiday celebration expenses.B.People are trying hard to get together to have more fun.C.People have to make changes in their lifestyle to stay safe.D.People have put more emphasis on the traditional customs.18 .()(6 分)Here are four books recommended by one of the most re

49、spectededitors from Readers Digest.If you have time to dip yourselves into the books,they can surely offer much food for thought.Face ItDebbie HarryHARPER COLLINSPicture this:its the late 19 70s and the punk music scene isstarting to take hold.The band releases the album Parallel Lines,which becomes

50、the greatest hit.Everyone wants to attend her concert and some teenage girls evendream to be her.Now 75,Harry bares all about herself in Face It,starting fromher childhood.Part shocking,this book is as humorous,moving and vigorous as itssubject.ScatterbrainHenning BeckIf there is no obvious connecti