2023年上海市宝山区高三一模英语试题含详解含答案.docx

宝山区 2022学年第一学期期末高三年级英语学科
教学质量监测试卷
(本试卷满分140分，考试时间120分钟)
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. At a library. B. At a garage. C. At a shop. D. At a hotel.
2. A. Colleagues. B. Teacher and student.
C Classmates. D. Boss and secretary.
3. A. They are boring. B. They are informative.
C. They are helpful. D. They are impractical.
4. A. Wear his suit. B. Prepare for cold weather.
C. Dress informally. D. Find out who’s going to the party.
5. A. He doesn’t feel qualified for it. B. He’d like a higher salary.
C. He’s completely satisfied with it. D. He’d like to work less per week.
6. A. He has bad study habits. B. He sleeps too much.
C. He wakes up too early. D. He’s a top student.
7. A. Join the club himself. B. Attend the next club meeting.
C. Persuade the member not to quit. D. Look for someone to fill the position.
8. A. Her new glasses aren’t comfortable. B. She’s too busy to get an eye check-up.
C. She has to check when the appointment is. D. She decided not to cancel her appointment.
9. A. Annie should try to avoid getting sick.
B. He has known Annie’s neighbor for many years.
C. He doesn’t know many composers of classical music.
D. Annie might spend a lot of money on classical music.
10. A. He has just recovered from the flu. B. He won’t be able to go to the cinema.
C. He has already seen the film before. D. He doesn’t think the film is good.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two passages and one longer conversation. After each passage or conversation, you will be asked several questions. The passages and 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. Students’ need for more sleep. B. Students’ eagerness for breakfast time.
C. Students’ loads of homework. D. Students’ lack of loving care.
12. A. Physical. B. Genetic. C. Mental. D. Emotional.
13. A. Later start time. B. Causes of sleeplessness.
C. Reasons for being tired. D. Public health issue.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. Social traditions. B. students’ pictures.
C. Campus newspapers. D. Teaching activities.
15. A. Because students who produce them are unpaid.
B. Because yearbooks are expensive to print.
C. Because yearbooks are similar to campus newspapers.
D. Because students are not interested in them.
16. A. Students knowing the answer when called upon in class are called curls.
B. “Corksand Curls” hasn’t stopped publishing until its 120th anniversary.
C. “Corksand Curls” is a yearbook name of Towson University.
D. “Curls” means someone curling their tail in upset.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17. A. Because she indeed likes to travel without other’s company.
B. Because she is tired of always being surrounded by others.
C. Because she is unwilling to be surrounded while traveling.
D. Because she really doesn’t want to compromise in her life.
18. A. Language and danger. B. German and customs.
C. Time and nerves. D. Experience and surroundings.
19. A. 9. B. 10. C. 11. D. 12.
20. A. She would change her original idea and go travel with John.
B. She would go traveling with her friends after the conversation.
C. She would give up the travel at present and do it next year.
D. She would continue her original plan no matter what happens.
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.
Rob and Jane are classmates at a university. It is the beginning of the semester and time to buy books for various classes. Their university not only makes paper textbooks available but also offers digital textbooks to its students. Rob and Jane ____1____ (talk) about which type of book they prefer.
Rob: I think I’m going to study digitally this year.
Jane: What do you mean?
Rob: Well, the majority of the textbooks I need for my classes ____2____ (offer) digitally. So I’m going to buy access in that form. That way I can study on my computer, phone or e-reader. The content is the same as a paper textbook.
Jane: Are you sure? I’ve heard that not all textbooks are compatible (与……一致的) with all media devices. I had a friend last year who had some problems ____3____ (access) her books on certain devices.
Rob: Really? I’ve never heard that. The people to ____4____ I talked said it was super convenient. Besides my budget is very limited right now. The digital format costs less than half the price of the paper textbook.
Jane: True. But at the end of the semester, you can sell back a paper textbook. That way you can recover some of your money.
Rob: I also have to work most days after class ____5____ (study) digitally means I don’t need to carry around a bunch of heavy books. So it would be much more convenient for me.
Jane: Convenience isn’t ____6____. I find it much easier to focus on what I’m reading in a real book. It’s also easier to follow a lecture and turn to the page that’s being discussed.
Rob: Yes, but I can access a page by searching for a word, so I can find it easily.
Jane: I find it easier to recall information I want to remember ____7____ I mark it in an actual book. Rob: But you can do that ____8____ digital material, too.
Jane: Have you ever had a textbook that you wanted to keep for future reference? You know some textbooks are only available the semester you buy it. After that, you lose access to it.
Rob: Oh! I’ll have to look into ____9____ digital books I’d have permanent access to, then.
Jane: You know, I also read that when people read digitally their comprehension is weaker. People apparently read faster on a screen. But they don’t remember details as _____10_____ (well) as someone who reads it on paper.
Rob: I guess I’ll find out. Anyway, I’m going to try it.
Jane Let me know how it works. I’m sticking with paper.
Section B
Directions: 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. disturbing B. resources C. altered D. effective E recorded F. permanently
G. specially H. machines I. signified J. accurately K. impossible
When an endangered seabird hits a power line, it makes a sound “very much like the laser sound from Star Wars,” says conservation biologist Marc Travers. He should know, as his team from the Endangered Seabird Recovery Project ___11___ thousands of hours of audio to determine if power lines affected local seabirds. Travers was trying to help establish how frequently birds are killed by power lines on the island of Kauai in Hawaii in 2011.
His team recorded 600 hours of audio and sent the recordings to Conservation Metrics, a company that assists conservation efforts with AI ___12___. Conservation Metrics used a program to “listen” to the recordings and count the sounds that ___13___ bird electrocutions(电击). The result was ___14___, as the number of bird electrocutions was in the thousands. Armed with proof that power lines were killing a significant number of birds, the team worked with the local utility (公共事业) service to reduce bird deaths.
In science fiction stories such as The Matrix, AI-powered ___15___ take over the world and end life on the planet as we know it. But in reality, programs that use AI to sort through mountains of data might just save some species from disappearing ___16___.
By many measures, humans have been poor managers of the planet. Humans have ___17___ as much as 97 percent of land ecosystems. Key populations of monitored animals have declined as much as 68 percent since 1970. The decline in biodiversity around the world has created a hopeless situation. Conservation efforts lack key resources they need to be ___18___.
Fortunately, humans now have AI-based tools that can help. AI can quickly and ___19___ sort through large amounts of data created by observations in the field. Then other programs such as PAWS (Protection Assistant for Wildlife Security) can help analyze the data and suggest the most effective ways to focus conservation efforts.
In large national parks and wildlife reserves, illegal hunters are a danger for animals both big and small. Some animals are worth a lot of money on the black market. Park rangers are left with a(n) ____20____ task because there is too much land to cover. But the PAWS program allows rangers to focus their efforts. PAWS has even predicted the existence of trap lines in areas not yet checked by rangers!
We still face many challenges to change the loss of wildlife, but AI-powered programs promise to be a powerful conservation tool.
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.
Online art of all kinds can be accessed by as many people as the hosting server permits. But there is a(n) ___21___ that is allowing people to buy digital art.
Digital art that is sold online is known as an NFT, which ___22___ non-fungible token(非同质化代币). Non-fungible means that the item cannot be ___23___ by a similar item. For example, coins and bills are fungible because they have a set value and are easily exchanged. ___24___, trading cards are non-fungible because their worth varies depending on which card you have. An NFT can be ___25__ anything digital -songs, videos, images or even a social media post, one of which sold for almost USS3 million!
Others may be able to see this NFT, or art, but one person is listed as the owner on a blockchain-that is, a public ___26___. Blockchains are well equipped to keep track of the owner of NFT. In fact, they are used to record all kinds of online ___27___.
Some people are describing NFTs as an online version of collecting fine art. And collectors are ___28___ to put their money where their mouth is, paying thousands or even millions of dollars for NFTs.
As with fine art collecting, some people see purchasing NFTs as a(n) ___29___, buying art that they plan to sell at a higher price later. Others want the esteem (成就感) that comes with owning an NFT made by a famous ___30___. But given that a copy of an NFT is identical to the ___31___, the wisdom of paying massive amounts of money for one may seem ___32___.
On the other hand, the popularity of NFTs is ___33___ good news for the artists who create them. Upon selling their works as NFTs, artists receive much more than the small amounts of money they get when someone streams their video, for example. Some NFTs are even set up so that every time a work changes hands, the creator receives a percentage of the price. Thus, the artist can be paid for a single NFT many times over.
___34___, every NFT is unique, though some creators produce multiple very similar NFTs sort of like how multiple copies of any given trading card exist). ___35___ will tell whether NFT art will pay off for collectors in the long run, but for now it’s providing some people-including the artists with large sums of money.
21. A. regulation B. art C. skill D. trend
22. A. focuses on B. stands for C. points to D. consists in
23. A. replaced B produced C. released D. covered
24. A. In a word B. In other words C. In contrast D. In conclusion
25. A. practically B. extremely C. eventually D. constantly
26. A. image B. database C. relationship D. benefit
27. A. activities B. performances C. communications D. deals
28. A. afraid B. eager C. willing D. doubtful
29. A. amusement B. investment C. donation D. hobby
30. A. creator B. craftsman C. official D. scientist
31. A. critical B. moderate C. final D. original
32. A. foolish B. intelligent C. questionable D. mysterious
33. A. generally B. definitely C. consequently D. specifically
34. A. Theoretically B. Objectively C. Honestly D. Strictly
35. A. Standard B. Money C. Time D. Technology
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)
Jailbreaking commonly refers to unlocking iOS for iPhones and iPads. Seventeen-year-old George Hotz, or geohot as he liked to be called, was the first person to jailbreak an iPhone. He accomplished his feat in 2007, and many others followed his lead.
Jailbreaking an iPhone offers some distinct benefits. With a jailbroken iPhone, you have numerous ways to change any setting to suit your needs. You can also alter the look and feel of the phone so that it matches your personality. Another advantage of jailbreaking for iPhone users is the ability to install apps not offered in Apple’s App Store. Cydia, an alternative app store for jailbroken iOS devices, offers a variety of apps, some of which cost more than others.
Before jailbreaking your iPhone, you should consider the consequences. Jailbreaking immediately voids (使无效) your iPhone’s warranty, which means that Apple is no longer required to fix your phone if something goes wrong. Jailbreaking also exposes you to the dangers associated with alternative apps. Poor quality apps from alternative app stores may cause your iPhone to crash more often or stop working altogether. After jailbreaking your iPhone, you must also be careful not to allow Apple to install new software on your phone.
Apple naturally discourages its customers from jailbreaking their iPhones. According to the company, jailbreaking doesn’t just affect the security and stability of an iPhone. It can also shorten the phone’s battery life. For many people, this is an important consideration.
36. Which aspects of jailbreaking does the article discuss?
A. The ways in which jailbreaking can save people time
B. The positives and negatives associated with jailbreaking
C. The clients who got into legal trouble for jailbreaking
D. The best and worst techniques for jailbreaking phones
37. What does the article imply about the first person to jailbreak an iPhone?
A. He apologized for his actions. B. He produced hardware designs.
C. He gave