全國普通高等學(xué)校招生統(tǒng)一考試上海英語模擬試卷

1、第 頁/共21頁第 頁/共21頁2018年全國普通高等學(xué)校招生統(tǒng)一考試上海英語模擬試卷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 be spoken only once

2、. 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 question you have heard.A. To plan for a party.To celebrate his birthday.To give her friend a surprise.To avoid missing her favorite film.A. He will

3、 be 85 by the end of next year.He can get the degree before his birthday.He doesnt work hard enough on his study.He hopes he can finish his essay as planned,A. Pointless. B. Necessary.C. Unimagmable. D. Inspiring.A. The woman has just bought a new car.The man hopes to see the woman s car.The woman u

4、sed to have a car accident,The man doesn t believe the woman s words.A. They can get promoted sooner.They can make more money.They can win more support.They can find better jobs.A. He will play badminton tomorrow.Someone else has borrowed his bat.His bat is not in good condition.The woman should buy

5、 a new bat.A. Exchange the shirt for a new one.Bargain with the shirt seller.Get his money back.Wash the shirt again.A. A teacher.B. A coach C. A boss.D. A doctorA. He didnt know he was supposed to call the woman.He spoke to the woman on the phone last night.He tried to call the woman but failed.He

6、was too busy to call the woman.A. Shed like a sandwich.She s annoyed by the man.She has already got some food.She doesn t want anything to eat now.Section BDirections : In Section B, you will hear several short passages and longer conversation(s), and you will be asked several questions on each of t

7、he passages and the conversation(s). The passages and the conversations 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 thr

8、ough 13 are based on the following passage.A. Praise. B. Talent C. Effort. D. Confidence.A. They didn t want to work hard.They mistook it for a hard one.They used to perform well in such a taskThey hoped to keep their image of smart kidsA. A proper way of praising kids.A study about kids natural abi

9、lity.A test that can raise kids self-confidence.A concept involving practice and performance.A. They can t develop in a natural way. B. They may miss humans company.C. They dont feel needed.D. They may be neglected.A. They send them back to nature.B. They care about their health.C. They give them lo

10、ve.D. They desert them.16. A. Why animals should live in the wild.pets.B. It is improper to keep wild animals asC. Laws should be made to protect wild animals. D. How wild animals can live happilywith humans.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.A. She isnt interested in sc

11、i-fi movies.C. She has much work to do.A. Celebrate Tina s mum s birthday.C. Talk a walk in the rain.A. Going to a concert.C. Trying Indian food.A. Indecisive. B. Inspiring.She needs to go home earlyD. She has seen it before.B. Eat in a Mexican restaurantD. Do nothing together.Joining Ben s band.D.

12、Making a new plan.Grateful. D. Bossy.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 blan

13、ks , use one word that best fits each blank.Letter from abroadIve always been fascinated by foreign countries, so imagine how excited I was about having the opportunity to work as a volunteer nurse in Mongolia. Before I came here, all I knew about the country was that it was full of wide open spaces

14、 and nomadic (游牧民族的)people moving fromplace to place, (21)(tend) their animals and living in tents, known as gers. My work mainly takes me to the rural parts of Mongolia and (22)sleeping in a ger seemed very strange to me at first, I m used to staying in these wonderful twnts noThe only thing I real

15、ly wasnt prepared for was (23)different Mongolian food is, but Im slowly getting used to it The diet is mainly milk-based in summer (yoghurt, cheese etc.)(24)a shift to meat in winter. It took me a while (25)(get) used to eating so much meat, especially as it (26)(serve) without vegetables. And I ce

16、rtainly wasn t used to the fat my Mongolian friends ate with such pleasure. But this amount of fat in the diet is necessary because Mongolians (27) withstand the extremely cold winter, which can go as low as -40* C. I ll never get used to being outside in those temperatures!The highlight of my stay

17、in Mongolia so far has been the Naadam festival, which (28)(happen) every year in July. All over the c ountry you ll see people in their spectacular traditional dress, taking part in wrestling, archery ( 箭術(shù))and horse racing. If s a fantastic event, particularly the horse races (29)are 15 to 30 kilom

18、etres long. Those riding the horses are fearless children boys and girls, aged between 5 and 13!Oh, one more thing about Mongolia I still havent got used to Airag, which is made from horse s milrt/1 s been the Mongolian traditional alcoholic drink for 5,000 years. I m toldti s a(n) (30)(acquire) tas

19、te!Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can onlybe used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. criticsB. instructC. jumpD. knowledgeE. medicalF. originateQ piecesH. preferenceI. realisticJ. speciesK. weirdTrust your instinctsGl

20、adwel l book, Blink , is all about first impressions and what he calls rapid cognition (認(rèn) 知).In his own words, It s a book about the kind of thinking that happebsnk a 眨眼)of an eye. When you meet someone for the first time or walk into a house you are thinking of buying or read the first few sentence

21、s of a book, your mind takes about two seconds to 31 to a seriesof conclusions. ”Gladwel l s 32 point out that most scientific tradition is based on a great deal morethan two seconds thought. But he would argue that years of scientific study can 33 from aninstant observationsuch as Archimedes eureka

22、Moment. However, Gladwell himself is 34 about rapid cognition and he does recognise there is a basic weakness some first impressions dont seem to be based on anything. For example, he noticed that Americans show a strong 35 for the taller candidates in their presidential elections. In fact, since 19

23、00, onlyfour candidates have beaten men who are taller than themselves.With this in mind Gladwell contacted 500 companies in the US and found that almost all of their directors were tall. Gladwell commented, Now that s 36. There is no correlationbetween height and intelligence or height and judgemen

24、t. But for some reason corporations tend to choose tall people for leadership roles. I think that s an example of bad rapid cognition.As an example of good rapid recognition, Gladwell talks about the ability to make a quick decision with a small amount of data and says A little bit of 37 goes a long

25、 way. He tellsthe story of the Emergency Room doctors at Cook County Hospital who have changed the waythey diagnose heart attacks. They 38 their doctors to gather less information on theirpatients. They tell them to ignore the patients age, weight and 39 history etc. and toconcentrate only on a few

26、really significant 40 of information, e.g. blood pressure and heart rate. And what happened? Cook County is now one of the best places in the United States for diagnosing chest pain. It ;responsible for saving the lives of thousands of people.Reading Comprehension Section A Directions: For each blan

27、k 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.The designer, Charles Frederick Worth (1825-95), was the first to sew labels into the clothes that he created. Because of this and his international

28、fame, Worth is generally considered to be the father of41, which started in the late 19 th century. Before then, making clothes was mainlydone by42dressmakers whose clothes were influenced by what people were wearing at theFrench royal court. Worth, originally from England, moved to France in 1846,

29、where he, enjoyed considerable success with the nobility. Since then, there have been even greater successes for other designers, such as Chanel and Armani and those 43 the younger, trendier market, for example, Tommy Hilfiger. Currently the fashion industry relies more on mass-market sales than on

30、44 designs. Some well-known designers have even teamed up with international high street shops who want to add a luxury product to their range. 45 , the London branch of H&M, a clothing company from Stockholm, has started selling cut-price clothes by high-fashion designers. Recently, hundreds of peo

31、ple 46 outside for up to 12 hours to buy clothes designed by Lanvin ! Some camped there overnight, even though at the time England was experiencing an extremely cold winter. Is this 47 to labeled goods really worth all the trouble?An article in The Economist suggests labeled clothes really do 48 the

32、 wearers. It quotes research from Tilburg University, in the Netherland , which explains that such clothes bring status and even job recommendations, but only when the label is 49 ! The university s first research experiment involved photos of a man wearing a polo shirt. The photos were digitally 50

33、 so that one shirt had no logo, another had a luxury-designer logo and the third had a non-luxury logo.On a five-point scale for status, the luxury designer logo rated 3.5, no logo rated 2.91 and the non-luxury logo came last, rated 2.84. It seems it may be better to have no logo at all than to have

34、 the 51 logo! In another experiment, people watched one of two videos of a job interview ofthe same man. In one, his shirt had a luxury logo on it, in the other it didnt. The man with the logowas rated more 52 the job and even received a recommendation for a 9% higher salary!The research concluded t

35、hat like a peacocks tail, designer labelsare seen as 53 ofsuperior status: the peacock with the best tail gets all the girls. But while a peacock cant make histail look more attractive,it seems humans can54 their status by using design labels. And bydoing so, the way we _55 each other s status may b

36、e seriously wrong!41.A.luxury industryB. modern artC. fashion designD. market economy42. A. influentialB. famousC. creativeD. unknown43. A. appealing toB. persisting inC. complaining ofD. experimenting on44. A. exclusiveB. latestC. complicatedD. delicate45. A. In additionB. For exampleC. On the whol

37、eD. After all46. A. appliedB.queuedC. lookedD. walked47. A. solutionB. oppositionC. devotionD. restriction48. A. benefitB. impactC. confusedD. please49. A. understandableB. fashionableC. reliableD. visible50. A. storedB. improvedC. developedD. altered51. A. specialB. luxuriousC. wrongD. untold52. A.

38、 suitable forB.keen onC. satisfied withD. independent of53. A. classesB. signsC. advantagesD. principles54. A. changeB. fakeC. regainD. show55. A. elevateB. neglectC. assessD. imitateSection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished s

39、tatements. 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）ve oftenThere have been many great violinists but none could hold a candle to Kuznetsov, a miraculous young Russian. On his e

40、mergence while still in his teens, his playing was filled with timeless wisdom beyond his years; he now holds the stage with immense authority. So it comes no surprise that he is about to add a new string to his bow. When he performs with the English Chamber Orchestra, it will be as both soloist （獨奏

41、者） and conductor. It s something I thought about, he says.Other musicians who have traded the bow or piano for the baton （ 指揮棒）have failed; the transition is not easy, of which he is aware. The most crucial thing is the human chemistry between conductor and players. You must avoid at all costs being

42、 an outsider, as though saying to the orchestra, “ You make your music while I imagine mineHe is quite relaxed about not yet having his own hand-language every conductor isdifferent. Kuznetsov believes the connection between notes is not just physical, but also spiritual. Spirituality is, for Kuznet

43、sov, the conductor s key characteristic. a And it should ideally be expressed through beauty of movement/ he says. Some conductors throw themselves about, others hardly move a muscle. Where will Kuznetsov fit on that scale ? We must wait and see, he says.Kuznetsov himself moved straight as an arrow

44、toward his goal. His father was an oboist （ 雙 簧管演奏 ）and his mother conducted a choir, but at the age of four , young Leonid settled on the violin. The violin is located at the front of the orchestra. It seemed very desirable to sit there and show off. He gave his first concert at the age of five. Wh

45、en I went on stage, I bowed so deepland so long that the audience laughed but I knew that this was what great artists always did. I felt it was an hono ur for the audience to listen to me. His programme that day included Paganini variations, “ which were very easy f6r meWhat is his view now of the r

46、ecordings he mad e at that age? ”I didn t have the technique I have now but across the years the intuition has not changed. I still feel every time I go on stage as though I m newbornKuznetsov cautiously paces his own development. He didnt give his first performance of Beethoven s Violin Concerto un

47、til he felt ready for it, and he ll let Bach s works stay in his mind for some years.One of Kuznetsovs admirers wonders whether he is in danger of not hanging onto the fearlessness of youth ” . On the evidence of Kuznetsavely assured new interpretation of the Brahms Concerto, which he plays on a new

48、 CD release, Id say that his fearlessness is in no danger yet.Kuznetsov thinks is most important in conducting.the players recognition of the conductorthe understanding between the conductor and the orchestrawhether the conductor has cooperated with the players beforethe conductors and the orchestra

49、l s knowledge of the composition 57. What can be learned about Kuznetsov from the passage?He isn tas enthusiastic as before about the violin.He was confident while giving his first concert.He didnt start to play the violin until five.D. He plans to give Bachs works a try first.58. What can be inferr

50、ed from the passage?A. Its easy for piano or violin players to become conductors.B. Violin players are usually those who like to show off in an orchestra.C. The writer thinks highly of Kuznetsovs performance as a conductor.D. Kuznetsov hasnt decided which conductors h-andguage to follow.What is the

51、passage mainly about?A violinist s understanding of music.Kuznetsov s efforts that have led to his success.C. A violinists new attempts in his musical ambitions.D. Kuznetsov insight into how techniques matter in performance.(B)How to shrink your brain?Most people instinctively know that stress is ba

52、d for you, but just how bad is only now being properly tested. New research suggests that severe stress can actually cause the brain to shrink andresult in problems dealing with difficult situations in the future. In the research, over 100 healthy volunteers aged 18 to 48 were given a brain scan to

53、measure the amount of grey matter in theirbrain (grey matter is the outer part of the brain). Those who reported having gone through painfuland stressful events in life, such as divorce, death or loss of their home due to natural disaster,were found to have lower amounts of grey matter in parts of t

54、he brain responsible for emotions, self-control and blood pressure.According to Rajita Sinha, a professor of psychiatry at Yale University, the brain is dynamic and plastic and things can improve, but only if stress is dealt with in a healthy manner. If not,the effects of stress can have a negative

55、impact on both our physical and mental health. Previous research has shown that smoking and neglect in childhood can also cause changes in the levels of grey matter in the brain.。嶺 k 捋用 ErcMm 由斯jpM，n獻(xiàn)給P如nrwc,航,ga - diheir 肥制心用帆妞tit&MpufnatQWhos the bird brain now?Most parents would be pretty confide

56、nt in saying their child was more intelligent than a bird.According to recent research, however, they may be wrong. A study conducted at Cambridge第 頁/共21頁第 頁 / 共 21 頁“w hat happens nextUniversity pitted birds called Eurasian jays against children in a series of problem-solving tests. The tests, insp

57、ired by one of Aesops fables, involved dropping stones or corks into a tube in order to raise the water level and claim a prize. From the age of eight upwards, children learned more quickly than birds that stones, which sink, work better than corks, which float. Before the age of eight, however, the

58、 children were no quicker than the birds.One test, however, did prove that children at least think differently from birds. The 蚪由獺 a with a hidden connection to a second one. When a stone was dropped into the first tube, it raised the water level in the other one where the prize was. It didnt make s

59、ense, but the children didnt worry too much and were able to claim the prize. The birds, however, just couldnt get the hang of it and failed, proving, researchers say, that birds are二，工held back by their expectations, while human children are better at putting their expectations aside.How does stres

60、s do harm to humans?It makes humans more emotional.It stops human brains from developing.It causes physical changes to human brains.It leads humans to fall into bad habits like smoking.What can be inferred from the Cambridge University study? A. Age is a deciding factor in the training to claim a pr