2023上海名校高中自主招生英语模拟试题08(原题版).docx

模拟演练8： 2023上海名校高中自主招生英语

一、语法
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1.We offer an excellent education to our students. ________, we expect students to work hard.
A. On average B. At best C. In return D. After all
2.Perhaps the day will come ________　people will be able to breathe clean air in cities. 
A.when B.while C.as D.since
3.No matter what you do, you should put your 　　　into it. 
A.mind B.heart C.brain D.thought
4.We started off on foot ____________David had a passion for walking. 
A.when B.though C.as D.unless
5.Professional skills are tools like a knife or a hammer.You need _________to complete the things you want to do. 
A.it B.that C.them D.ones
6.　_______ and I’ll get the work finished. 
A.Having one more hour B.One more hour
C.Given one more hour D.If I have one more hour
7.The mother couldn’t figure out _________　made her son spend so much time in preparing for this match. 
A.what it was that B.that it was that
C.it was what that D.what was it that
8.—Will Mr.Black go to the opening ceremony this weekend?
—No,he has finally decided 　　　. 
A.not B.not to go
C.not to D.not to go to
9. Unlike traditional gyms,app-backed gyms offer people _________options to exercise. 
A.casual　　　 B.regular C.flexible D.tight
10.My father called me yesterday,asking me ___________I was getting along with the exam. 
A.when B.how C.whether D.why
11.As far as I’m concerned,they couldn’t,　__________ they would,get out of trouble by themselves. 
A.even if B.what if C.only if D.as if
12.Many people who live along the coast make a living ___________fishing industry. 
A.at B.in C.on D.by
13.There is no need to worry about the policy,experts say,　_________ a couple can give birth to two children will set off a rapid rise of population. 
A.which B.that
C.what D.whether
14.There are occasions ___________backpackers are so tired that they fall asleep almost anywhere. 
A.when B.where C.which D.what
15.It’s easy to get lost when you drive in a new city,so it’s important to ___________a good map before you set out. 
A.study B.display C.deliver D.publish

二、 词汇填空

Directions:Complete the following sentences by using the proper form of the words or expressions given in the frame.Each one can only be used once.
A. capable B. effectiveness C. employing D.exposure E.famously
F. joining G. limitation H. minimal I.precisely J.recognizing K.worthwhile
Clean Air Act
The air in modern homes and offices is pretty clean,but not as clean as it might be.Often it contains small amounts of volatile(挥发性的）,poisonous,organic compounds.Long-term____1____ to these is a bad thing,so clearing them out of the air people breathe is widely accepted as ____2____
Finding an effective way to do so has proved difficult.But Stuart Strand Long Zhang and Ryan Routsong, of the University of Washington,in Seattle,think they have succeeded,As they report in Environmental Science and Technology, their method involves ____3____ a gene from a rabbit into a popular indoor plant nicknamed Devil's vine—a type of ivy hat is so called because it is____4____ difficult to kill.
The idea of ____5____ plants to de- pollute the atmosphere inside buildings has been around for decades-but has met with only qualified success. One experiment involving unmodified spider plants,for example,showed that they are indeed ____6____ of removing formaldhyde (甲醛) from the air.The ____7____ is that to make much of a difference in a space as large as a house would require turning most of the rooms into spider-plant forests.
Dr Strand, Dr Zhang and Mr Routsong thus sought something suitably transgenic ( 转 基 因 的),but that does not flower indoors. The plant they settled on was Devil's vine, ____8____ because of its toughness.With the help of a bacterium,they were able to ferry the rabbit version of the gene into the plant's chromosomes(染色 体),and thus to,engineer a type of Devil's vine able to produce an air-cleaning substance. To test the ____9____ of their idea, the researchers put their modified ivy to work inside greenhouses filled with air containing high levels of harmful substances.The plants performed well,reducing the harmful substances in air to _____20_____.

三、完形填空
The big day finally arrived: my first day at senior high! The campus was still quiet when I arrived early, so I decided to explore a bit.
“___1___here?” Turning around, I saw a man in his forties. “Yes,” I replied. “I was wondering what life is going to be like here.” “Don’t worry,” he gave me a smile.“ You’ll soon find out.”
The first class was English. Amazingly, the ___2___man stepped into the classroom and said,” Good morning, everyone. Before we start, time for self-introduction. I’ll go first …“
”What?!“ I tried to ___3___my brain but the engine just wouldn’t start.” I should say my name, of course. But what else? I was organizing my words in my head when the girl next to me said, “It’s your turn!”
With my heart beating ___4___, I breathed deeply. “Hi, I’m Meng Hao.” Everyone started laughing, I looked at them in panic. “Nice to know we ___5___the same name,” said my new teacher. Although I was embarrassed, his ___6___made me a lot more relaxed!
When we had all introduced ourselves, Mr Meng said, “Well done, everyone! I know this isn’t easy for many of you. ___7___this is just the kind of thing you are going to face at senior high. ___8___like this might sometimes put you under pressure. But it all ___9___what you do. Keep calm and be prepared. That way, you’ll make the best of your time at senior high.”
People say, “Well begun, half done.” I guess this was a good ____10____to my new school life.
1．A．Early B．Lost C．New D．Shocked
2．A．same B．old C．good D．strange
3．A．show up B．knock on C．turn on D．put up
4．A．frequently B．wildly C．gently D．gracefully
5．A．share B．call C．recommend D．take
6．A．wishes B．greetings C．lessons D．words
7．A．So B．And C．But D．Or
8．A．Arrangements B．Destinations C．Responsibilities D．Challenges
9．A．makes up B．depends on C．takes control of D．leads to
10．A．end B．beginning C．solution D．time

四、阅读理解

A
Most of us travel with our parents as children and teenagers. For some of us, during the travel, our parents are our inspiration. These trips are normally full of rental cars, beaches, and hamburgers. My family would go to Galiano island every summer, and we did a week in Mexico in 1995, and then we did two different trips to Anaheim to experience the magic of Disney, Universal, and Knott’s Berry Farm.
But all of these are childhood experiences and memories. I didn’t really truly travel with my parents until I was an adult when I got the chance to travel with mom and dad.
I was in New Zealand for a study abroad, and invited my parents to come down for a 2-week road trip around the North Island and then 10 days in Fiji. Why not? They said, as if this was something they were invited to do every day. I didn’t really plan anything, but my mom had done some reading and I knew some highlights after living in New Zealand for 5 months.
I had booked a hotel for their first night in Auckland. The only other preparation I had done was to book a rental car. My parents immediately reached an agreement that I should be the driver, for the whole two weeks. The main reason for this, understandably, was that neither of them had ever been in a country where you drive on the left hand side of the road and on the right hand side of the car. This led to me driving my parents around the entire North Island of New Zealand for 2 weeks! But still, everybody had jobs. Dad had the maps, and mom had the guidebook, and I just took them where they told me to go.
Sometimes, I was asked who I was traveling with. When I said “my parents”, the response was, “Ohhh, older people.” Actually, I have some tips on travelling with parents happily.
1．Which can replace the underlined word “inspiration” in Para. 1?
A．Cooks. B．Guides. C．Drivers. D．Translators.
2．Why did the parents let the writer drive the car in New Zealand?
A．They were not used to the driving rules.
B．They were afraid of the mountain roads.
C．They were too old to drive for a long time.
D．They were not familiar with the brand of the car.
3．What is the best title of the text?
A．Drive on the Way. B．Travel with Parents.
C．Enjoy New Zealand. D．Recall the Childhood.
4．What will the writer share next?
A．The argument with parents. B．The memory in Fiji as a child.
C．The scenery during the road trip. D．The advice on outing with parents.
B
What kind of people can become scientists? When a group of researchers posed that question to ninth- and 10th-graders, almost every student gave such responses as “People who work hard” or “Anyone who seems interested in the field of science.” Many of these same students struggled to imagine themselves as scientists, citing concerns such as “I’m not good at science” and “Even if I work hard, I will not do well.” It’s easy for them to see a scientist’s work as arising from an inborn talent.
But for high school students, learning more about some struggles of scientists can help students feel more motivated to learn science. Researchers at the University of Washington designed an intervention (干预) to change students’ beliefs that scientific achievement depends on ability rather than effort by exposing students to stories of how accomplished scientists struggled and overcame challenges in their scientific efforts.
During the study, the students read one of three types of stories about Albert Einstein, Marie Curie and Michael Faraday. Intellectual (智力的) struggle stories: stories about how scientists “struggled intellectually,” such as making mistakes while solving a scientific problem and learning from them. Life struggle stories: stories about how scientists struggled in their personal lives, such as not giving up in the face of poverty or lack of family support. Achievement stories: stories about how scientists made great discoveries, without any discussion of challenges.
Researchers found that students who heard either type of “struggle stories” improved their after-intervention science performance, compared to students in the control group. The effect was especially pronounced for lower performing students, for whom exposure to struggling stories led to significantly better science-class performance than low-performing students who read achievement stories. In addition, students who read struggle stories reported feeling more personally connected to the scientists. By recognizing a scientist’s struggles and introducing the growth mindset he or she applied to accomplish great works, the students were able to empathize with the scientists during their own struggles.
5．Why do students fail to imagine themselves as scientists?
A．They are short of confidence.
B．They lack interest in science.
C．They don’t have inborn talent.
D．They have no ability to study science.
6．What’s the purpose of the intervention?
A．To introduce some inspirational stories to students.
B．To expose students to scientists’ great achievements.
C．To ensure students will become scientists in the future.
D．To clear students’ misunderstandings of scientific work.
7．What does the underlined word “pronounced” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A．Important. B．Noticeable. C．Strange. D．Long-lasting.
8．What can we learn from the research?
A．Science ability has nothing to do with efforts.
B．Students are more motivated by achievement stories.
C．Scientists’ struggle stories can influence readers’ beliefs.
D．Low-performing students tend to feel connected to scientists.
C
Scientists have discovered that chimps(黑猩猩)talk to each other by drumming on trees with their hands and feet. It is a way of sending long-distance messages. Each male chimp has its own way of drum beats, to which they add spoken noises to show who is where and what they are doing. The chimps only seem to use their own beats when they are travelling. It may explain why chimps don’t say goodbye to each other because they can keep in touch with each other when they’re away.
We believe chimps like communicating with each other very much. So do the chimps in the zoo. They are happy to communicate with visitors every day. However, during the lockdown(封闭)time, the chimps are upset because of no visitors coming.
A new study has found that some chimps were quieter and lazier than usual during the lockdown months. The study took place in Knowsley Safari Park(野生动物园)in England. It compared the chimps’ behavior during periods of lockdown in 2020 and 2021—when the zoo was closed and they were not being observed by humans—with how they acted after zoo visitors returned.
When the zoo was closed, some chimps spent more time alone and moved about less. When the sites reopened and visitors returned, they spent less time resting and ate more and explored more. In Knowsley, they were eager to get close to visitors’ cars more often.
The researchers say that they can’t tell for sure whether the lockdown was good or bad for the chimps they had studied. When visitors returned, chimps spent less time alone, which could be seen as positive. However, their less resting could also be seen as negative, because it could mean that human visitors interrupted their rest time, which may harm chimps’ health.
9．What is the purpose of the chimps’ way of drum beats?
A．To play music. B．To scare visitors.
C．To attract scientists. D．To have communication.
10．What effects did the lockdown have on chimps according to the study?
A．The chimps became less active. B．The chimps put on more weight.
C．The chimps enjoyed their loneliness. D．The chimps communicated quite often.
1198．How were the chimps when the Zoo was reopened?
A．Lazy. B．Quiet. C．Excited. D．Lonely.
12．In which way did the researchers get the study result?
A．By listing numbers. B．By comparing facts.
C．By giving examples. D．By interviewing visitors.

五、 首字母填空
Recently researchers in Brown University have found that it only takes a couple of minutes for a man to start making judgments about you when he first meets you. That is why you should follow the following tips on how to create a good i71．.
Before you meet someone, start thinking about the p72． of the meeting. Decide what image (形象) you want to present. For example, if you want to make new friends in some social activities, you will want to be friendly. And if you decide to run for class president, you need to be c73．.
It helps you a lot when you meet someone new if you like s74．. It shows that you are friendly and makes people around you more comfortable. Please make sure your teeth are clean by brushing them every day.
Before you begin speaking, you will be judged on your body language. Therefore, it’s important to show trust in yourself by standing up tall and putting your shoulders