2020金山区高三英语二模试卷

金山区

2019

学年第二学期质量监控

高三英语试卷

（考 试时间

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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 hospital.

B. In a school.

C. In a kindergarten.

D. In a tourist office.

2. A. Improving her cooking skills.

B. Tasting the food made by Tom.

C. Having a picnic.

D. Showcasing her talents to Tom.

3. A. Supportive.

B. Hesitant.

C. Indifferent.

D. Disapproving.

4. A. In January.

B. Until winter vacation.

C. During Christmas season.

D. Right now.

5. A. The foundation of the theatre.

B. A change to the theatre.

C. The removal of the seats.

D. The figure of the audience.

6. A. It can help to find the patients easily.

B. It can record patients

’

conditions.

C. It gives patients medical advice.

D. It makes records available to doctors and nurses.

7. A. He doesn

’

t want to draw.

B. He prefers to make the labor division himself.

C. He is good at drawing.

D. He is happy because he doesn

’

t have to draw.

8. A. The key to the woman

’

s success.

B. The changes on the market.

C. The management of the woman

’

s company.

D. The feeling of being a manager.

9. A. To paint the doors.

B. To paint the ceiling.

C. To continue his job.

D. To take the job home.

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10. A. Because she is accustomed to the food there.

B. Because the food is better there than at the school dining hall.

C. Because it is a quiet place.

D. Because they can

’

t go to the school dining hall.

Section B

Directions:

In

Section

B,

you

will

hear

several

longer

conversation(s)

and

short

passage(s),

and

you

will

be

asked

several

questions

on

each

of

the

conversation(s)

and

the

passage(s).

The

conversation(s) and the passage(s) 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 passage.

11.

A. Factors determining intelligence.

B. A story of identical twins.

C. The importance of intelligence.

D. How to get a higher IQ.

12.

A. Because only one could enter college.

B. Because they were abandoned by their parents.

C. Because their parents died when they were only babies.

D. Because the psychologists did an experiment researching human intelligence.

13.

A. John got a better education than his identical brother, Peter.

B. Children growing up in wealthy families are smarter.

C. Environment is important to the development of one

’

s intelligence.

D. An isolated community has more educational opportunities.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14.

A. Unwrapping a new album.

B. Having a newly-bought car.

C. Entering a newly- purchased house.

D. Having access to an online account.

15.

A. It is nice to share the account on Amazon.

B. The sharing economy makes full use of cars.

C. Consumers consider ownership more important than access.

D. The sharing economy makes clear relationship between consumers and products.

16.

A. The sharing economy develops car manufacturing.

B. It is good for environment to increase the usage of goods.

C. The sharing economy reshapes the market and benefits people.

D. In the sharing economy, companies bridge the gap between people and resources.

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Questions17 through20 are based on the following conversation.

17. A. Products.

B. Locations.

C. Coffee making techniques.

D. Staff quality.

18. A. She made a questionnaire.

B. She talked with customers.

C. She wrote a handbook for the employees.

D. She applied for a job at Starbucks.

19. A. Customers are especially concerned about the service of a cafe.

B. The more expensive the coffee beans and milk, the better the coffee is.

C. Customers want more varieties of coffee.

D. Customers rely on the brand image when they are making choices.

20. A. Because the manual will be the latest version.

B. Because it will tell customers detailed product information.

C. Because it includes important policies and procedures.

D. Because employees enjoy reading it.

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.

A ban on distracted walking

You can’t walk down the street without passing so

-

called “smartphone

zombies

(

僵尸

).” They

are too absorbed in their screen (21) _________ (watch) where they are going. Almost four in ten

people admit having suffered a technology-related small accident (22) _________ they pay

more

attention to their electronic device than to the pavement.

Now the city of Honolulu, Hawaii, has decided it’s time to take immediate action and make

itillegal to cross the road while using a mobile phone. Those (23) ________ (catch) using phones,

tablets or other electronic devices at crossing points could face a fine of up to $$100.

Honolulu is the first major U.S. city to ban (24) __________

is called “distracted walking.” It

comes

after

a

study

found

there

(25)___________(be)

more

than

11,000

injuries

in

the

United

States resulting from phone-related distraction while walking in the past few years.

To explain

the decision, mayor Kirk Caldwell said, “We hold the unfortunate honor of being a

major city (26) ___________more pedestrians are hit in crosswalks than almost any other city in

the country.”

Under the fine systems, (27) _________ breaks this law for the first time will get a fine of

$$15 to $$35. People breaking the law for a second or third time will get a $$99 fine.

The law, which is called the Distracted Walking Law, does permit an exception. Pedestrians

(28)

___________

use

such

devices

in

the

street

to

call

emergency

services

and

rescue

workers,

such as firefighters and police officers.

If you still want to text while walking, you could avoid (29) _________ (fine) in Honolulu by

using a voice-controlled digital assistant such as Siri or Google Assistant. Or you could just wait

(30) __________ you are again, safely, off the street.

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Section B

Directions:

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.

A.

parental

B. balance

C. declined

D. deposit

E. downloaded

F.

engaging

G. financial

H. immediately

I. listing

J. deliberately

K. purchases

Giving kids allowances in the smartphone age

Allowances

are

a

constant.

No

matter

how

much

technology

interferes

with

the

parent- childrelationship, kids still want money and parents still want to

impart

(

赋予

) a basic work

ethic. Butputting stickers on

chore

(

日常事务

) charts and dropping coins in piggy ban

ks don’t cut it

with the smartphonegeneration.

Parents

in

search

of

more

31

ways

to

teach

children

the

value

of

money

are

turning toallowance-tracking apps, where kids can see their 32 rise and fall in real time.

Bonnie

Koon,

a

mother

of

three

in

Crawfordville,

Fla.,

used

to

post

a

calendar

on

her

refrigerator33

her

kids

chores,

to

the

embarrassment

of

her

16-year-old

twins.

After

seeing

a

Facebookad for the app Greenlight, she

34

it.

Greenlight

links

to

parents’

bank

accounts

so

that

the

payout

can

be

seamless.

Parents

canencourage saving by paying interest on the money that isn’t spent

35

—

interest out

of theparents’ own pockets, of course.

It’s

the

first

taste

of

36

freedom

for

many

kids,

and

it’s

set

in

a

relatively

safeenvironment. Parents can determine spending limits and choose the

retailers

（零售商）

where a

child can make

37. If a child attempts to buy something at an unapproved store or to spend

more than thelimit,the

transaction

(

交易

) is38

and parents get anotification. And if a kid loses

the card, parentscan immediately cancel it from the app.

One of Ms. Koon’s twins, Brenna, works part time at

a restaurant. She’s putting half of her

paycheck into a car-insurance savings fund she set up in the app, with the goal of saving $$450 by

July. With each

39, the app gives Brenna aprogress update.

Some parents might worry that relying on apps to get kids to do chores only encourages them

to be on their phones more. But parents who have chosen this approach argue that they are meeting

their

kids

where

they

are

and

that

it

takes

the

40

nagging

(

唠叨

)

out

of

the

equation.

The

real-timelook

at

their

accounts

makesthe

concepts

of

saving

and

spending

more

tangiblethanreviewing a bank statement.

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

Directions:

For each blank 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.

If you like to take a walk in the woods in the United States or you prefer to decorate a tree at

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Christmas, you should know that climate change is making both of those activities a lot more41.

Looking at two 42 and economically important species

——

the Douglas fir and the Ponderosa

pine

——

scientists found that fires and drought 43 by climate change make new growth difficult,

especially in low- elevation forests, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of

the National Academy of Sciences.

Some

forests

in

four

regions

in

California,

Colorado,

the

Northern

Rockies

and

the

southwestern

part

of

the

United

States

have

crossed

“a(n)

44

climate

tipping

(

转折

)

point

for

post-

fire tree generation,” the study says.

Climate conditions over the past 20 years have 45 changes that would have taken decades or

even centuries to 46 across broad regions of the country. This is leading to the sudden47 of trees

and making these lands increasingly unsuitable for tree regeneration.

“

Climate change is 48 our forests now, not just in some distant future. Maybe in areas where

there are really 49 seed sources, there could be some trees, but it is becoming really hard to get

these trees back due to climate change,

”

said study co-author Kim Davis.

The

problem

probably

won’t

get

any

better,

as

climate

change

is

making

intense

wildfires

much more 50. Western foresters say there used to be a fire season. But devastating and 51 fires

have become a reality all year long. In 2018, fire cost California more than $$9.05 billion, according

to the USA insurance commissioner, the deadliest and most destructive wildfire season in the 52

history.

A higher number of fires and low seed availability means a high probability that these trees in

these

regio

ns

won’t

come

back,

Davis

said.

This

study

53

on

the

driest

and

hottest

areas

of

the

Western forests, but researchers will next try to focus on how much will be impacted.

54,

there

are

some

things

people

can

do

to

ease

some

of

this

problem.

Forest

management

plans

that

reduce

high-severity

burns

can

help.

Increasingly,

forest

managers

are

considering

allowing some fires to burn under more moderate conditions, Davis said. Forest

55

can also replant trees after fire, at least in the areas where climate conditions will allow.

41. A. convenient

B. difficult

C. encouraging

D. frustrating

42. A. ecologically

B. apparently

C. physically

D. financially

43. A. destroyed

B. worsened

C. extended

D. established

44. A. necessary

B. enormous

C. critical

D. invisible

45. A. accelerated

B. delayed

C. eliminated

D. strengthened

46. A. transform

B. spread

C. preserve

D. escape

47. A. extinction

B. decline

C. tragedy

D. increase

48. A. sustaining

B. abandoning

C. facilitating

D. endangering

49. A. sufficient

B. limited

C. moderate

D. approximate

50. A. occasional

B. common

C. essential

D. temporary

51. A. astonishing

B. hopeless

C. costly

D. irreversible

52. A. world

B. state

C. human

D. forest

53. A. concentrated

B. depended

C. insisted

D. commented

54. A. As a result

B. For example

C. In fact

D. What

’

s more

55. A. savers

B. managers

C. researchers

D. advocates

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

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one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

(A)

EU members

’

states have agreed to ban a toxic substance widely found in clothing because it

poses

an

“

acceptable

risk

”

to

the

environment.

Countries

voted

in

favor

of

extending

existing

restrictions on nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPE) to imports of clothing and other textile products.

The

measure

is

intended

to

protect

species

in

water.

Use

of

NPE

in

textile

manufacture

in

Europe was banned over 10 years ago but the substance is still released into the water environment

through imported textiles being washed.

NPE

degrades

in

the

environment

into

substances

including

nonylphenol

(NP),

which

accumulates in the bodies of fish and disturbs their hormones, harming fertility, growth and sexual

development.

NPE is used in textile manufacture as a cleaning and dyeing agent. The EU decision notes that

several studies have found NPE to be present in textile items.

A 2011 study by Greenpeace found NPE in two-thirds of clothes tested, including items sold

by

big-name

brands

such

as

Adidas,

H&M,

Lacoste,

and

Ralph

Lauren.

The

NGO

(Non-Governmental

Organizations)

argued

that

although

concentrations

of

NPE

found

in

the

clothes were low, the chemical

’

s existence in the environment posed a risk.

The new ban on textiles containing NPE in concentrations equal to or greater than 0.01% will

enter

into

force

five

years

after

it

is

adopted

by

the

European

Commission,

which

is

likely

to

happen in September.

In

comments

submitted

to

ECHA

(European

Chemicals

Agency),

clothing

and

textile

firms

have warned that obeying the restriction will be difficult because NPE

is ubiquitous

in the supply

chain and has numerous uses.

The

new

restriction

will

not

apply

to

second-hand

goods

or

recycled

textiles

because

it

is

assumed that these will already have been washed several times so they contain

negligible

(

微不足

道的

) amounts of NPE.

EU countries must eliminate pollution of water bodies by NP as it is a priority substance under

the

Water

Framework

Directive.

A

2013

study

by

the

UK

environment

agency

warned

that

emissions

from

textiles

could

prevent

progress

towards

this

objective.

It

found

29%

of

imported

cotton underwear contained NPE, which was released during the first two washes by the consumer.

56.

The 2011 study by Greenpeace found ____________________.

A.

29% of imported cotton underwear contained NPE

B. NPE had limited effects on aquatic species

C. NPE was widely present in textile products

D. clothes of good quality had no concentrations of NPE

57. What

’

s the possible meaning of the underlined part

“

is ubiquitous

”

in Paragraph 7?

A. is legally protected

B. is not easy to be found

C. seems to be everywhere

D. is uncommon

58. What can we learn from the text?

A. The original ban on use of NPE was very effective.

B. Recycled textiles contain less NPE.

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