2019上海奉賢區(qū)高三二模英語及答案

1、201學(xué)年奉賢區(qū)調(diào)研測試高三英語試卷(201904)I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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 bespoken only once. After you hea

2、r 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. A. At an airport.B. In an office,C. At a police station.D. At a travel agency.2. A. Down jackets are now on sale,B. She can't wait f

3、or the winter to arrive.C. It's hard to know how severe the winter will beD. She needs a warm jacket.3. A. Learning to drive.B. Buying the insurance.C. Buying a carD. Taking a plane,4. A. Erie won't eat vegetable without meatB. Eric likes both vegetable and meatC. Some meat will solve Eric&#

4、39;s problemD. Eric is short of vegetable.5. A. He is invasiveB. He is heroicC. He is life-threateningD He is awkward6. A. Reviews of the comedy are negative.B. The reaction to the comedy is varied.C. The review of the newspaper is one sided.D. Media are prejudiced against the comedy.7. A. Deliver t

5、he package in person.8. Pick up the package at the post officeC.Ask to have the package delivered to his homeD. Find out the opening hours of the post office8. A. It hasn t been graded.B. It received a low grade.C. The committee is discussing itD. The woman hasn't handed it in.9. A. He has been

6、to Seattle many tines.B. He has chaired a lot of conferences.C. He holds a high position in his company.D. He lived in Seattle for many years.10. A. It is too late for the man to go to the theatre.B. People have already been standing in line for two hours.C. The man must wait for two hours to buy th

7、e ticket.D. The man can buy a special ticket before the drama starts.Section BDirections: In Scion B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked questions on each of them. The passages and conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only

8、 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 beard.Questions I1 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. They are gardeners.B. They sell vegetables.C. They run a guesthouse:D. They are

9、 scientists.12. A. Five hours.B. Eight hours.C. Twelve hours.D. Fourteen hours.13. A. They have deeper roots.B They don't need sunshineC. They have wider leaves.D.'They have bigger flowers.Questions 14 through l6 are based on the following news.14. A. It is produced in small quantities.B. It

10、 is sold at a lower priceC. It is served mainly in McDonald's.D. It is grown from cows alone,15. A. The land and the water system have been polluted seriously.B. Not enough meat has been produced to meet people's needsC. Much land has been used up for animals and their food.D. It has consume

11、d fewer and fewer natural resources16. A. Steaks and hamburgersB. Animal rights.C. The food crisis in the future.D. Lab-grown meat.Questions 17 through 20 are based o0 the following conversation17. A. He is an Englishman living in Sweden.B. He prefers hot weather to cold weatherC. He visits London n

12、early every winter.D. He likes Sweden better than England.18. A. The long nightB. The bad weather.C. The gloomy winterD. The cold houses19. A. Delightful.B. Refreshing.C. PainfulD. Frustrating20. A. They work hard and play hard,B. They often stay up late reading.C. They like to go comping in summerD

13、. They try to earn more and spend more,II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: 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

14、 blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.How to Make the Most of Y our Lunch HourShould you grab a bite at your desk or eat with your coll That depends on what's on your agenda for the rest of the day.Lunch hours (21)(get) shorter and shorter and even disappearing in some partsof today

15、9;s working world. With fewer employees (22)(ask) to accomplish more in a day, many Americans treat lunch not as a break but as just another task to squeeze into an already overbooked day.But do quick meals at the desk actually improve productivity over more leisurely meals?The researchers only stud

16、ied 32 employees, so the findings are debatable. But when they assigned one group to eat at their desks and another to dine with a colleague at a restaurant, they found those who ate lunch together showed a decline (23)their performance on tests hatmeasured concentration, memory and the ability to c

17、atch errors and read emotions in facial expressions following lunch than before lunch. Both groups ate the same meals, but those who ate their food alone were only given 20 minutes to consume their food, (24) the pairedparticipants were allowed one hour in the restaurant. Those who ate alone did not

18、 have as large a drop in their cognitive processing as those who ate in the restaurant.What was responsible for the change? There were too many variables at play to determine which had the strongest influence on cognitive control-was it the companionship or the restaurant environment (25)other dinne

19、rs were present, music was played and themeal was served by wait staff, or was it the longer time to enjoy the meal?(26) factor was responsible, the group that took a restaurant lunch break cameback more relaxed, say the authors, and that likely affected their cognitive sharpness. Sharing a meal out

20、side the office with a fiend appears to have a (27)(calm) effect, and while itreduces intellectual skills, it may develop social harmony and teamwork, which (28) bean important feature of some work tasks."But don't feel sorry for the lone hunger. It turns out (29)since they were ableto main

21、tain their cognitive skills following the meal, they might be in a better position (30)(think) creatively for projects that require more innovative solutions or approaches.Section BDirection: Fill in each blank with, a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there

22、 is one word more than you need.A. involvingB.distinguishC.adaptedF.gainsG. partiallyH.amazingD.tailoredE.mediumI. definitelyJ.steerK.implicationsGenes That Make You SmarterThe contributions genes make to intelligence increase as children grow older. This goes against the idea most people hold that

23、as we age, environmental influences gradually overpower the genetic legacy (財產(chǎn) ) we are born with and may have (31)for education"“ Peopleassume the genetic influence goes down with age because the environmental differences between people pile up in life," says Robert Plomin. “ Whatwe found

24、 was quite (32)and goes in the other dire ction. ”Previous studies have shown variations in intelligence are (33)due to genetics.To find out whether this genetic contribution varies with age, Plomin's team gathered data from six separate studies carried out in 4 countries, (34) a total of 1100 p

25、airs of twins. 'Theresearchers tested twins on reasoning, arithmetics etc. to measure a quantity called "G". Each study also included both identical twins, with the same genes, and fraternal twins (異卵雙生),sharing about half their genes, making it possible to (35)the contributions of gen

26、es andenvironment to their G scores.Plomin's team calculated in childhood, genes account for about 41 percent of the variations in intelligence. In adolescence, this rose to 55 percent;, by young adolescence, it was 66 percentNO one (36)knows why the influence from genes should increase with age

27、,but Plomin suggests that as children get older, they become better at handling their environment to suit their genetic needs, and says “ kids with with high G will use their environment to develop cognitive ability and choose friends who are like-minded. Children with (37)to low Gmay choose less ch

28、allenging pastimes and activities, further emphasizing their genetic legacy.Is there any way to interfere with the pattern? Perhaps. The evidence of strong heritability (遺傳可能性) doesn t mean that there is nothing you can do about it." says SusanneJaeggi, “f rom our own work, the ones that starte

29、d off with lower IQ scores had higher (38) training. Plomin suggests genetic differences may be more emphasized if allchildren share an identical curriculum instead of it being (39) to children's naturalabilities. My tendency would be to give everyone a good education, but put more effort into t

30、he lower end." he says. Intelligence researchers Paul Thompson agrees: It shows. that educators need to (40)ads towards things drawing out their natural talents.Hl. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirection: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B, C and

31、 D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Open data-sharers are still in the minority in many fields. Although many re searchers broadly agree thatpub1icaccess to raw data would promote science, most are (41)to postthe results of their own labours online.Some communit

32、ies have agreed to share online-geneticists, for ex ample, post DNA sequences at the GenBank repository (庫 ). and astronomers are accustomed to (42)images of galaxies and stars from, say, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a telescope that has observed some 500 million objects-but these remain the (43)no

33、t the rule. Historically, scientistshave (44)sharing for many reasons: it is a lot of work, until recently, good databases didnot exist: grant funders were not pushing for sharing; it has been difficult to agree on standards for formatting data, and there is no agreed way to assign credit for data.B

34、ut the (45) are disappearing in part because journals and funding agenciesworldwide are encouraging scientists to make their data (46).Last year, the RoyalSociety in London said in its report that scientists need to. (47)a research culture wheredata is viewed as private preserve". Funding agenc

35、ies note that data paid for with public money should be public information. and the scientific community is recognizing that data can now be shared online in ways that were not possible before. To match the growing demand, services are springing up to make it easier to publish research products (48)

36、 and enable otherresearchers to discover and cite (引用) them.Although calls to share data often concentrate on the (49) advantages ofsharing, the practice is not purely beneficial to others. Researchers who share get plenty of personal benefits including more connections with colleagues. improved (50

37、) andincreased citations. The most successful sharers- those whose data are downloaded and cited the most often-getnoticed, and their work gets used. (51)one of the most popular data setson multidisciplinary repository Dryad is about wood density around the world: it has been (52)5700 times. Co-auth

38、or Amy Zanne thinks that users probably range from climate -change researchers wanting to estimate how much carbon is stored in biomass, to foresters looking for in formation on different grades of trees. I dmuch prefer to have my date used by the (53) number of people to as their own questions,&quo

39、t; she says.It's important to allowreaders and reviewers to see exactly how you arrive at your results. Publishing data and code allows your science to be (54).Even people whose data are less popular can benefit. By making the effort to organize and 1abel files so others can understand them, sci

40、entists can become more organized and better disciplined themselves, thus avoiding (55)later on.41. A.restricted42. A.accessing43. A.assumption44. A.longed for45. A.symptoms46. A.controllable47. A.shift away from48. A.secret49. A.materia150. A.visibility51. A.On the contraryB. reluctantB. processing

41、B. mysteryB. appealed toB. barriersB. uniqueB. end up withB. digitallyB. individualB. awarenessB.As a resultC. desperateC. analyzingC. exceptionC. focused onC. advantagesC. reliableC. give rise toC. ethicallyC. moralC. conditionC. For exampleD. generousD. identifyingD. phenomenonD. objected toD. con

42、sequencesD. publicD. build upD. fairlyD. economicD. confidenceD. After all52.A.downloadedB. updatedC. optimizedD. addressed53.A.moderateB maximumC. averageD. estimated54.A.reversibleB. profitableC. reproducibleD. recognizable55.A.cris s iB. confusionC. riskD. conflictSection BDirections: Read the fo

43、llowing 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.AIt was 1961 and I was in the fifth grade.

44、My marks n school were miserable and, the thing was, 1 didn't know enough to really care. My older brother and I lived with Mom in a humble house in Detroit. We watched TV every night.But one day Mom changed our world forever. She turned off the TV . Our mother had only been able to get through

45、third grade. But, she was much brighter and smarter than we boys know at the time. She had noticed something in the suburban houses she cleaned-b00ks. So she came home one day, snapped of the TV , sat us down and explained that her sons were going to make something of themselves, . You boys are goin

46、g to read two books every week, " she said." And you're going to write a report on what you read."We complained about how unfair it was. Besides, we didn't have any books in the house other than Mom s Bible. But she explained that we would go where the books were: " I'

47、;ll drive you to the library.'s books.So pretty soon there were these two peevish boys sitting in her white 1959 Oldsmobile on their way to Detroit Public Library. I wandered reluctantly among the children animals, so when I saw some books that seemed to be about animals, I started leafing throu

48、gh them.The first book I read clear through was Chip the Dam Builder. It was about beavers. For the first time in my life I was lost in another world. No television program had ever taken me so far away from my surroundings as did this virtue visit to a cold stream in a forest and these animals buil

49、ding a home.It didn ' t dawn on me at the time, but the experience was quite different from watching TV. There were images forming in my mind instead of before my eyes. And I could return to them again and again with the flip of a page. Soon I began to look forward to visiting this quiet sanctua

50、ry form my other world.Now my older brother is an engineer and I am a doctor . Sometimes I still can' t believemy life ' s journey, from a failing and indifferent student in a Detoit public school to this position, which takes me all over the world to teach and perform critical surgery.But I

51、 know when the journey began the day Mom switched off the TV set and put us in her Oldsmobile for that drive to the library.56. We can learn from the beginning of the passages that.A the author and his brother had done well in schoolB. the author had been very concerned about bis school workC. the a

52、uthor had spent much time watching TV after schoolD. the author had realized how important school was57. According to the passage which of the following words can best describe the author's mother?A. Tolerant and decisive.B. aggressive and open-minded.C. Determined and farsighted.D. Persistent a

53、nd literate.58. The underlined word " peevish" in the passage can be replaced by.A. naughtyB. bad-temperedC. patientD. obedient59. The author began to love books for the following reasons EXCEPT that.A. he could constantly review the plots in the booksB. he could visualize what he read in

54、bis mindC. he could get many rewards from his motherD. he realized that books offered him new experienceBNANCY DREW AND THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE (PG) Age 10+Sparkling book adaptation has great characters, some scares.Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase" is based on a classic 1930 Naney Drew mystery

55、 book and is aimed at tens and young ten. Although the story involves politically motivated kidnapping and a supposedly haunted house, the scariest moment is during what turns out to be a model dream sequence. Positive messages include courage and teamwork, and strong role (mostly female) are at the

56、 center of the action (89 minutes)WONDER PARK (PG)Age 8+Imaginative but intense adventure deals with worry and fear"Wonder Park" is in animated adventure about an imaginative girl named June (voiced by Brianna Denski), who s spent years dreaming up a magical amusement park named Wonderland

57、 with her mom (Jennifer Granner). You can expect plenty of actions (including explosions and perils), as well as the looming presence of worry and sadness, since June is dealing with the fact that her mom has a serious illness. The film celebrates imagination, curiosity and perseverance, and it unde

58、rlines the importance not letting fear stop you from being yourself and doing what you love. (93 minutes)CAPTIVE STATE (PG- 13)Age 14+Dark, disconnected but smart alien invasion movie"Captive State" is an alien-invasion movie set in a future Chicago. Some humans try to cooperate with the conquering aliens, while others try to rebel; there's a very complex plan at the heat of the story. Violence is the biggest issue: Humans are killed both vaporized by aliens and shot by guns. There are explosions, blood splatters gory su