上海市徐汇区2018届高三英语二模卷.doc

2017学年第二学期徐汇区学习能力诊断卷
高三英语　试卷
（满分140分，考试时间120分钟）　 　　　　　　2018.4
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. Worried and frightened. B. Relaxed and happy.
C. Quite embarrassed. D. Deeply ashamed.
2. A. Bill has never used a calculator. B. Bill can work better without a calculator.
C. Bill is working with a calculator. D. Bill needs a calculator for this work.
3. A. To cut his jeans short. B. To go on a diet.
C. To wear fitted clothes. D. To buy a pair of jeans.
4. A. Having an interview. B. Filling out a form.
C. Talking with a friend. D. Asking for information.
5. A. Put her report on his desk. B. Read some papers he recommended.
C. Mail her report to the publisher. D. Improve some parts of her paper.
6. A. Make some coffee. B. Meet the woman at the library.
C. Continue to read. D. Go out with some friends.
7. A. The man should buy a different meal ticket every month. 
B. Buying the meal ticket won’t save the man any money. 
C.  It is better for the man to pay for each meal separately.
D. The price of a meal may vary from month to month. 
8. A. She’s upset that she missed the television program.
B. She doesn’t think the television program was funny.
C. She doesn’t like talking about television programs.
D. She watched the television program at a friend’s house.
9. A. He doubts the woman’s words. B. He hasn’t read the novel yet.
C. He enjoyed reading the novel a lot. D. He is not interested in the novel at all.
10. A. The talks haven’t started yet. B. They have come to a general agreement.
C. The talks haven’t achieved much. D. The talks broke down and went no further.

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 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 passage.
11. A. They learn singing and dancing. B. They attend outdoor music festivals.
C. They work on the farm for charity. D. They volunteer to work for others.
12. A. On the beach. B. In a park. C. On a farm. D. In a stadium.
13. A. It is run on a profit-making basis. B. It has achieved growing success.
C. Fans can have free lunch there. D. Only superstars are invited to perform.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. The number of refugees is increasing sharply.
   B. Most refugees cannot get necessary services.
   C. Many refugee children cannot receive education.
  D. More children cannot afford to go to university.
15. A. No host nations want to change education systems.
   B. It is impossible to find so many extra teachers.
   C. Parents can’t afford to send their kids to school.
   D. The refugee population grows but there’s not enough money.
16. A. The necessity of education. 
B. The prohibition of child labor.
C. The victims of armed conflicts.
D. The living conditions of the poor.

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17. A. It has started a week-long promotion campaign.
B. It has just launched its annual anniversary sales.
C. It offers regular weekend sales all the year round.
D. It specializes in the sale of men’s suits.
18. A. Price reductions for its frequent customers.
B. Gift cards for customers with any purchases.
C. Free delivery of purchases for senior customers.
D. Price adjustments within seven days of purchase.
19. A. Mail a gift card to her. B. Allow her to buy on credit.
C. Credit it to her account. D. Give her cash directly.
20. A. It has already been sold out. B. It will be sent to the woman by mail.
C. It is not available for the moment. D. It is one of the items on sale.

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.
Traveling Frog Stimulates Reflection
A free mobile game about a traveling frog has become a hit in China, (21)________ being available only in Japanese.
Called “Tabikaeru: Travel Frog”, the main character of the game is a frog that goes on adventures around Japan. Players collect clovers(四叶草) that grow in the frog’s garden (22)________ ________ they can use them to buy supplies for the frog’s journeys. In turn, the frog sends players souvenirs and snapshots from its travels. Users cannot control when the frog chooses to go on its adventures.
While news of the game’s appeal among mobile phone users on the mainland was first reported on by local media outlets last week, its popularity hasn’t decreased in any way since: “Travel Frog” on Monday was still ranked first on a list of the most (23)__________(download) games from Apple’s app store in China. It is being widely discussed on social media, (24)__________ users post photos of their frogs’ adventures.
Behind the craze is Japanese game developer Hit-Point, which was previously best-known for creating the popular cat-collecting game “Neko Atsume”. Even though (25)__________ is difficult to pinpoint what has driven interest among mainland users in “Travel Frog”, local media outlets reported that the game’s slow nature was part of its charm.
The game was popular as it “tapped the trend among younger generations in China to search out ‘Zen-like’ activities”, China Daily said, (26)_________(add) that those users were taken with its “Buddha-style gameplay”.
But not everyone is thrilled about “Travel Frog”. In a post on social media platform Weibo last week, the state-run People’s Daily suggested that people (27)__________ aim to enrich themselves and “avoid being a lonely frog-raising youth”.
As an indication of the popularity of the “Travel Frog”, Apple has already had to remove from its store an app that appeared to be the Chinese version of the original, the South China Morning Post reported. That version of the game, which (28)__________(create) by a developer called Song Yang, charged users 30 yuan ($4.74) to download the game. On Monday, another free-to-download app available on the app store claimed it offered strategies and guides in Chinese that players could adopt (29)___________(improve) gameplay.
While Hit-Point has not responded to inquiries about (30)_________ it intends to develop versions of the game in other languages or not, the company did put out an English update for “Neko Atsume” in 2015.

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. alarming B. properties C. revealed D. invasive E. rescue F. instrumental
G. households H. document I. concerned J. amateur K. initiatives

Before science became professionalized in the 19th century, __(31)__ naturalists were collecting information and helping us understand the natural world. A 2009 study found that nearly 50% of UK __(32)__ feed wild birds. The National Trust has more than 5 million members, and 60,000 active volunteers helping to protect the countryside as well as historic __(33)__. Now, with our environment arguably under greater threat than ever and species declining at a(n) __(34)__ rate, volunteers are once again at the forefront of efforts to limit the damage.
Volunteers and enthusiasts can be powerful drivers for big changes. On the Isle of Man, more than 8,000 people (nearly 10% of the population) are involved in regular weekend beach cleans. At one recent event, 123 volunteers turned up and removed 183 bags of litter in just a couple of hours. Thanks to __(35)__ such as this, the island shares Unesco biosphere reserve status with the Galápagos, Yellowstone in the US, Uluru in Australia, and hundreds of other sites.
Recreational divers are making a real difference underwater too. They monitor the spread of __(36)__ species, and record how native species respond. Divers also __(37)__ levels of marine litter and other human impacts. Volunteer divers have played an important role in collecting information about marine conservation zones. Volunteers have also made a vital contribution to the conservation of basking sharks. The work of a citizen science Basking Shark Project in the 1980s and 90s was __(38)__ in getting these sharks on the protected species list in the UK, while satellite tagging __(39)__ the first recorded transatlantic crossing by a basking shark.
Volunteers and enthusiasts can be powerful drivers for big changes. No one can know better, or care more about, our most special places than the people who live in them and give up their free time to look after them. As a group of divers and __(40)__ residents who lived on the shores of the bay, they took their campaign on to national and international stages and continue to inspire people who might otherwise feel powerless when faced with threats to the places that matter to them.

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.
Deliberate practice refers to a special type of practice that is purposeful and systematic. __(41)__ regular practice might include mindless repetitions, deliberate practice requires focused attention and is conducted with the specific goal of improving __(42)__.
The greatest __(43)__ of deliberate practice is to remain focused. In the beginning, showing up is the most important thing. But after a while we begin to carelessly __(44)__ small errors and miss daily opportunities for improvement. This is because the natural tendency of the human brain is to __(45)__ repeated behaviors into automatic habits. __(46)__, when you first learned to tie your shoes you had to think carefully about each step of the process. Today, after many repetitions, your brain can perform this sequence __(47)__. The more we repeat a task the more mindless it becomes.
Mindless activity is the __(48)__ of deliberate practice. The danger of practicing the same thing again and again is that progress becomes __(49)__. Too often, we think we are getting better simply because we are gaining experience. In __(50)__, we are merely reinforcing(加强) our current habits — not improving them.
Claiming that improvement requires attention and effort sounds logical enough. But what does deliberate practice actually look like in the real world?
The first effective feedback system is __(51)__. This holds true for the number of pages we read, the number of pushups we do, the number of sales calls we make, and any other task that is important to us. It is only through measurement that we have any __(52)__ of whether we are getting better or worse.
The second effective feedback system is coaching. One consistent finding across disciplines is that coaches are often essential for __(53)__ deliberate practice. In many cases, it is nearly impossible to both perform a task and measure your progress at the same time. Good coaches can track your progress, find small ways to improve, and hold you __(54)__ to delivering your best effort each day.
Deliberate practice is not a comfortable activity. It requires sustained effort and concentration, but if you can manage to maintain your focus and __(55)__, then the promise of deliberate practice is quite tempting: to get the most out of what you’ve got.
41. A. Since B. Whether C. While D. As
42. A. awareness B. performance C. enjoyment D. intelligence
43. A. equivalent B. ambition C. challenge D. appeal
44. A. overlook B. insert C. detect D. implement
45. A. transport B. translate C. transplant D. transform
46. A. For example B. On the contrary C. As a result D. On the other hand
47. A. carelessly B. accurately C. instantly D. automatically
48. A. outcome B. enemy C. source D. substitute
49. A. distracted B. imposed C. assumed D. noted
50. A. reality B. despair C. contrast D. return
51. A. encouragement B. compliment C. measurement D. management
52. A. motivation B. proof C. trouble D. concern
53. A. resisting B. eliminating C. defining D. sustaining
54. A. accountable B. opposed C. addicted D. parallel
55. A. existence B. commitment C. dignity D. perspective

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)
Have you ever had the experience of talking to someone and you think they are lying? Well, you are not alone. We’ve all had that feeling. But did you know that there are several things you can look for to see if you are being lied to?
Sometimes you can tell if a person is lying by observing what they do with their body. When people are lying they tend not to move their arms, hands or legs very far from their body. They don’t want to take up very much space because they don’t want to be noticed. Sometimes a person who is lying will not look you in the eyes. Other times people who lie try to look at you in a strong way because they want to convince you they are telling the truth.
Liars also use deflection. For example, if you ask a liar the question “Did you steal Fatima’s bag?”, they may answer with something like “Fatima is my friend. Why would I do that?” In this situation the person is telling the truth, but they are also not answering the question. They are trying to deflect your attention. Liars may also give too many details. They may try to over-explain things. They do this because they want to convince you of what they are saying.
Often when a person is lying, they do not want to continue talking about their lie. If you think someone is lying, quickly change the subject. If the person is lying, they will appear more comfortable because they are not talking about their lie any longer. A little later, change the subject back to what you were talking about before. If the person