2020上海浦东高三英语二模试卷

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. At the butcher's B. In a restaurant. C. On the farm. D. In a supermarket. 2. A. Boss and secretary. B. Operator and caller. C. Librarian and student. D. Customer and repairman 3. A. He must attend a class. B. He must meet his teacher. C. He must finish his homework. D. He must go out with his roommate. 4. A. It's not as good as it was. B. It's better than it used to be. C. It's better than people expect D. It's even worse than people say. 5. A. The woman has a practical goal. B. The woman can surely live a long life.

C. The woman has taken the right steps to stay healthy. D. The woman should give up cheeseburgers to live longer.

6. A. An attractive hut. B. A sunny day. C. raincoat. D. A lovely hat 7. A. He's not going to cook his own dinner B. He plans to do the same as his brother. C. He loves the dinner his brother cooks. D. He wants to take on his own responsibility. 8. A. Applying to Harvard will be fun B. He is confident of getting into Harvard C. He has no choice but to apply to Harvard. D The woman can get the man into Harvard 9.A. The woman is teaching the man how to cook. B. There is nothing the man can do to cook the dish. C. The cookbook contains difficult instructions to follow. D. The man is good at following what is said in the cookbook. 10. A. The woman is too busy to go to the dinner. B. The woman will definitely go to the dinner. C. The woman will probably decline the invitation.

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D. The woman is asking about the time for the dinner.

Section B

Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of them. 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. Boston Cooking School B. Toll House Inn. C. A chocolate company. D. Nestle's branch 12. A. Mix smashed chocolate with other ingredients and baked it. B. Cover the surface of the cookies with melted chocolate. C. Spread butter on semi-sweet chocolate desserts. D. Shape melted chocolate into thick pieces.

13. A. She kept it as a secret. B. She sold it to Nestle. C. She applied for a patent D. She shared it publicly.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. They support various living creatures. B.They reduce greenhouse gas emissions. C.They bring about huge economic benefits. D.They protect the coast against melting ice. 15. A. Australia B. Canada. C. America. D. China. 16. A. Tourism will face strong decline B. Beach losses are causing climate change

C. Half of the world's sandy beaches could disappear. D. Beaches play an important part in the ecosystem

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

17. A. London. B. Barcelona. C. Madrid. D. Iceland 18. A. She was scheduled to meet more customers in other cities. B. Her ship was delayed by the wind blowing southwards.

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C. Clouds of volcano ash threatened passengers' health. D. Volcanic eruption caused her flight to be cancelled. 19. A. She tried various means of transport except the coach. B. She had a tough journey back home with many transfers. C. She enjoyed the lovely scenery in various cities in Spain. D. She managed to book a ticket with the British airline at last. 20. A. He paid little attention to the news media. B. He didn't care about meaningless pastimes. C. He was out of employment for too long. D. He was too busy to make preparations for it.

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.

Green Spring Renews Life’s Promise

For me, two of the loveliest words in the English language are “Life persists”. I came across them years ago as a college freshman, sitting in the library on a beautiful spring day, bored, working on a history paper, I don’t recall (21) _________ I was researching into. Out of nowhere, those two words came (22) _________ (dance) off the page in a quote by Gandhi, “In the midst of death life persists, in the midst of untruth truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists.”

After those words (23) _________ (read) again a dozen times, suddenly I was no longer bored. Outside in the sunshine, I kicked off my shoes and danced barefoot across a spring-green lawn.

I love spring. And this year, I was especially hungry to see it. Flying home last weekend to Las Vegas, after 10 days in California, I looked down on hills that were so green that I (24) _________ almost taste them. When I approached Vegas, the green turned a dull desert brown. We landed after sunset, and the only green to be seen was neon（霓虹灯）.

But the next morning, to my surprise, I (25) _________ (awake) to find signs of spring all over my yard. (26) _________ my absence, all sorts of things had leafed and bloomed. Three days

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later, I drove to Arizona to visit a friend and get yet another taste of spring seeing the Giants play the A’s in spring training. The drive across the desert was completely great, a variety of wildflowers and blooming cactuses.

Sometimes we need the chance (27) _________ (remind) that we’re still alive. After my husband died, a friend sent me a card which read: “Just (28) _________ you think you will never smile again, life comes back.”

Life persists, and so do (29) _________ in the green of spring and the dead of winter, in the birth of a child and the passing of a loved one; in the words we leave behind and the hearts of those (30) _________ will remember us. Spring reminds us that we’re alive forever. 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. affordable B. cultural C. driving D. influence E. materialism F. outward-looking G. resulted H. shaped I. sharing J. shift K. specialized Curiosity and Globalization are Driving a New Approach to Travel

Today’s political climate and negative headlines seem to point towards a more inward-looking global population - minds narrowing, borders going up. But with more people living and working overseas and becoming exposed to influences from different cultures, many of us are seeking a(n) __31__, connected world.

According to the recently published study from Culture Trip, 60% of people in the US and UK say that their outlook on life is shaped by the __32__ from different cultures. As a society, we not only want to discover and experience other cultures, we want to learn from them, too. This is one of the many positive side effects of globalization. At the same time, the economic landscape of the last decade has resulted in a shift in values away from __33__, with younger generations more interested in collecting experiences than possessions.

Welcome to the “new culture economy”.

The collision（碰撞）of two trends - globalization and the experience economy - has __34__ a new attitude to travel, with cultural curiosity at its heart. This is the “new culture economy”. The phenomenon is having a powerful impact on people’s interactions and definitions of __35__ exploration, and presents an incredible commercial opportunity.

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