曲奇英文2018届黄浦区高考英语二模试卷和参考答案

黄浦区

2017

学年度第二学期期终教学质量监控测试

高三英语试卷

2018.04

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第

I

卷

(

共

100

分

)

I.

Listening Comprehension Section A

Directions: 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. 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.

1. A. In a fruit store B. In a gym

C. At a restaurant

D. At a watch shop

2. A. 4:30

B

. 5:00

C. 5:10

D. 5:15

3.

A. Boss and secretary

B. Nurse and patient

C.

Salesman and customer

D. Teacher and student

4.

A. The tickets are more expensive

B. The tickets told online are cheaper

C. It is difficult to get tickets on the spot

D. It

‘ s better to buy tickoefftlsi

ne

5.

A. He wants to be a musician in the future

B.

He shows more interest in English learning

C.

He displays great music talent in the exhibition

D.

He doesn ‘ t make enough efforts in English learning

6.

A. He wants to get some sleep

B. He needs time to write a paper

C. He has a literature class to attend

D. He is troubled by his sleep problem

7.

A. It looks old

B. It looks new

C. It doesn

‘ t need painting

D. It doesn

‘ t run well

8.

A. Extremely dull

B. Hard to understand

C. Lacking a good story

D. Not worth seeing twice

9.

A. Plan his budget carefully

B. Buy a gift for his mother

C. Ask someone else for advice

D. Give her more information

10.

A. She didn

‘ t like telling jokes

B. She went to school after 9 a.m.

C. She may not have gone to school today

D. She may have been late for school

Section B

Directions:In

Section B, you

will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you

will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the

1

conversation

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 through 13 are based on the following dialogue

11.

A. He found his TV was broken

B. He missed a good TV

C.

He felt bored with the TV program

D. He lost his meal tickets in the cafeteria

12.

A. He lost fifty dollars

B. His time was wasted

D.

His brain wasn

ve‘rytactive

D. He watched just one program

13.

A. Part of the brain is not in use

B.

Part of the brain becomes more passive

C.

It takes longer to process visual information

D.

It processes complex information less actively

Questions 14 through 17 are based on the following dialogue

14.

A. From the newspaper

B. From her classmate

C.

From her friends

D. From the man

15.

A. Plant more trees in the school yard

B. Organize a picnic on Thursday

D.

Build a parking lot for students

D. Protect the natural beauty on campus

16.

A.

Attend

a meeting

B. Attend

a class

C. Visit

her friends

D. Go to

the parking lot

17.

A. Lend her pen to the man

B. Go to the administration

C. Support the students action union

D. Give out the handouts

Questions 18 through 20 are based on the following dialogue

18.

A. There are numerous languages in the existence

B.

Most public languages are essentially vague

C.

People differ greatly in their ability to communicate

D.

Big gaps exist between private and public languages

19.

A. It is a sign of human intelligence

B. It improves with constant practice

C. It is something we are born with

D. It varies from person to person

20.

A. How various languages are related to each other

B.

How children learn to use language in particular ways

C.

How private languages are developed from public ones

D.

How people of different ages create their own languages

II.

Grammar and Vocabulary Section A

Directions: 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 blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Wildlife secrets of Nigeria's last wilderness

Researchers from Chester Zoo, working with the Nigeria National Park Service, surveyed over

2

1,000 square kilometres of the national park. Known

（

21

）

its

mountain

rainforests,

savannah woodlands and rolling grasslands, it is home to some of West Africa's most endangered

animals.

The cameras

（

22

）

(spot) some animals that have never been recorded before in the area

and others, like chimps,

（

23

）

are rarely seen. Stuart Nixon, the Africa

Field

Programme

Co-ordinator

at

Chester

Zoo,

said

confirmation

of

the

locations

of

chimps

was

an

important

discovery.

（

24

）

(have)the biggest population

of this Nigeria-Cameroon chimp, which is the rarest chimp subspecies,

the most important population - that's really

（

25

）

we

need

to

count

it

and

see

what

the

status of the chimp is right now - that will ultimately affect what we know about this subspecies

elsewhere.

The chimp

（

26

）

(endanger) across its range in Cameroon and Nigeria. Its total population

is down to fewer than 9,000 individuals, of which about 1,000 are thought

（

27

）

(live)to

live

within the borders of the national park.

an

incredible

tool

to

use

these

camera

traps

and

to

reveal that this park - which is a

（

28

）

(forget)forgotten wilderness, really, for Nigeria-

still

has a really important reservoir of important species for Nigeria and Africa in general,

Nixon.

Chester Zoo is funding guards for the rangers and providing

training

in

wildlife

onitoring

and protection.

areas and we must continue to work together to ensure

（

29

）

survival

for

future

generations.

（

30

）

all this beauty were lost it would be a terrible tragedy for all.

Section B

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be

used once. Note that there is one word more than you need

A. approach

B. architectural

C. captured

D. complicated

E. defensive

F. defined

G

. extension

H. houses

I. reflect

J. shades

K. status

Why India's Pink City' is a Photographer's Heaven

The city of Jaipur is one of India's wonders. It

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some of the country's most decorative royal

palaces-elegant structures designed hundreds of years ago that still attract

visitors

today.

Largely

built in

the 1700s, Jaipur is surrounded by a city wall and several

32

castles. Considered as a

commercial center, it was ahead of its time due to the use of grid iron (

网格状

) city planning.

A romantic dusty pink type- which has

33

the

city

since

1876,

after

it

was

painted

pink

towel come Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert-gives Jaipur its 34

as the

35

beauty

is

what

first

brought

HongKong-based

photographers

Victor

Cheng

and

Samantha Wong to Jaipur.

Walking in

glass

skyscrapers

for

century-old

royal

palacesand

historic

castles,

the

pair-who

have 130,000 Instagram followers between them-said that the images they

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in Jaipur

received a lot of response online.

happy we were able to show this side of the country.

For the photographers, one of the city's most fascinating features is the light pink coloring of its

3

buildings.

“

The first gate y

ou see when you enter are pink, “

s

aid Wang “Once you ‘ re through,

everything around you varies in different

37

of

the

color-- from

bright

pinks

to

reddish

browns.

The building is a(n)

38

of the City Palace, and its windows allowed royal women to observe

street life without appearing in public. One of Cheng's most striking photos shows a straight front

of the building and its hundreds of windows. The building's lively coloring also pushed Cheng to

take a different

39

to

editing

than

with

images

of

other

cities.

toned

down

my

usual editing process because the pink was so bright in reality,

40

the actual color I was seeing myself and to maintain its tone.

III.

Reading Comprehension Section A

Directions

：

For each blank in the following passages 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.

Concerns about the harm caused by

“too much”

screen time

–

particularly when it is spent on

social media

—

are widespread. But working out what a

“

healthy< /p>

”

41

might

be

is

far

from

easy.

Some negative experiences on social media

—

like

42

how

your

appearance

compares

to

others

—

do affect some children. However, this does not mean that technology use in

43

is

harmful and it is difficult to make claims about how it will affect different people.

Consider the picture painted by a UNICEF review of existing research into the effects of digital

technology on children‘

s

44

comforts,

including

happiness,

mental

health

and

social

life.

Rather than stating that social media was harmful, it suggested a more

45

effect.

The UNICEF report highlighted

a 2017 study that examined 120,000 UK 15-year-olds. Among

those

teenagers

who

were

the

lightest

users,

it

was

found

that

increasing

the

time

spent

using

technology was linked to

46

comfort

—

possiblybecause it

was

important

for

keeping

up

friendships.

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, among the heaviest users of technology, any increase in time was linked to

lower

levels

of

comfort.

Overall,

the

UNICEF

study

suggested

that

some

screen

time

could

be

good for children‘

s mental health.

A broader look at evidence provided by some other high quality studies again suggests the story

is not

48

.

An

early

study

in

2013

looked

at

how

the

television

and

video

game

habits

of

11,000 UK five-year-olds affected them two years later. It is one of few studies actually

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the effects of technology over time. It suggested that, compared with children who watched one

hour of television or less on a weekday, a small increase in conduct problems was seen among

those who watched more than three hours each day. Playing

e

lectronic

g

ames,

however,

was

not

seen as leading to a greater

50

of friendship or emotional problems.

So how much time should our children spend looking at screens? It

i

s difficult to be

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as

different

people

spend

time

online

in

such

different

ways.

A

useful

comparison

might

be

with

sugar. Broadly speaking, people

52

that

too

much

sugar

can

be

bad

for

your

health.

But

the

effect

it

might

have

can

depend

on

many

factors,

from

the

type

of

sugar

to

the

person

and

the

amount. We would not

53

trust anyone who claims to predict how someone is affected by

consuming one gram of sugar. The same could be said for

54

usage:

the

outcomes

depend

on

so many factors that only very

55

predictions are possible.

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41.

A. amount

B. comparison

C. experience

D. medium

42.

A. accounting for

B. boasting of

C. commenting on

D. worrying about

43.

A. general

B. particular

C. private

D. public

44.

A. domestic

B. material

C. physical

D. psychological

45.

A. complex

B. dramatic

C. harmless

D. predictable

46.

A. improved

B. maximum

C. relative

D. small

47.

A. As a rule

B. In contrast

C. On the whole

D. Worse still

48.

A. convincing

B. definite

C. probable

D. true

49.

A. estimating

B. experiencing

C. reducing

D. tracing

50.

A. connection

B. power

C. promotion

D. risk

51.

A. balanced

B. independent

C. precise

D. subjective

52.

A. agree

B. forget

C. object

D. remember

53.

A. equally

B. readily

C. reluctantly

D. weakly

54.

A. emotion therapy

B. social media

C. TV broadcasting

D. video game

55.

A. confident

B. optimistic

C. rough

D. wild

Section B

Directions: Read the following 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.

(A)

The cold northern wind here in the streets of Petersburg strengthens my nerves and fills

me

with delight. I cannot think of

the

Pole

as

cold

and

empty;

in

my

imagination

it

is

a

region

of

beauty and delight. Who knows what strange landscapes and creatures we may find

there.

I

shall

satisfy my curiosity

with the sight of an unknown part of the world-and walk where no man has

before. Thinking of it, I feel the same joy a child feels when he sails his little boat on a voyage of

discovery up his native river.

This voyage was the favorite dream of my

early years. My education was neglected, yet I was

passionately

fond

of

reading.

Uncle

Thomas's

library

contained

only

books

about

exploration,

which

I

read

day

and

night.

Finally

my

thoughts

comes

to

the

idea

of

making

a

voyage

of

discovery.

Six years have passed sinceI decided on the present voyage. I can, even now, remember the

hour

when

I

committed

myself

to

this

great

enterprise.

I

began

by

making

my

body

used

to

hardship. I went on whale hunting voyages to the North Sea; I voluntarily endured cold, hunger,

thirst, and lack of sleep. I often worked harder than the common sailors during the day. Then, at

nights, I studied mathematics, the theory of medicine, and sciences of practical importance for a

seagoing adventurer. Twice I took jobs as an officer on a Greenland whaling ship. I felt a little

proud when my captain asked me to remain with the ship, so valuable did he consider my services.

And

now, do

I

not deserve to

achieve some great task? My life might have been passed in

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