2020年上海地区高考英语模拟试卷

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 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. Teacher and student.

B. Father and daughter.

C. Manager and secretary.

D. Customer and shop assistant.

2. A. In a museum. B. In a taxi.

C. On a bus.

D. On a bridge.

3. A. Get into the car.

B. Carry the bags.

C. Hurry to drive the car.

D. Search for the bags.

4. A. Reading newspapers.

B. Writing up local news.

C. Talking about sports.

D. Putting up advertisements.

5. A. She will have coffee at school.

B. She will stay for breakfast.

C. She loves to grab a coffee on the way.

D. She needs to eat before school.

6. A. He partly agrees with the woman.

B. He's missed an important point.

C. He considers the woman competitive.

D. He's wholly been lost in a colorful life.

7. A. Mary must be caught in heavy traffic.

B. Mary probably will not come.

C. The woman was obviously not fond of Mary.

D. The woman forgot to tell Mary to come.

8. A.The tennis game won't last 1ong.

B. Weather forecasts are not reliable.

C. They could stick to their plan.

D. They'd better change their mind.

9. A. Stay till tomorrow evening.

B. Leave for Beijing with Jack.

C. Go to the airport after work.

D. Ask someone else for help.

10.A. The man doesn't like his new suit.

B. The new suit is a reminder for the man.

C. The new suit doesn't fit the man.

D. The man forgets to wear his new suit.

Section B

Directions: In Section B, you will hear several longer conversation(s) and short passage(s), and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation(s) and the passage(s). The conversation(s) and the passage(s) 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 speech.

11. A. Educators from South Africa.

B. Teenagers fond of cooking.

C. Students eager to make friends.

D. Photographers around the world.

12. A. Brainstorming ideas in one s group first.

B. Avoiding using cooking oil.

C. Sending a sample dish before May.

D. Creating one's own dish.,

13. A. To announce a cook competition.

B. To start a cook festival on campus.

C. To advertise a local cook course.

D. To organize a cook show in South Africa.

Questions 14 through 17 are based on the following passage.

14. A. Guitarists are vital to a pop group.

B. Guitar tutors aren't difficult to find.

C. Guitar players have more chances to travel.

D. Beginners don' t make noise with the guitar.

15.A. About 60 years.

B. About 500 years.

C. About 1000 years.

D. About 2000 years.

16.A. Indians played the lute with a bow

B. The guitar originated in Spain.

C. The sitar took root in British music.

D. The Beatles relied a lot on the brass.

17.A. Reasons for the popularity of the guitar.

B. Some interesting facts about the guitar.

C. Various kinds of guitars in the world.

D. Stories of some famous guitar players.

Questions 18 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

18.A. It sells things from ancient Egypt.

B. It looks like an Egyptian giant.

C. It brings a feel of a different world.

D. It offers a wide range of cheeses.

19.A. Produced by the department store itself.

B. Supplied by a nearby small town.

C. Collected from the outside of the building.

D. Obtained from the numerous light bulbs.

20.A. Customers spend €1.5 m illion or so per day.

B. Around 30.000 customers come per day.

C. There is a big increase in customers and sales.

D. Customer flow and sales are quite unsteady.

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Directions: After I reading the I 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.

To any soldier

I served as a second lieutenant (少尉) in a war thirty years ago. Married for only a year and a half, I missed my wife and baby daughter a lot. In the years before cell phones and Wi-Fi, we had limited opportunities (21)________(communicate) with loved ones.

One night while sitting by myself, I investigated the Any Soldier mailbox, a cardboard box with letters and packages from Americans. I chose one shoebox-size package. Inside I found about 20 greeting cards (22)________ children. At the bottom was a letter written by their teacher (23)________(explain) how her kids had put the box together and how they supported our efforts in the war. Truly touched at that very moment by this gesture, I decided to write a letter of gratitude. I thanked the teacher for (24)________ her children had done its impact on my patriotism, my morale, and, (25)________ (significantly), my uplifted faith. For security reasons, I was able to sign only my name.

Around 2013, I received a Facebook friend request from

a woman with (26)________ I shared no contacts.I replied that

(27)________ we were friends, I could not accept her request. She responded with one question: Are you Second Lieutenant

Bartholomew?" I replied that I had been at one time.

“Dear sir, she wrote. We have never met. but thir ty years ago I was a second-grade teacher at a school in Ohio and our classroom sent a care package (28)________ (address) to ‘Any Service Member.' The thank-you letter you composed was framed and it (29)________ (post) on the wall of the school for more thans20 years. I wanted to again thank you for your service to our country.”

We never spoke again, but this gracious teacher strengthened my belief in doing what my mother always taught me: Write thank. you notes (30)________ never know how many people your kindness can touch.

Section B

Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once.Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. accounted

B. commonly

C. defined

D. determine

E. elimination

F. emergency

G. infectious

H. potential

I. previously

J. suspected

K. symptoms

Measles (麻疹) breaks out in the Northwest

The U.S. is experiencing outbreaks of measles, a disease it had declared eliminated years ago, largely due to a drop in vaccination (接种疫苗) rates in some communities.

An outbreak in Washington state has sickened 23 people this month, mostly children under 10. Local health officials in Clark County, declared a public-health (31)________ on Friday. They also urged residents to track (32)________ symptoms and call ahead before heading to medical centers.

State officials announced the (33)________ of measles from. the U.$. in 2000 thanks to a widespread vaccination program. But travelers entering the country with measles, as well as dropping vaccination rates in some states in recent years, has led to a rise in infection. Last year, there were a total of 17 outbreaks, (34)________, as three or more cases linked together, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. New York and New Jersey (35)________ for roughly half of the 2018 cases. The Clark County outbreak began early last week with three confirmed cases and has since grown to 23 confirmed and two more_ 36_. Of those cases, 20 were

unvaccinated and the others are unconfirmed.

Measles is highly (37)________ the virus spreads through the ,air by coughing or sneezing, the CDC says. Early (38)________ include a high fever, cough, runny nose and red, watery eyes, followed by tiny, white spots inside the mouth and the red, bumpy rash (疹子) that people (39)________ associate with the infection. Children younger than 5 or adults older than 20 are more likely to suffer from complications, according to the CDC.

In order to prevent the further spread of the outbreak, local health officials are posting times and places where residents may have been exposed. They are urging residents who. haven 't been vaccinated to (40)________ whether they have been exposed and to take appropriate action.

II. 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.

Keeping it in the family

You understand grandmother when she talks to you, don't you, darling? The girl nods. I met her, her Japanese mother and English father on a plane to Japan. The parents were eager to (41)________ their experience of bringing up their daughter bilingually (使用双语地) in London It isn't easy: the husband does not speak Japanese, so the child hears the language only from her mother, who has come to (42)________ that the girl will reply in English. This can be painful! Not sharing your first language with loved ones is hard. Not passing it onto your own child can be especially tough. Many immigrant parents feel a sense of (43)________

Children learn languages easily, but this doesn't mean that (44)________ exposure is enough. They must hear a language quite a bit to understand it- -and use it often to be able to speak it comfortably. This is mental work,and a child who doesn’t have an intention to speak a language will often avoid it. So languages often die when parents move abroad. In the past, governments discouraged immigrant families from keeping their languages.These days, officials tend to be (45)________: some even see a valuable resource in immigrants language abilities.Yet many factors ensure that children still lose their parents languages, or never learn them. A big one is

institutional (46)________. A child's time spent with a second language is time not spent on their first. So teachers often discourage parents from speaking their languages to their children. Parents often (47)________ obey, worried about their children education. This is a(n) (48)________ for children really can master two languages or even more. Research does indeed suggest their vocabulary in each language may be somewhat smaller for a while,but other studies hint at intellectual advantages among bilinguals. They may be more skillful at complex tasks,better at maintaining attention.

Even without those side effects, (49)________,a bilingual child's connection to another culture is a good thing in itself. How to (50)________? When both parents share the native language, the strategy is often to speak that at home,' and the national language outside. But when they have (51)________ languages. perhaps the most common approach is “one parent, one language”. Francois Grosjean, a lan guage expert from Switzerland, (52)________ the necessity. He recommends reserving occasions on which the only language that may be spoken is the one that needs (53)________. Sabine Little, a language expert at the University of Sheffield, puts the emphasis elsewhere.Making the native language yet another

task (54)________ by parents can lead to rejection, she argues. She recommends letting the child form their own (55)________ I connection to the language, for languages are not just another thing to be drilled into a young mind, but a matter of the heart.

4

1.

A. conceal

B. publicize

C.discuss

D.imagine

4

2.

A. accept

B. argue

C. decide

D. ensure

4 3. A.

excitement

B. inferiority

C. failure

D. injustice

4 4. A.

momentary

B. maximum

C. repeated

D. continued

4 5. A less

stimulated

B. less

controlling

C. more

relieved

D. more

discouraging

4 6. A.

engagement

B. feature

C. prejudice

D. pressure

4 7. A. cheerfully B. faithfully C.

immediately

D. reluctantly

4

8.

A. instance

B. shame

C. ambition

D. suggestion

4

9.

A. though

B. hence

C. besides

D. otherwise

5 0. A. keep it up B. carry it on C. figure it

out

D. bring it

about

5

1.

A. multiple

B. different

C. foreign

D. target

5 2. A. removes B. challenges C.

emphasizes

D. ignores

5 3. A.

preservation

B. restriction

C. rejection

D. connection

5 4. A.

performed

B. imposed

C. shared

D.

recommende

d

5

5.

A. skillful

B. powerful

C. apparent

D. emotional

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)

The bus screamed to_ a stop in Nazareth. Israel. Five Australian backpackers boarded and struck up a conversation with me. They asked typical travelers questions -where was I going and why was I traveling alone? My plan was to travel with a friend of a friend, I explained, but when I called her that morning, she didn't pick up and I had no other way to reach her. My stomach was in knots, but I decided to head out anyway, thinking I might run into her if I traveled to Tiberius, where we had planned to go together.

Why don't you travel with us?" one of the backpackers offered. They were experienced adventurers who would work for a few months, save, then travel for as long as they could. Their current plan was to explore the Middle East and Europe in three months while working in London.

It seemed risky to travel with strangers, but my instinct said yes. For the next two weeks, I explored Israel with the backpackers and learned to trust my instincts in all types of new and interesting situations. When they hook a ride, I took the bus, but when they wanted to steal into the King David Hotel's swimming pool, I led the way. The world opened up to

me because I chose to travel alone. I joined complete strangers, who become close friends. Years later, one couple from the backpacking group even flew from Sydney to Phoenix to be in my wedding. The trip was such a special experience that it gave me confidence in all areas of my life. Since then, I've backpacked alone across South Africa, sky-dived from 12,000 feet in New Zealand and even moved across the U.S. with no job Lined up.

On my third day wandering in Israel with my new friends, I bumped into the woman I was supposed to meet. Though I was happy she was all right, I was grateful she hadn't picked up the phone.

56. By "My stomach was in knots" (in paragraph 1), the author most likely means that she was________.

A. sick of riding on a bumpy bus

B. nervous of meeting strangers

C. upset about the sudden change

D. sorry 'about the impractical plan

57. Which of the following best describes the backpackers the author met?

A. Courageous but disrespectful.

B. Jobless and poorly educated.

C. Warmhearted and trustworthy..

D. Homeless but lighthearted.

58. The author's sixth sense told her that ________.

A. she would get along with the backpackers

B. it might cause trouble to have a swim

C. she ought to stay away from the backpackers

D. it could add excitement to get a free ride

59. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Most of the backpackers became the author's lifelong friends.

B. The author gathered the courage to be a full time backpack traveler.

C. The woman missed the phone call with the purpose of traveling alone.

D. The author considered it the best decision of her life to travel on her own.

(B)

60. Alex wants to know how to ________.

A. avoid uncertain terms in writing

B. use tenses properly in one sentence

C. improve grammatical skills

D. focus on clear and short sentences

61. Diana reminds Rajiv that he will be severely criticized for

A. tending to hold gender prejudice

B. breaking the law using Mr Men titlesf

C. not characterizing enough professions

D. not running a project related to education

62. Which of the following questions is not supposed to be asked if you email Diana?

A. Is there a good market for traditional poems these days?

B. Can you possibly evaluate my recently written novel enclosed?

C. Where can I get some instructive books on writing for my son?

D. How can I write an appropriate acknowledgement for my book?

C