上海市宝山区2023届高三英语一模试卷+答案.pdf

1、2022 学年高三第一学期英语期末质量监测测试卷学年高三第一学期英语期末质量监测测试卷I.Listening Comprehension Section A(第第 1-10 题题,每题每题 1 分；第分；第 11-20 题，每题题，每题1.5 分；共分；共 25 分分)Section ADirections:In Section A,you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers.At the endof each conversation,a question will be asked about what was sa

2、id.The conversations and thequestions will be spoken only once.After you hear a conversation and the question about it,readthe four possible answers on your paper,and decide which one is the best answer to the questionyou have heard.1.A.At a concert.B.At a restaurant.C.At an art museum.D.At a flower

3、shop2.A Her old classmate.B.Her husband.C.Her private doctor.D.Hersonsteacher3.A SI0.B.$8C.S18.D.$124.A.Brother and sisterB.Doctor and patientC.Teacher and studentD.Interviewer and interviewee5.A.She is afraid of getting fatB.She enjoys ice-creamC.She is much too thinD.She doesnt care for ice-cream6

4、.A.A pair of trousersB.A suit.C.A coat.D.A blouse7.A.The woman should have complained to her neighborB.The woman should stay out until the neighbors are quietC The woman should have stayed at the library.D.The lab will be a better place.8.A.The man couldnt wait to see Susan.B.Susan is eager to pass

5、the information she knowsC.Susan talks to people only on the phoneD.The man always knows the latest news in town9.A.She doesnt mind it as the road conditions are good.B.She is tired of driving in heavy traffic.C.She is unhappy to have to drive such a long way every dayD.She enjoys it because shes go

6、od at driving.10.A.It was hard to get rid of the salesmanB.The products that the salesman was selling were not good.C.The salesman kept making stops on the wayD.It was a waste of time to talk about the products.Section BDirections:In Section B.you will hear two short passages several and one longer

7、conversation,and you will be asked several questions on each of them.The passages and the conversation willbe read twice,but the questions will be spoken only once.When you hear a question,read the fourpossible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you havehea

8、rd.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11.A.To introduce the tourist site.B.To inform the rules of tourists.C.To attract more tourists.D.To welcome the tourists.12.A.Warm clothes and some belts.B.Warm clothes and sunglasses.C.Sunglasses and fireworks.D.Sunglasses and climbing

9、sticks.13.A.14 kilometers.B.4.8 kilometers.C.4.2 kilometers.D.4.9 kilometers.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage14.A.Use library facilities.B.Library regulations.C.Library personnel.D.Location of the library.15.A.Book publishers.B.Librarians.C.Returning faculty members.D.New u

10、niversity students.16.A.1,000,000 volumes(卷,册).B.Over 1,00,000 volumes.C.1,000 volumes.D.Over 110,000 volumes.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17.A.The possible existence of life on other planets.B.Methods for building powerful new telescopes.C.A technical problem that

11、 astronomers cant solveD.The discovery of planets orbiting distant stars.18.A.They studied variations in the appearance of the parent stars.B.They were able to see the planets with a telescope.C.They compared the parent stars to the Sun.D.They sent astronauts on a mission into space19.A.Their surfac

12、e features.B.Their chemical composition.C.Their temperature.D.Their age.20.A.All the stars are orbited by their own planets.B.We currently have a telescope that can be used to see other planetsC.By a very direct method,the astronomers measured subtle distortions.D.By a very indirect method,the astro

13、nomers measured subtle distortions.II.Grammar and Vocabulary(每题每题 1 分；共分；共 20 分分)Section ADirections:After reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent andgrammatically correct.For the blanks with a given word,fill in each blank with the proper form ofthe given word;for

14、the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.Video Games Foster Creativity?Video games that foster creative freedom can increase creativity under certain conditions,according to new research from Iowa State University.The experimental study compared theeffect f playing Mine-craft,with or

15、without instruction,to watching a TV show or playing a racevideo game.Those _21_(give)the freedom to play Mine-craft without instruction weremost creative.“Its not just that Mine-craft can help induce creativity.There seems to be something aboutchoosing to do it that also matters,”said Douglas Genti

16、le,a professor of psychology._22_ you are not familiar with the game,Gentile says Mine-craft is like a virtual Legoworld.The game,which has sold more than 100 million copies,allows players to explore uniqueworldsandcreateanythingtheycanimagine.Studyparticipantsrandomlyassignedtoplay Mine-craft were

17、split into two groups.The one receiving instruction was toldto play as creatively as possible.After 40 minutes of play or watching TV,the 352 participants completed several creativity tasks._23_(measure)creative production,they were asked to draw a creature from a worldmuch different than Earth.More

18、 human like creature scored low for creativity and those lesshuman-like scored high.Surprisingly,those instructed to be creative while playing Mine-craftwere the _24_(creative).Gentile says theres no clear explanation for this finding.In the paper published by CreativityResearch Journal,he,Jorge Bla

19、nco-Hrrera,lead author and former master s student in psychology:and Jeffrey Rokkum,former Ph.D.student in psychology,outlined possible reasons why theinstructed Mine-craft group scored lower.Blanco-Herrera says the instructions may have changedsubjects motivation for play.“_25_(tell)to be creative

20、may have actually limited their options while playing,resulting in a less creative experience,”Blanco-Herrera said.“Its also possible they used alltheircreative juiceswhile playing and had _26_ left when it came time to complete thetest.”Video games can have both harmful and beneficial effects.Genti

21、les previous research hasshown the amount,content and context and video games _27_(influence)what playerslearn through repeated experiences._28_ much of Gentiles research has focused onaggression or pro-social behavior,he says the same appears to be true for creativity.Most video games encourage pla

22、yers to practice some level of creativity.For example,playersmay create a character and story for role-playing games or be rewarded for creative strategies incompetitive games.The researchers say even first-person shooter games _29_ potentiallyinspire creativity as players think about strategy and l

23、ook for advantages in combat.“The research is starting to tell a more interesting,nuanced picture.Our results are similar toother gaming research _30_ you get better at what you practice,but how youpractice might matter just as much,”Gentile said.Section BDirections:Fill in each blank with a proper

24、word chosen from the box.Each word can beused only once.Note that there is one word more than you need.A.spareB.respectableC.exhaust.D.accidental.E.designed.F.criticsG.advocatesH.mineI.commerciallyJ.relieving K.theoreticallyMajor companies are already in pursuit of commercial applications of the new

25、 biology.Theydream of placing enzymes(酶)in the automobile to monitor _31_ and send data onpollution to a microprocessor that will then adjust the engine.They speak of what The New YorkTimes calls“Metal-hungry microbes(微生物)that might be used to _32_ valuable tracemetals from ocean water.”They have al

26、ready demanded and won the right to patent new lifeforms.Nervous _33_,including many scientists,worry that there is corporate,national,international,andinter-scientificcompetition in the entire biotechnological field.Theycreate images not of oil spills,but of“microbe spills”that couldspread diseasea

27、nd destroyentire populations.The creation and _34_ release of extremely poisonous microbes,however,is only one causefor alarm.Completely rational and_35_scientistsaretalkingabout possibilities that stagger(动摇)the imagination.Should we breed people with cow-like stomachs so they can digest grass and

28、hay,thereby_36_ the food problem by modifying us to eat lower down on the food chain?Should webiologically alter workers to fit the jobrequirement,for example,creating pilots with fasterreaction time or assembly-line workers _37_ to do our monotonous work for us?Shouldwe use genetic forecasting to p

29、re-eliminate“unfit”babies?Should we grow reserve organs forourselves,each of us having,as it were,a“savings bank”full of _38_ kidneys,livers orhands?Wild as these notions may sound,everyone has its _39_(and opposers)in thescientific community as well as its striking commercial application.As two cri

30、tics of geneticengineering,Jeremy Rifkin and Ted Howard,state in their book Who Should Play God?“Broadscale genetic engineering will probably be introduced to America much the same way asassemblylines,automobiles,vaccines,computers and all the other technologies.As each newgenetic advance becomes _4

31、0_ practical,a new consumer need will be exploited and amarket for the new technology will be created.”III.Reading Comprehension(41 55 题，每题题，每题 1 分；分；56 70 题，每题题，每题 2 分；共分；共45 分分)Section ADirections:For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D.Fill in ea

32、ch blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Deliberation is not always the best optionHumans have developed over millions of years of evolution to respond to certain situationswithout thinking too hard.If your ancestors _41_ movement in the undergrowth,they wouldrun first and ask que

33、stions later.At the same time,the _42_ to analyse and to plan is part ofwhat distinguishes people from other animals.The question of when to trust your gut(直觉)and when to test your _43_whether tothink fast or slow,in the language of Daniel Kahneman,a psychologist_44_ in the officeas much as it does

34、in the savannah(大草原).Deliberative thinking is the feature of a well-managed workplace.Strategic changes andbudget discussions are built on rounds of meetings,memos,formulas and presentations.Processesare increasingly designed to _45_ instinctive responses.From blind screening ofjobapplicants to usin

35、g“red-teaming”techniques to pick apart a firms plans,precision _46_instinct.Yet instinct also has its place.Some decisions are more connected to emotional responses andinherently(固有的)less _47_ to analysis.Does a marketing campaign capture the _48_of your company,say,or would this person work well wi

36、th other people in a team?In _49_customer-service situations,intuition is often a better guide to how to behave than a script.Gut instincts can also be _50_.Plenty of research has shown that intuition becomesmore unfailing with experience.In one well-known experiment,conducted in 2012,volunteerswere

37、 asked to _51_ whether a selection of designer handbags were fake or real.Some wereinstructed to operate on instinct and others to deliberate over their decision.Intuition workedbetter for those who owned at least three designer handbags;indeed,it _52_ analysis.Themore expert you become,the better y

38、our instincts tend to be._53_,the real reason toembracefast thinking is that it is,well,fast.Instinctivedecision-making is often the only way to get through the day.Researchers at Cornell Universityonce estimated that people make over 200 decisions a day about food alone.The workplace is_54_ but a s

39、uccession of choices,a few big and many small:what to _35_,when tointervene,whom to avoid in the lifts and,now,where to work each day.41.A.uncoveredB.spottedC.blockedD.encountered42.A.capacityB.motiveC.reluctanceD.urge43.A.consultationB.anticipationC.assumptionsD.reaction44.A.integratesB.mattersC.wo

40、rksD.abuses45.A.bring outB.pick outC.make outD.stamp out46.A.equalsB.comprisesC.beatsD.boosts47.A.manageableB.adaptableC.familiarD.sensitive48.A.attentionB.opportunityC.statusD.essence49.A.roughB.toughC.nervousD.neutral50.A.improvedB.copiedC.transferredD.weakened51.A.ensureB.extinguishC.clarifyD.ass

41、ess52.A.undertookB.outperformedC.facilitatedD.paralleled53.A.LikewiseB.HoweverC.ConsequentlyD.Moreover54.A.anythingB.somethingC.nothingD.everything55.A.cooperateB.prioritizeC.convinceD.striveSection BDirections:Read the following three passages.Each passage is followed by several questions orunfinis

42、hed statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.Choose theone that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)I had always been one of those quiet boys who preferred dreams to the real world.I was,inaddition,absurdly shy,and therefore

43、often mistaken for a fool,which upset me deeply.Fornothing terrified me more than the prospect of correcting a false impression.Though I was oftenblamed by mistakes made by my classmates,I never dare to say a word in self-defense.I wouldsimply go home to hide in a corner and cry.My greatest pleasure

44、 was to sit alone,reading,and letmy thoughts drift away in the stories.My daydreams were in sharp contrast to real life;they were full of adventures and heroicdeeds.They left marks on me.There was,for instance,a book about the history of the RomanEmpire,in which an ambassador,while negotiating a tre

45、aty,was told that he was to accept theterms offered,on pain of death:his response was to plunge his arm into a fire and continue withhis deliberations,in absolute calm.Inspired by his courage,I proceeded to test my own powers ofresilience by plunging my own hand into the fire,only to burn my fingers

46、 badly.I can still see thatambassador,smiling calmly through his pain.Father hated my reading all the time,and sometimeshe threw away my books.Some nights he refused to let me turn on the light in my bedroom.But Icould always find a way,and after he caught me reading by the light of a string-wick la

47、mp,hegave up and left me to it.There was a time when I tried my hand at writing;indeed,I even made a few little poems,butI quickly abandoned my efforts.No matter what I had bottled up inside me,I was extremelyanxious about letting it out,and so my adventures in writing ended.I did,however,carry onpa

48、inting.There was,I thought,no risk of revealing anything personal.I just took something fromthe outside world and brought it to life on paper.Sometimes I did hide some personal expressionin it,but I made sure that it was visible enough to be seen and trivial enough to be ignored.Thefirst time I show

49、ed my painting to my father,he was caught in silence for a while and then hebreathed deeply,and said:“My son finally made something.”Then here I am,as a teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts,wondering how everything happened,from my daydreams to painting.56.The sentence“They left marks on me.”(in para

50、graph 2)means _.A.daydreams did nothing but hurt the writer badlyB.daydreams influenced the writers behavior in real lifeC.the writer had lasting memory of the books he readD.the writer couldnt distinguish books form reality57.The writer gave up writing because _.A.it was not as interesting as readi