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2020
届上海市静安区高三二模英语试题
一、句子翻译
1
．你没必要凡事亲力亲为。
(need n.)
2
．
SARS
之后
,
少数人没有吸取教训，仍以食野味为乐。
(enjoy)
3
．我从未意识到个人的命运与国家的命运如此地息息相关。
(Never)
4
．为满足人们日益增长的
消费需求，出现了一系列商品和服务，
“
懒人经济
”
迅速发展，
其特性是
省时省
力便捷。
(emerge)
二、完形填空
How Saving Wildlife Benefits Humans
It’s no secret that we’ve
lost an overwhelming number of species within that
last four decades. These species
have
all but 5
．
_____ due to
overpopulation, deforestation, consumer culture,
climate change, animal exploitation,
and other harming sources
—
all brought about by
mankind.
One of the first great rules
of terrestrial (
陆地的
) biology
is “no species is forever.”
6
．
_____ , this
rapid loss of
species today is
estimated to be between1,000and 10,000 times
higher
than the natural
extinction rate. As
increasingly
accepted theories have argued, we are now in the
midst of the sixth great
7
．
_____ .
The
Earth consists of plants, animals, water,
land, the atmosphere, and
humans.
Biodiversity
(
生物多样性
)
8
．
_____
the health of the planet
and has a great impact on all our lives. Reduced
biodiversity means a future where
food
supplies are vulnerable
(
易受攻击的
) to pests and
disease, and fresh water is
in short supply. If biodiversity
9
．
_____
impacts
our lives in such big
ways, then our conservation
(
环保
) efforts don’t just
benefit the
environment, they benefit
us, too.
One convincing benefit that
comes from wildlife conservation efforts is that
it ensures food 10
．
_____.
Wildlife
conservation promotes
agricultural biodiversity, which plays an
important role in building a secure and healthy
food
system. When agricultural
biodiversity is 11
．
_____and
land
is cleared for
agriculture, extensive habitat loss takes
place, as well as undocumented loss of
species and massive soil erosion
(
侵蚀
).
Another
benefit that comes from wildlife conservation is
that these 12
．
_____
protect human health.
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Conservation
International reports
that “more than 50
percent of modern medicines and more than 90
percent of
traditional medicines
come from wild plants
and animals.”
13
．
_____,
a
world that promotes healthy
ecosystems and biodiversity provides
crucial buffers (
缓冲
) between
disease and humans. A number of studies have
14
．
_____ reduced
diversity among mammal (
哺乳动物
) species and overall decreases in
biodiversity to an increase
in the
transmission (
传
播
) of animal-
born diseases to humans.
Perhaps the
most convincing benefit that comes from wildlife
conservation is that it provides us with
15
．
_____
whether
it be economically or socially. Increasing
biodiversity and
healthy
ecosystems improve agricultural
productivity, thereby allowing farms to
become more 16
．
_____ .
Healthy ecosystems that are home to unique species
17
．
_____
tourists from around the
world, which helps the local economy and invites
in a new fusion of investment.
Our
unsustainable, unconscious, self-interested
relationship with the environment has led us into
an extremely
destructible world. If we
do not take action and
18
．
_____ changing our ways,
we
are at risk
of losing more vital
and
19
．
_____ ecosystems and
biodiversity,
or at least
until the sixth
great
extinction claims one final species: our
own.
5
．
A
．
changed
6
．
A
．
Furtherm
ore
7
．
A
．
extinction
8
．
A
．
threatens
9
．
A
．
infrequently
B
．
existed
B
．
However
B
．
destruction
B
．
localizes
B
．
potentially
C
．
disappeared
C
．
Therefore
C
．
evolution
C
．
strengthens
C
．
regionally
C
．
development
C
．
exploited
C
．
intentions
C
．
In particular
C
．
adjusted
C
．
services
C
．
scarce
C
．
forbid
C
．
set about
C
．
unlimited
D
．
evolved
D
．
Otherwise
D
．
immigration
D
．
endangers
D
．
directly
D
．
security
D
．
valued
D
．
contributions
D
．
By contrast
D
．
linked
D
．
nutrients
D
．
profitable
D
．
protect
D
．
argue for
D
．
imbalanced
10
．
A
．
management
B
．
inspection
11
．
A
．
identified
12
．
< br>A
．
initiatives
13
．
A
．
I
n addition
14
．
A
．
adapted
15
< br>．
A
．
protections
16
．
A
．<
/p>
standard
17
．
A
．
discourage
18
．
A
．
feel like
B
．
cultivated
B
．
consequences
B
．
After all
B
．
turned
B
．
opportunities
B
．
welcome
B
．
attract
B
．
keep on
19
．
A
．
< br>irreplaceable
B
．
unpredictable
三、阅读理解
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Tea, the
most typical of English drinks, is a relative
latecomer to British shores. Although the custom
of drinking
tea dates back to the third
millennium (
一千年
) BC in
China, it was not until the mid-17th century that
the drink first
appeared in England. It
was the Portuguese and Dutch traders who first
imported tea to Europe, reaching the
Continent by the way of Venice
around 1560, with regular
shipments by 1610.
Curiously, it was
the London coffee houses that were responsible for
introducing tea to England. One of the first
coffee house merchants to offer tea was
Thomas Garway. He sold both liquid and dry tea to
the public as early as 1657.
Three
years later he issued a broadsheet advertising tea
at ?
6 to ?
10 per pound,
touting (
兜
售
) its virtues
at
“making the body active and lusty
(
健壮的
)”, and “preserving
perfect health until extreme old age”.
Tea gained popularity quickly in the
coffee houses, and by 1700 over 500 coffee houses
sold it. This distressed
the pub
owners, as tea cut their sales of beer, and it was
bad news for the government, who depended upon a
steady
stream of revenue
(
税收
) from taxes on liquor
sales. By 1750 tea had become the favoured drink
of Britain’s lower
classes.
A 1676 act taxed tea and required
coffee house operators to apply for a license.
This was just the start of
government
attempts to control, or at least, to profit from
the popularity of tea in Britain. By the mid-18th
century the
duty on tea had reached a
ridiculous 119 percent. This heavy taxation had
the effect of creating a whole new industry
—
tea smuggling (
走
私
). Ships from Holland and Scandinavia
brought tea to the British coast, then stood
offshore
while smugglers met them and
unloaded the precious cargo in small vessels. The
smugglers, often local fishermen,
secretly moved the tea inland through
underground passages and hidden paths to special
hiding places. One of the
best hiding
places was in the local church!
Even
smuggled tea was expensive, however, and therefore
extremely profitable, so many smugglers began to
adulterate (
掺假
)
the tea with other substances, such as willow and
sloe leaves. Used tea leaves were also redried and
added to fresh leaves.
Finally, in 1784 William Pitt the
Younger introduced the Commutation Act,
which dropped the tax on
tea from
119% to 12.5%, effectively
ending smuggling. Adulteration remained a problem,
though, until the Food and Drug
Act of
1875 brought in severe punishment for the
practice.
20
．
According to
the passage, tea drinking _______.
A
．
is the favorite
pastime of the Dutch
B
．
is an important
British tradition
C
．
was well-
received by the Portuguese centuries ago
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D
．
could be found
everywhere in the world in 1560
21
．
Who might be
annoyed by the popularity of the tea?
A
．
Coffee house
owners.
C
．
Britain’s lower
classes.
B
．
Wine sellers.
D
．
Smugglers.
22
．
Which of the
following statements about tea smuggling is TRUE?
A
．
Churches
provided convenience for smuggling.
B
．
Fishermen and
farmers contributed a lot to tea industry.
C
．
Underground
passages and boats were ideal hiding places for
tea.
D
．
The
government encouraged tea smuggling for taxes on
tea.
23
．
How was
the order of the tea market finally restored in
Britain?
A
．
By
passing an act related to a tax rise.
B
．
By imposing
mild punishment.
C
．
By punishing
those who sold fake tea.
D
．
By mixing
redried used leaves with fresh tea leaves.
These are pages
pasted on a college bulletin board. It lists part-
time job vacancies on campus this semester.
Bilingual Secretary Wanted
Our International Exchange Department
requires one part-time bilingual secretary for our
office. He / She must
be native
Mandarin with excellent English competence (better
with Japanese). We
ask
for
8
hours
a week
(from Monday
to
Saturday),
and working schedule is
negotiable. However,
English
corners
are arranged on Thursdays,
and therefore we need
you to be on site
from 3pm to 5pm. Attractive salary and
good benefits package, including chances to
exchange to foreign countries,
are
offered to junior and senior year students with
excellent secretarial skills, the ability to
communicate, an outgoing
personality
and a strong sense of responsibility.
Please hand in applications with photo,
and email to uniied@, or call 400-800-100 during
office hours
to get further
information.
International Exchange
Department
Advanced Math Teaching
Assistants in Need
The Mathematics
Department is looking for two Advanced Math
teaching assistants. The job is mainly to help
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freshmen students
to deal with math assignments and projects, as
well as prepare them for final exams in Week 16.
We hope those applying for the position
could meet the following requirements. First, it’s
necessary for the
applicants to be
skilled at math. Second, he/she should have at
least 2 As in math-related courses with GPA no
less
than 4.0. Third, the job asks for
excellence in both professional skills and
patience.
For those who are interested
in the position, please send your
ré
sumé
to unimd@ before
September
15th.
Part-time
Job Recruitment
Dr. Jessica Smith
Mathematics Department
Technology
Support Department lacks several assistants to
work at its help desk.
Contents: A
customer service job
—
answering questions, helping people solve their
computer problems,
providing basic
teaching to new users, etc.
Requirement: the Advanced Computer Test
certificate; good interpersonal skills;
enthusiasm.
Work hours: from 6 a.m. to
2 a.m.
early mornings (6 a.m.-9 a.m.):
2 persons mornings (9
a.m.- 12 a.m.): 1
person
afternoons (12 p.m.- 6 p.m.):
(full)
evenings (6 p.m. - 11 p.m.):
(full)
late nights: (11 p.m.-2 a.m.): 2
persons weekends: 3
persons
If you are interested, please come to
Luking Library 2F (East Side) Room 213 and fill
the forms. An interview
will be
arranged afterwards. New position for the next
semester will be released in December.
Mr. Luke Johnson Technology
Support Department
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If you get the
position as a secretary, you ________.
A
．
have to assist
in English corner
B
．
have a tight
schedule during the week
C
．
have the chance
to be an exchange student in foreign universities
anytime during university
D
．
must be a
native English speaker who can speak fluent
Chinese
25
．
Why
are there so many job vacancies in Technology
Support Department?
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A
．
Because the
interview is challenging.
B
．
Because
applicants have to fill in complicated forms.
C
．
Because
applicants have to work irregular hours.
D
．
Because the
Advanced Computer Test certificate is too
difficult to obtain.
26
．
Which of the
following statements is correct according to the
advertisements?
A
．
The
advertisements can be found on the school website.
B
．
Call for
further information of math teaching assistants
before September 15th.
C
．
More job
vacancies in the Mathematics Department will be
available in December.
D
．
The
International Exchange Department needs a
communicative and responsible secretary.
China has long
been tipped to be the next Silicon Valley, but now
the
finances
and support are in place to
make it happen.
There
is a growing consensus
(
共
识
) that while
Silicon Valley
is not
about
to
disappear
anytime
soon, its next biggest rival is
already on the verge of bursting onto the
international
scene
—
not in the US, nor in the
EU, but in Asia. More specifically,
China.
This is not just an observation
based on the rise of companies like Alibaba, Baidu
and Tencent. It is grounded
in a more widespread move to fund
start-ups in Asia to the point where more money is
being invested there than in
Europe.
Just five years ago, Europe and Asia are neck and
neck in terms of investment.
In 2013,
Europe made slightly more deals, 1550 compared to
Asia’s 1071, but the total value
of investment was
$$7bn. Just
five years later, Asia is now four times the size
of Europe with twice as many deals carried out.
Between 2013 to 2018, the number of
deals in Asia increased nearly fivefold, and their
value leapt to $$81bn,
compared to the
$$21bn raised in Europe. The Asian figure also
shows that the continent is closing the gap on the
US
which saw $$105bn worth of deals.
One of the main reasons that makes the
country so attractive is not just the huge growth
in investment and high
education
standards, but also local and national
governmental support benefiting tech companies.
In fact, one of the conclusions of a
recent Fortune tech conference was
that
China’s tech companies will soon be
beating American companies on their
home turf. One of the reasons is that investors
believe US immigration policy is
making
it more difficult for the best talent around the
world to find work there. Plus, Chinese companies
are now able
to start paying salaries
that can keep pace with those on offer in Silicon
Valley.
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Hence,
when Ian Roger, Chief Digital Official at luxury
group LVMH was asked where he thought the next
Facebook or Google would come from, he
suggested it would be a close call between Silicon
Valley and China. The
latter had the
investment that is needed as well as a hard work
culture of a six-day week. It also has a superb
education
system and a huge population.
As Silicon Valley appears to be heating
up a little too hard for some people, China would
appear to be warming
up at just the
right pace.
27
．
What does the
expression “on the verge of ” in paragraph 2 refer
to?
A
．
on the way of
C
．
on the
condition of
B
．
on
the list of
D
．
on
the point of
28
．
Which of the
following is NOT a reason why China attracts
foreign investment in tech companies?
A
．
High education
standards.
C
．
Support from
the government.
B
．
Huge growth in
investment.
D
．
Higher salaries
than those in Silicon Valley.
29
．
It can’t be
inferred from the pa
ssage that
________.
A
．
the
US immigration policy is strict but talent-
friendly
B
．
Ian
Roger believes the next Google might come from
China
C
．
employees
of Baidu might be accustomed to overwork
D
．
Chinese tech
companies can provide highly competitive salaries
now.
30
．
What is
the passage mainly about?
A
．
The total value
of investment in Asia is four times that in
Europe.
B
．
Finances, high
education standards and support make it possible
for China to become the next Silicon Valley.
C
．
Asia attracts
worldwide best talents to tech companies.
D
．
American tech
companies will soon be beaten by those in China.
四、七选五
What Your “Age” Says About
You
Imagine, for a moment,
that you had no birth certificate and your age was
simply based
on
the way you feel
inside. How
old would you say you are?
Like your
height or shoe size, the number of years that have
passed since you first entered the world is an
unchangeable fact.
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Scientists are increasingly interested
in this quality. They are finding that our
“subjective
age” may
be essential
for
understanding the reasons why some people appear
to be energetic as they grow old
—
while others fade.
32
．
It
is now well accepted that people tend to mature as
they get older, becoming less extroverted (
外
向
的
)
and less open to new experiences. These
personality changes are often considered more
obvious in the people with
older
subjective ages.
However, those who
feel younger than they really are also become more
reliable and less neurotic (
神
经
质
的
) as they gain the wisdom that comes
wi
th greater life experience. But it
doesn’t come at the cost of the energy and
vigor of youth. It’s not true that
having a lower subjective age leaves us frozen in
a state of permanent immaturity.
Feeling younger than your years also
seems to come with a lower risk of depression and
greater
mental
wellbeing as
we
age. 33
．
Most
people felt about eight years younger than their
actual chronological age
(
实际年
龄
). But some
felt they had aged
—
and the
consequences were serious. Feeling between 8 and
13 years older than
your actual age
resulted in an 18-25% greater risk of death over
the study periods, and greater disease burden
—
even
when you
control for other demographic (
人
口
学
的
) factors such as education, race or
marital status.
34
．
However old you really a
re,
it’s worth questioning whether any of those
limitations are coming from the
within.
A
．
It also means
better physical health.
B
．
One of the most
interesting aspects of the research has explored
how subjective age interacts with our personality.
C
．
Some studies
have explored the potential physical consequences
of this difference.
D
．
These findings
can give us all a view of the way our own brains
and bodies endure the passing of time.
E.
But everyday experience
suggests that people often don’t experience
ageing
the same way.
researchers are now trying to study how this
knowledge might help us live longer.
五、书面表达
36.
我国教育改革越来越重视培养
学生的创新能力，请你从中学生的角度，谈谈我们的教学中哪些做法促进了
学生创新能力
的发展，提出改进的意见并说明理由。
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六、语法填空
The Shop Where It’s OK to
Be Different
When Angela
Makey knew her autistic
(
患自闭症的
) son Adam wanted to
open a comic shop, she laughed out
loud. She knew he’d been keen on comics
since childhood. But h
ow would he
deal with
customers
and
suppliers
and
all the
other
jobs 37
．
are
necessary for running a business?
At
that time, Adam was looking for a job. He had a
degree in philosophy and had learned to live
independently,
but there didn’t seem to
be
any suitable jobs for him. The
family 38
．
(hope)
he and his younger brother Guy, also
with autism, could find work that
matched their strengths: reliability, punctuality
and attention to detail. But there
were
no available opportunities.
So the
“laughable”
comic shop idea began to
grow on Angela. Eventually, she
used
her savings
to
buy
a
shop
in
Cambridgeshire,
and
seven years
ago Niche Comics
39
．
(bear).
Like many autistic people, Adam loves
comics for their world of rich detail and visual
expression. He developed
an interest in
Marvel comic heroes on TV
40
．
he was seven
years old. “They are a reminder
41
．
it’s OK not to be
like
everyone else,” Adam said. He’s now 30, and comics
and their heroes are still part of his
life.
In the comic shop, the
brothers share their encyclopedic
(
渊博的
) knowledge of comics
with customers.
The
brothers act
as
guides
in this universe,
42
．
(introduce)
customers to new comics.
The shop
attracts
many
autistic customers. And being autistic
43
．
turns out to
be a big help for the brothers
to deal
with customers. They are good at
44
．
(spot) the
customers’ needs and feelings. “Maybe it’s the
tone of the
voice, the motion of a hand
—
small details
that most people won’t pick up on —
that I might have insight
(
深刻理
解
) into,”
s
ays Guy. Of course, the majority of
customers who come to the shop are not autistic.
Now the brothers get
a steady stream of
customers who are, both male and female,
45
．
young
children to retired people. Once the shop had
established itself, the brothers also
began reaching out to people with autism beyond
the shop.
Seven years on, Angela is
glad she took the risk of
helping her
sons
46
．
(create)
their dream shop. “This shop
has a
soul,” the mother says proudly.
七、选词填空
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New E-Commerce Law Takes Effect
China’s new e
-commerce law,
which was passed last August, took effect on
January 1. The law comes amid the
rapid
development of China into the world’s largest
e
-commerce market.
The law
aims to regulate the market and create a sound
47
．
environment.
It covers the requirement for
registration and licensing of
e-commerce operators, taxation, electronic
payment, etc. It also 48
．
other important
aspects of
e-commerce, including false advertising, consumer
protection, data protection, intellectual property
and
cybersecurity.
The new
law will apply to three types of operators. These
include e-commerce 49
．
operators like Taobao,
third-party merchants who sell goods
and services on e-commerce platforms, and online
vendors (
供应商
) who do
business via other network
50
．
, such as social media
sites. It means that merchants who sell goods
through
non-traditional e-commerce
platforms, such as WeChat, will fall under the new
law. These sellers will now need to
finish their business registration and
pay 51
．
taxes.
The law will make all e-commerce
platform operators 52
．
responsible with the merchants for
selling any fake
or knock-off goods on
their websites. Before the law took effect,
individual merchants were solely responsible when
caught selling liable
(
负有偿付责任的
) goods.
The implementation of the law may bring
53
．
on online
retail (
零售
) companies and
merchants selling goods
through social
media sites. Many private shopping agents (known
as daigou) are considering whether to continue the
service under the new policy since it
will increase the management cost and lead to a
rise in the product price.
But the new
law does not aim to 54
．
small to medium sized online retailer.
Instead, it helps lay the legal
foundation for the growth of the
e-commerce business industry,
55
．
order in the
market and further promotes its
growth.
Besides, the law will help clean up
China’s reputation as a
56
．
source of fake or knock-off goods. In
the long
term, consumers will benefit
from it.
八、概要写作
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When Everything Gets Smart
It still feels magical to
light up your living room by saying
“Alexa, turn on the lights.” Tech companies are
adding internet connections to just
about everything you can imagine. Cars, door
locks, toasters, refrigerators,
toothbrushes, motorcycle helmets. More
and
more
technology
powers are taking part in this trend
—
known by
“the
internet of things.”
There
is no denying that smart technology will lead to
conveniences. You can use voice commands to turn
on the
lights, coffee maker and music.
You can get reminders from your toothbrush to
brush and tips on how best to do it.
Thanks to the internet of things, you
could live like the Beast in the Disney movie,
with animated objects around
taking
care of your every need. That’s the appeal of
smart homes for most people, and why they
are supposed to be a
$$27
billion market by 2021.
However, the
facts are not always so rosy. The smart objects in
your home can be a source of annoyance. Usually
people have to download dozens of
different apps to a smartphone to control
everything, which means creating an
account for each one of those apps. The
fantasy of the smart home is that it will save us
time and effort. But the
trouble
involved in getting various devices
from different companies to work
together means that many things may
take longer to do.
Worse
still, there may be security risks. Smart home
systems are part of a larger suite (
套
) devices,
apps,
websites and spaces that collect
and analyze personal data about users. To get the
full benefits of smart home systems,
users must share their locations,
routines, tastes in music, shopping history and so
forth. It might manage your digital
life quite well. On the other hand,
however, providing so much personal information
benefits companies like Amazon.
As they
gain access to users’ persona
l
information, they may capitalize on (
获
利
) it in the form of targeted
advertisements. Perhaps that’s why
Wired magazine says, “Amazon’s next big business
is selling you.”
Smartened
everything comes with broader security concerns.
Unsecured devices conne
cted to the
“internet of
things” can be targets for
hackers. Access to smart devices might provide
hackers a well
-spring of useful data,
including information about when users
are home
—
or not.
Considering the disadvantages, why not
slow down a bit as we head toward an uncertain
future?
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