2020届上海市崇明区高三二模英语试卷含答案

崇明区

2020

届第二次高考模拟考试试卷

英

语

（考试时间

120

分钟，满分

140

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. A physicist.

B. An operator.

C. A surgeon.

D. A

psychologist.

2.

A. In a college.

B. In a bank.

C. In a property agency. D. In an accounting office.

3.

A. Go home.

B. Go travelling.

C. Help in a lab.

D. Help in a travel agency.

4.

A. Leave the exhibition.

B. Ignore what the man says.

C. See more of the exhibition.

D. Help the man understand art.

5.

A. The time to close student accounts.

B. The application procedures of student accounts.

limits on student loans.

D. The application deadline of student loans.

6.

A. The woman is better at writing reports.

B. He is unqualified to write the report.

C. The woman should have told him earlier.

D. He should have made last-minute preparations.

7.

A. The man seldom eats in the cafeteria.

B. The woman prefers canned vegetables.

C. The spring roll contains more vegetables.

D. The cafeteria usually uses canned vegetables.

8.

A. She warned the man previously.

B. She thinks the chemistry class is difficult.

C. The man should have got up earlier.

D. The man needs to be more attentive in class.

9.

A. Only take morning classes.

B. Make time for lunch in her schedule.

C. Get used to skipping lunch.

D. Change her schedule after she has lunch.

10.

A. The data need to be collected soon.

B.

The questions haven’t been designed

yet.

C.

The man will help the woman interview people.

D.

The woman hasn’t decided on the theme of the

paper.

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 them. The passages and the 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 is

the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

11.

A. Charging its visitors.

B. Meeting its overnight tourists’

requirements.

C. Restricting its access.

D. Monitoring individuals arriving in private cars.

12.

A. To help hotels earn more.

B. To prevent visitors staying overnight.

C. To support some services.

D. To add a tax on services.

13.

A. Transport companies disapprove of it.

B. Venice is accessible in all directions.

C. The fee is too high for most tourists.

D. It may make tourism less aggressive.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14.

A. To earn more e-sports scholarships.

B. To

arouse girls’

interest in STEM.

C. To attract a greater range of gamers.

D. To provide college opportunities for girls.

15.

A. The general education.

B. Low reputation of role models.

C. Lack of appropriate e-games.

D. The assumption that girls aren’t

fit.

16.

A. The choice of games.

B. The gender of players

C. The wealth of players.

D. The competition environment.

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

17.

A. The way to pay for vacations.

B. The time to spend vacations.

C. The budget limit of a vacation.

D. The choice of holiday destinations.

18.

A. By car.

B. By ship.

C. By train.

D. By plane.

19.

A. It can change his view on budgeting.

B. It is fun to enjoy the scenery on the way.

C. It offers a chance to read more books.

D. It is joyful to listen to music while driving.

20.

A. The man is afraid to take a plane.

B. The man prefers a debt-free holiday.

C. The woman earns more than the man.

D. The woman uses her credit card at will.

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.

Sneakers

(

运动鞋

) Made from Old Chewing Gum

Dutch fashion and shoe label Explicit Wear is hoping to solve one of life’s sticky situations—

the annoyance of

stepping in waste chewing gum on the pavement

—while helping to keep Amsterdam’s city streets clean. The brand

has partnered with local marketing organization Iamsterdam and sustainability firm Gumdrop (21) (create) a

limited edition sneaker for adults made from recycled gum collected from the city’s

pavements.

Chewing gum causes an incredibly serious ecological problem,(22) it is made from plastics that do not

biodegrade

(

生物降解

). It’s also the second (23)

(common) form of roadside litter, after cigarette ends. An

incredible 3.3 million pounds of gum are incorrectly thrown away on the sidewalks each year, (24) (cost) the

city millions of dollars to clean up. Gumdrop plans to collect waste gum from the streets of Amsterdam, clean them,

and turn them into Gum-Tec, the material that forms the base of the shoe.

The waste gum will be put to good use to make stylish kicks, (25) will also raise awareness for the anti-

littering cause. (26) (price) at around $$332, the shoes will come into the market sometime next

month.

Available for preorder now, the new Gumshoe sneakers

—

offered in both a bubblegum pink and a black/red

colorway

—

(27)

(feature)

long-lasting

rubber

outsoles

(

鞋子外底

) shaped from

recyclable

compounds

produced by Gumdrop, 20 percent of which are made from gum.

Nearly 2.2 pounds of gum (28) (use) in every four pairs of shoes. A map of Amsterdam is made into the

bottom

of

the

soles

to

remind

people

of

the

littering

problem.

Even

better,

the

sneakers

actually

still

smell

like

bubblegum, (29) the annoying stickiness. Just as good as any sneaker with a rubber sole, the Gumshoes help

get chewing gum off our streets and keep the dangerously non-biodegradable substance out of our eco-system.

To help spread their sustainability message, (30)

Gumshoe’s creators are hoping to do is to expand

their

project to other major cities around the world.

Section B

Directions:

After reading the passage below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can

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

A. documentary

G. ballooned

B. categorize

H. former

C. sense

I. determined

D. claimed

J. romantic

E. rid

K. drive

F. outlook

Former World’s Fattest Man Finds Love

He was once the world

’

s fattest man weighing in at an incredible 980 pounds and consuming 20,000 calories

(

卡路里

) a day. But it seems that after losing 672 pounds following a surgery, it

’

s not just Paul Mason

’

s health that

has a more promising (31)

—

his weight loss may have also promoted his love life.

Mr. Mason has only known his new girlfriend Rebecca for a month and the pair are yet to meet, but already

the 52-year old

has (32)

that Rebecca is the love of his life. The pair met online last month when Rebecca

saw a

television

(33)

about

Mr.

Mason’s

extreme

fatness

—

the

result

of

overeating

when

a

previous

relationship ended. She was so touched by his situation as to get in touch, keen to help

Mr. Mason get the NHS

(National Health Service) to pay for a second operation to (34)

him of layers of extra skin.

Mr.

Mason said: “She didn’t really think of

anything (35)

at the beginning. It wasn’t until the second

conversation that I realised there was more there than just friends. She felt the same and brought up the idea of us

being boyfriend and

girlfriend.”

Mr. Mason says that he

doesn’t

go for looks and finds

Rebecca’s

(36)

attitude

particularly

attractive.

“It is her

personality, her

(37)

and

passion

that

has

made

me

fall

for

her.

We

share

the

same

ideas

and

interests and she has made me look at life in a new way.

For a long time I couldn’t really see light at the end of the

tunnel, but since Rebecca’s been in my life I’ve got a whole

new (38)

of worth and

excitement.”

Mr. Mason (39)

to his incredible size by eating ten times the amount needed by a normal man due to a

compulsive eating disorder. As his weight rose sharply he was left unable to stand or walk before finally becoming

bed-ridden and being looked after full time by carers.

Firefighters had to knock down the front wall of his (40)

home so they could use a fork lift truck to lift

him out and put him into an ambulance when he needed an operation in 2002.

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.

High school students who take music courses score significantly better on math, science and English exams

than their non-musical peers, according to a new study published in the Journal of Educational Psychology.

School administrators needing to cut budgets often look first to music courses, because the general belief is

that students who devote time to music rather than math, science and English, will 41 in those

disciplines.

“Our research proved this belief

42 and found the more the students engage with music, the better they

do

in

those

subjects,”

said

UBC

(University

of

British

Columbia)

education

profe

ssor

and

the

study’s

principal

investigator,

Peter

Gouzouasis.

“The

students

who

learned

to

play

a

musical

instrument

in

elementary

and

43

playing in high school not only score significantly higher, but were about one academic year ahead of their non-

music peers with regard to their English, mathematics and science skills, as measured by their exam grades,

4

4

their

socioeconomic

background,

race,

previous

learning

in

mathematics

and

English,

and

gender.”

Gouzouasis and his team

45

data from all students in public schools in British Columbia who finished

Grade 12 between 2012 and 2015. The data

46 , made up of more than 112,000 students, included those who

completed

at

least

one

standardized

exam

for

math,

science

and

English.

Students

who

studied

at

least

one

instrumental music course in the regular curriculum counted as students 47 music.

The

researchers

found

the

48

relationships

between

music

education

and

academic

achievement

were

more pronounced for those who took instrumental music rather than

vocal

(

发声的

) music. The findings suggest

skills learned in instrumental music 49

very broadly to the students’ learning in

school.

“Learning to play a musical instrument and playing in a band is very

50

,” said the study’s

co-investigator

Martin Guhn, an assistant professor in

UBC’s school of population and public health. “A student has to learn to

read

musical

notes,

develop

eye-hand-mind

coordination

(

协

调

),

develop

keen

listening

skills,

develop

51

skills for playing in a band and develop discipline to practice. All those learning experiences, and more, play a role

in

52

the learner’s

cognitive capacities

(

认知能力

), executive functions, and motivation to learn in

school.”

The

researchers

hope

that

their

findings

will

be

brought

to

the

53

of

students,

parents,

teachers

and

administrative decision- makers in education, as many school districts over the years have emphasized mathematics

and literacy 54 other areas of learning, particularly mu

sic. “However, the amusing aspect is that

55

education can be the very thing that improves all-

around academic achievement,” said

Gouzouasis.

41. A. overbalance

B. underperform

C. overwork

D. underplay

42. A. fantastic

B. strategic

C. embarrassing

D. wrong

43. A. resisted

B. delayed

C. deserted

D. continued

44. A. thanks to

B. in contrast to

C. regardless of

D. by means of

45. A. examined

B. published

C. stored

D. exchanged

46. A. report

B. sample

C. analysis

D. center

47. A. taking

B. composing

C. sharing

D. performing

48. A. casual

B. symbolic

C. predictive

D. changeable

49. A. transfer

B. decline

C. attach

D. limit

50. A. attractive

B. distinct

C. independent

D. demanding

51. A. life

B. literacy

C. team

D. survival

52. A. altering

B. enhancing

C. distracting

D. labeling

53. A. attention

B. question

C. edge

D. glory

54. A. in terms of

B. as a result of

C. in case of

D. at the cost of

55. A. health

B. music

C. science

D. school

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)

A

growing

number

of

American

states

are

requiring

schools

to

teach

students

“media

literacy”

skills.

California is the latest state to pass such a requirement. Media literacy, also known as news literacy, is the ability to

use critical

thinking skills to recognize differences between real and “fake”

news.

The new law requires California’s Department of Education to provide materials related to media literacy on

its website. Its goal is to give students a set of effective tools to “enable

them to make informed

decisions”.

The media literacy efforts were based on a Stanford University study from 2016. It found that 80 percent of

U.S. middle school students failed to recognize an advertisement that looked like a real news story. The researchers

also found that high school students had trouble telling the difference between a real and a fake news website.

The

study

called

for

more

efforts

to

help

students

recognize

false

information

on

the

internet.

It

said

that

young

people

also

need

the

skills

to

find

out

where

news

stories

come

from,

and

to

be

able

to

judge

the

trustworthiness of sources and writers.

Carolyn Edy is a professor of communication at Appalachian State University in North Carolina. She said she

has seen a clea

r change in her students’ abilities to judge news sources. Edy said that when students used to read

printed newspapers, it was easier for them to recognize fact from opinion. Now,

it’s

necessary to teach students how

to fully examine websites.

One of Edy’s

goals is to teach students how to research the news organizations responsible for the stories they

are reading. One way to do this is for students to ask a series of questions. One example is, “What is the overall

mission of the organization?”

Edy

said

young

people

also

need

to

judge

whether

news

organizations

identify

any

possible

conflicts

of

interest. Another question to ask is, “What do they do when they get a story wrong?” Responsible and trustworthy

news organizations issue corrections if something is falsely reported, she said.

Edy added that one good thing to come out of the rise of misinformation and fake news is that it has made

many people seek out good reporting.

56.

The new law passed in California mainly aims at .

A. helping students identify fake news

B. improving students’ critical thinking

s

kills

C. offering students real information

D. enabling students to make quick decisions

57.

Why does the author mention the Stanford University study?

A. To present the details of the law.

B. To provide a set of tools for the law.

C. To show the reason behind the law.

D. To indicate the efforts based on the law.

58.

Which is a way suggested by Carolyn Edy for students to judge the trustworthiness of a news

organization?

A.

Identifying the conflicts of interest in it.

B.

Correcting its falsely reported news stories.

C.

Learning about its background information.

D.

Asking a series of questions about its news.

59.

The passage mainly tells us that media literacy

.

A.

can contribute to the rise of good news reporting

B.

is becoming much more important with the law passed

C.

can improve American students’ understanding of

n

ews

D.

is increasingly recognized as essential for students in the US

(B)

PAssionArts Festival

PAssionArts

Festival

this

year

will

run

from

6

July

to

25

August,

bringing

community

arts

to

250,000

residents

across

Singapore.

The

festival

theme,

“Our

Home,

Our

HeARTs”,

invites

residents to use arts to express our love for our community and for Singapore.

Our

aim

is

to

bring

residents

together

to

experience

and

appreciate

creativity.

Look

forward

to

over 500 arts activities and programmes, including visual art displays and performing arts

co-created by residents and artists. The following are some of them.

ARTS PARTY @ TELOK BLANGAH

TIME:

14 July (9:00 AM

—

12:00 AM)

PLACE:

Talok Blangah Mall