2021届上海市闵行区高三下学期质量调研考试(二模)英语试卷.docx

1、闵行区2020学年第二学期高三年级质量调研考试英语试卷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

2、 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. A bank officer.B. A policeman.C. A lawyer.D. A delivery man.2.A. Unpleasant atmosphere.B. Terrible food.C. Slow service. D. Unacce

3、ptable price.3.A. Cloudy.B. Clear.C. Rainy.D. Overcast.4.A. Work in groups.B. Give presentations. C. Turn in their homework.D. Check their answers. 5.A. Depressed.B. Uncertain.C. Sad. D. Relived. 6.A. Make a medical appointment.B. Give the man a ride.C. Buy the man some medicine.D. Take the man to t

4、he hospital. 7.A. To participate in a skiing race.B. To apply for a new job.C. To begin a new career.D. To sell the house in Italy. 8.A. Hell accept the job.B. He is busy on Sunday.C. He will not work on Sunday.D. He will turn down the offer. 9.A. Differences in customs. B. Differences in pronunciat

5、ions. C. Differences in words. D. Differences in accents. 10.A. He knows very little about John.B. John doesnt deserve the promotion.C. John should earn more money.D. He doesnt care for the news.Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you

6、 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

7、 question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11.A. Dogs become tired out.B. Cats are very happy.C. Dogs feel enjoyable.D. Cats get injured easily.12.A. They misunderstand each other.B. They are worried about their behaviors.C. They enjoy exactly the same hobbie

8、s.D. They wave their tails too often.13.A. Dogs are good at hunting animals. B. Dogs dont like cats naturally.C. Cats usually like playing with dogs. D. Dogs and cats can possibly live in harmony.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14.A. Record studios.B. Individual persons.C.

9、 Social media.D. Live concerts.15.A. They should start their career on their own.B. They should get advice from the talented musicians.C. They should use online stages fully to become noticeable.D. They should seek cooperation with recording companies.16.A. Comparison of musicians living at differen

10、t ages.B. Advice for those who want to stand out in music career. C. The development of music styles at present. D. Peoples different attitudes toward different musicians. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17.A. Its not big enough.B. Its out of their budget. C. There is

11、 no garden.D. The kitchen is too small.18.A. Its within the price range.B. Its spacious for the family.C. Its in bad conditions. D. Its ideally located. 19.A. The unacceptable rent.B. The inconvenient location. C. The noise around.D. The incomplete equipment. 20.A. Go on looking for an apartment.B.

12、Decorate their new apartment.C. Move to the basement suite.D. Buy new furniture.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 pr

13、oper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Everywhere I look outside my home I see people busy on their high-tech devices, while driving, walking, shopping, even sitting in toilets. (21) _ connected electronically, they are away from physical reality.Pe

14、ople (22) _ (influence) to become technology addicted. One survey reported that “addicted” was the word most commonly used by people (23) _ (describe) their relationship to iPad and similar devices. One study found that people had a harder time(24) _ (resist) the temptation of social media than they

15、 did for sleep, cigarettes and alcohol.The main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products, not to actually improve our quality of life. They have successfully created a cultural disease. I see people (25) _ (trap) in a pathological (病态的) relationshi

16、p with time-consuming technology, (26) _ they serve technology more than technology serves them. I call this technology servitude (奴役). I am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence (27) _ _ uncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices that eat up time and money.What is a health

17、y use of technology devices? That is the vital question. Who is really in charge of my life? That is what we need to ask (28) _ if we are to have any chance of breaking up false beliefs about the use of technology. When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week, then w

18、e can regain control and personal freedom, become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology. Mae West is famous for the wisdom that “too much of a good thing is wonderful.” (29) _ its time to discover that it does not work for technology.Richard Fernande

19、z, an executive coach at Google acknowledged that “we can be swept away by our technologies.” To break the grand digital connection, people must consider (30) _ life long ago could be fantastic without todays overused technology.Section B Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from

20、 the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. potentialB. limitlessC. attachedD. initialE. promotionF. appealG. expandH. equalI. recognitionJ. threatenK. practiceCelebrity (名人) has become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. Fan

21、s used to be crazy about a specific film, but now the public tends to base its consumption on the interest of celebrity 31 to any given product. Besides, fashion magazines have almostabandoned the 32 of putting models on the cover because they dont sell nearly as well as famous faces. As a result, c

22、elebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market 33 , moving from advertising for others products to developing their own.Celebrity clothing lines arent a completely new phenomenon, but in the past, they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers, and limited to a few TV actresses. To

23、day theyre started by first-class stars whose products enjoy 34 fame with some world top brands. The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they try to 35 their production scale rapidly, co

24、vering almost all the products of daily life.However, for every success story, theres a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer 36 . No matter how famous the products origin is, if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities, it begins to resemble an exercise in self

25、-promotional marketing. And once the 37 attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, loyalty returning to tried-and-true labels.Today, celebrities face even more severe embarrassment. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever, but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well. Each misst

26、ep is likely to 38 to reduce a celebritys shelf life, and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no problem picking him to pieces when the opportunity appears. Still, the egos (自我的) potential for expansion is 39 . Having already achieved great wealth and public 40 , many celeb

27、rities see fashion as the next frontier to be conquered. As the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success as designers might last only a short time, but fashionlike celebrityhas always been temporary.III. Reading ComprehensionSection A Directions: For each blank in the f

28、ollowing 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.Many things happen when people are ageing. Apart from the greying hair and wrinkled skin, there is a(n) 41 change which comes with older age. When humans reach

29、 their later years, they favour more long-term 42 and their social circle is reduced.Now, for what appears to be the first time, scientists have seen the same 43 in another species. Twenty years of observations of chimpanzees (猩猩) reveal that older males choose to keep contact with their 44 friends

30、at the expense of other relationships.The researchers studied 78,000 hours of observations made between 1996 and 2016 that followed the social 45 of 21 male chimpanzees between the ages of 15 and 58 years old. They classified the chimps 46 depending on the amount of time they sat with others and gro

31、omed (梳毛) them. They then rated (分类) the various pairings as mutual (相互的) friendships, where both chimps seemed to enjoy the relationship; 47 friendships, where one chimp was more keen to be friends than the other; and non-friendships, where neither chimp showed 48 the other.When the scientists look

32、ed at the 49 of friendships, they found that the older chimps had more mutual friendships and fewer one-sided friendships than younger chimps. Another 50 seen in older humans was also spotted in the chimps. As the males got older, their levels of 51 gradually become less, meaning they started fewer

33、fights and tended to threaten others in their group less often.The observations have left the researchers 52 . According to an idea in psychology known as socio-emotional selectivity theory, older humans prefer more 53 relationships because they are aware that time is running out. However many anima

34、l experts argue that chimpanzees 54 the human sense of mortality (死亡), suggesting something else is driving the behaviour.Robin Dunbar, a professor of evolutionary psychology at the University of Oxford, said in humans, the 55 social circles with age is due to declining social motivation to get out

35、and meet people combined by lack of opportunity. In chimpanzees, as older males compete less for mates, they may focus on close, reciprocal (互惠的) relationships with trusted partners, he said.41.A. physical B. intellectual C. emotionalD. functional42.A. habitsB. friendsC. tasksD. ideas43.A. problemB.

36、 obstacleC. struggleD. behaviour44.A. establishedB. respectiveC. experiencedD. thoughtful45.A. skillsB. reputationsC. interactionsD. positions46.A. intelligenceB. relationshipsC. popularityD. performances 47.A. easy-goingB. warm-heartedC. self-relyingD. one-sided48.A. respectforB. couragetoC. intere

37、stinD. loyalty to49.A. patternsB. importanceC. meaningsD. development 50.A. instinctB. disadvantageC. featureD. belief51.A. responsibilityB. aggressionC. reliabilityD. advancement 52.A. delightedB. amusedC. relived D. puzzled53.A. unknownB. positiveC. insecureD. senseless 54.A. lackB. obtainC. imita

38、teD. abandon55.A. absence fromB. isolationfromC. decreaseinD. distinction inSection 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 acc

39、ording to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A) Each day, 10-year-old Seth asked his mom for more and more lunch money. Yet he seemed skinnier than ever and came home from school hungry. It turned out that Seth was handing his lunch money to fifth grader, who was threatening to

40、 beat him up if he didnt pay.Most kids have been made fun of by a brother or a friend at some point. And its not usually harmful when done in a playful and friendly way, and both kids find it funny. But when teasing becomes hurtful, unkind, and constant, it crosses the line into bullying and needs t

41、o be stopped.Bullying is intentional torment (折磨) in physical or psychological ways. It can range from hitting, name-calling and threats to blackmailing (勒索) money and possessions. Some kids bully others by deliberately separating them and spreading rumours about them. Others use social media or ele

42、ctronic messaging to make fun of others or hurt their feelings.Its important to take bullying seriously and not just brush it off as something that kids have to tolerate. The effects can be serious and affect kids sense of safety and self-worth. In severe cases, bullying has contributed to tragedies

43、, such as suicides and school shootings. Kids bully for a variety of reasons. Sometimes they pick on kids because they need a victimsomeone who seems emotionally or physically weaker, or just acts or appears different in some wayto feel more important, popular, or in control. Although some bullies a

44、re bigger or stronger than their victims, thats not always the case.Sometimes kids bully others because thats the way theyve been treated. They may think their behavior is normal because they come from families or other settings where everyone regularly gets angry and shouts or calls each other name

45、s. Unless your child tells you about bullyingor has visible injuriesit can be difficult to figure out if its happening. 56.What is the authors purpose of telling Seths story?A. To introduce the topic of bullying.B. To seek help for the victims of bullying.C. To analyze the cause of bullying.D. To display the effects of bull