2019宝山二模英语试卷含答案.doc

宝山区2018学年第二学期期中高三英语学科教学质量监控试卷（时间120分钟，分值140分）2019年4月考生注意：1. 考试时间120分钟，试卷满分140分。2. 本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。所有答題必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。3. 答題前，务必在答題纸上填写准考证号和姓名，并将核对后的条形码貼在指定位置上，在答題纸反面清楚地填写姓名。I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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. Thursdays and Fridays. B. Tuesdays and Fridays.C. Tuesdays and Thursdays. D. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.2. A. Her sisters. B. Her Aunts. C. Her mothers. D. Her brothers.3. A. Help the company choose graduate students.B. Contact the computer company next week.C. Get a part-time job on campus before graduation.D. Apply for a job in the computer company.4. A. See a doctor as soon as possible. B. Stay in bed for a few days.C. Get treatment in a better hospital. D. Make a phone call to the doctor. 5. A. She picked up the book from the bus floor.B. She is able to help the man out.C. She also needs an extra textbook.D. She can find the right person to help the man.6. A. The man is late for the trip because he is busy.B. The woman is glad to meet Mr. Brown in person.C. The man is meeting the woman on behalf of Mr. Brown.D. The woman feels sorry that Mr. Brown is unable to come.7. A. She thinks the man is too tired to go to the movie.B. She really wants to go to the movie.C. She would like to go to the class with the man.D. She does not want to go to the movie.8. A. She doesnt remember much about Hangzhou.B. She has never been to Hangzhou before.C. She knows someone else who could help him.D. Shed be very happy to talk lo the man later.9. A. The man saw Mark on the street two months ago.B. The woman had forgotten Marks phone number.C. The woman made a phone call lo Mark yesterday.D. Mark and the woman hadnt been in touch for some time.10. A. She has teamed a lot from the novel.B. She also found the plot difficult to follow.C. She has difficulty remembering names.D. She recalled the names of characters in the novel.Section BDirections: 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. He will be an intelligent student.C. He will score better in exams. B. He may not be an intelligent student.D. He will not be a good student. 12. A. Through his teachers. B. Through his deeds in the classroom.D. Through his reaction to different situations. C. Through his appearance.13. A. Not to judge a boy only by his taking notes.B. Not to make the mistake of thinking a young man stupid.C. Not to overestimate a students intelligence.D. Not to judge a persons intelligence by his appearance.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. You can increase your happiness levels by attending the classes.B. Most of us are happier than our parents since we came more.C. Earn more than you can if you want to be happy.D. Both Bill Gates and Kerry Packer are rich but unhappy.15. A. Always think highly of yourself and help others.B. Compare yourself to a famous person.C. Compare yourself to people who are inferior to you.D. Earn more than your bank account.16. A. Happiness is everything.B. Wealth is the foundation of happiness.C. Fun is another form of happiness. D. Money doesnt always mean happiness. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. Because there were too many vehicles on the road.B. Because the driver in front of her caused an accident.C. Because she almost got into an accident this morning.D. Because the drivers didnt use polite manners while driving18. A. He doesnt care much about it.B. He pays special attention to it.C. Its just for inexperienced drivers.D. Its really a big deal to him.19. A. He thought she was mindful of other drivers.C. He really felt very grateful when he heard it.B. He became too angry to keep calm for that.D. He thought she shouldnt have said like that.20. A. Buy a car. B. Change her job.C. Take bus often.D. Learn driving etiquette.II. Grammar and VocabularySection 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. Curiosity is part of human nature. Children are famous for wanting answers _21_ tons of questions. Peoplekeep reading or watching _22_ they want to find out what happens. But curiosity also provides many practical benefits.Learning is easiest if you have a genuine desire for knowledge. Curiosity can create that desire when you have aquestion. Many of history greatest discoveries _23_ (make) by curious people. People wondered _24_ processes worked or how certain tasks could be done more effectively. Thanks to their curiosity, people now know far more about the world and have useful technology _25_ (help) them. Even if you dont plan to be an inventor of researcher, curiosity can still help you in the classroom. If you develop the joy of learning, classes will become more fun. And youll excel because you will be fully engaged in the process of learning. Even if youre no longer a student, curiosity will make you better _26_ (inform) and thus a more capable worker.What do you do if youre not already curious? Fortunately, curiosity is a skill that can be improved. If you act like youre curious, youll quickly start to actually feel curious. Often, the more you learn about a topic the _27_(interesting) it becomes. As you learn about a topic, gather information from as many sources as possible. Read a variety of books, watch or listen to lectures and ask questions. Dont always get your information from the same source. Instead, learn to appreciate facts that different people know and the different opinions _28_ they express. Ask a lot of questions, Remember, everyone knows _29_ that you dont. Find out what that is, and ask about it. This lets you learn something and makes the other person happy by letting them show off their knowledge. In the classroom or out of it, _30_ (develop) curiosity is sure to be worthwhile.Section BDirections: After reading the passage below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one more word than you need.A. accessing B. nonessential C. apparent D. technology E. assigned F. contact G. particularly H. addiction I. associated J. automatically K. contributingWhen was the last time that you dialed a phone number from memory? It probably depends on how long youvebeen using _31_ like a cellphone. While some generations can recall the days of memorizing phone numbers, its possible that members of Generation Z have never had to remember a single _32_. Why is this? Becausesmartphones offer quick and convenient ways for storing and _33_ information. There is no need to memorize anything. But this isnt without consequence. As digital devices develop, more and more users heavy reliance on them may be having disabling effects. Digital dementia (失智) is the term being used by medical professionals to identify some of these effects.Some professionals like Jim Kwik, an expert in memory improvement and optimal brain performance, are taking a closer look at this effect. Kwik describes digital dementia like this: .were _34_ our brains to our smart devices. Were so reliant on our smartphones that our smartphones are making us stupid. As medical studies chart the decline in memory and cognitive skills among smartphone users, a connection is made between symptoms _35_ with dementia. The seriousness of overuse becomes _36_ when you consider just how young smartphone users are becoming. Author and speaker Simon Sinek points out that young minds Are not ready for it! Their minds cannot cope with the dopamine (多巴胺) . Consequently, the overstimulation of screens and sounds lead to _37_ more often than not. So now parents, teachers and managers are asking how to handle the influx ( 汇 集 ) of young people with this kind of addiction.v First, monitor your cellphone use. Keep downloading applications like Forest or Checky. Then cut back on any_38_ usage. Set a specific goal of how much you think you should use your phone.v Determine _39_ areas for cellphone use. For example, while youre at home, only allow yourself to check your phone somewhere like a home office. This way, the time in between tasks isnt_40_ filled with staring at your screen.III. Reading ComprehensionSection 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.Serendipity - an unexpected delight is the word that comes to mind when describing the seven-day hike my wife and I recently did in the wild and undeveloped northwest coast of Galicia, Spain. Simply _41_, anyone who is adventurous, loves traveling to Europe and is fit enough to do 10-mile hikes should seriously consider doing this hike.Before this experience, I had never heard about On Foot Holidays programs that allow hikers to go at their own pace, with maps and detailed hiking _42_, but without a guide or other travelers, while still enjoying a high level of local support. What _43_ caught my attention was an announcement about On Foot Holidays newest hike, the Lighthouse Way, which they described as a journey along the last _44_ coast of Europe. This particular hike sounded both challenging and rewarding enough to _45_ a try.On Foot Holidays booked our lodging each night and _46_ a taxi to take our baggage to the next destination, so we just had to carry our daypack essentials. Each day we _47_ or spoke with the companys local expert who was available _48_ emergency, but whose main function was to keep us informed about the daily weather forecast and to make special taxi arrangements when we decided to _49_ a couple of 14-mile hikes to less than 10 miles. The _50_ of the trails and scenery made every hike a delight. One of our hikes followed a narrow trail along a steep, rocky cliff _51_ the steel-blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean that thrash against jagged rocks hundreds of feet below us. We stopped to picnic and watch the only living things we saw that whole day: a herd of goats above us, and a group of dolphins jumping in the waves below. In the distance, many of mountain peaks _52_ sparkling wind turbines (涡轮机) like candles on a cake. Silence and loneliness were the features of each days accommodation. The only sounds we heard were birds singing, the wind blowing through trees or the waves breaking against the shoreline. The air was clean and the temperature brisk, with frequent _53_ of cloudy, cool, windy and rainy weather interspersed (点缀) with glorious bursts of sunshine.There was remarkably little litter, the exception being spots along the shore where ocean currents _54_ mostly fishing items. My wife and I realized that we are pilgrims searching for meaning, awareness and joy on our journey through life, and our Galician hiking _55_ had moved us further down that path in ways we wont forget.41. A. lost B. moved C. urged D. put42. A. strings B. instructions C. devices D. materials43. A. initially B. gradually C. smoothly D. firmly44. A. recommended B. developed C. unspoiled D. discovered45. A. warrant B. provide C. imagine D. evaluate46. A. prepared for B. arranged for C. paid for D. turned to47. A. negotiated B. discussed C. contacted D. texted 48. A. in addition to B. in need of C. in case of D. in favor of49. A. shorten B. extend C. decrease D. expand50. A. appearance B. variety C. character D. route51. A. displaying B. reflecting C. following D. overlooking52. A. established B. lightened C. sported D. structured53. A. changes B. intervals C. adaptions D. interactions54. A. stretched B. withdrawn C. floated D. deposited55. A. experience B. technique C. investigation D. experimentSection BDirections: 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 )Many people prefer eating out instead of cooking at home. A change appears to be taking place, though, andmillennials are leading the way. According to one survey, more young people are starting to cook at home for three basic reasons: They can save money, eat healthy and waste less food.Popular TV chefs are also getting millennials excited about learning some basic cooking skills. Many millennialsview cooking as a form of entertainment and self-expression. They proudly post pictures of their cooking creations on Facebook or Instagram, and invite friends over to share the cooking experience.Many millennials have also found ways to avoid wasting food. After roasting a chicken, they put the leftover bone in their freezer instead of the garbage can. Later, they use the bones to mak