2018届上海市黄浦区高三4月模拟（二模）英语试题（word版）+听力

黄浦区2018年高考模拟考

英语试卷 2018.4

（完卷时间：120分钟 满分：140分）

第I卷（共100分）

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. In a fruit store. 2. A. 4:30.

B. In a gym. B. 5:00.

C. At a restaurant. C. 5:10.

B. Nurse and patient. D. Teacher and student.

B. The tickets sold online are cheaper. D. It’s better to buy the tickets offline.

D. At a watch shop. D. 5:15.

3. A. Boss and secretary.

C. Salesman and customer.

4. A. The tickets are more expensive than expected.

C. It is difficult to get the tickets on the spot. 5. A. He wants to be a musician in the future.

B. He shows more interest in English learning. C. He displays great music talent in the exhibition.

D. He doesn’t make enough efforts in English learning. 6. A. He wants to get some sleep. 7. A. It looks old.

B. He needs time to write a paper. D. He is troubled by his sleep problem. B. It looks new. D. It doesn’t run well. B. Hard to understand. D. Not worth seeing twice. B. Buy a gift for his mother. D. Give her more information. B. She went to school after 9 a.m. D. She may have been late for school.

C. He has a literature class to attend. C. It doesn’t need painting. 8. A. Extremely dull.

C. Lacking a good story.

9. A. Plan his budget carefully. 10. A. She didn’t like telling jokes.

Section B

C. Ask someone else for advice.

C. She may not have gone to school today.

Directions: In Section B, you will hear two longer conversations and one short passage, and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversations and the passage. The conversations and the passage 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 question you have heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following dialogue. 11. A. He found his TV was broken. B. He missed a good TV program.

C. He felt bored with the TV program. D. He lost his meal tickets in the cafeteria.

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12. A. He lost fifty dollars. B. His time was wasted.

C. His brain wasn’t very active. D. He watched just one program. 13. A. Part of the brain is not in use.

B. Part of the brain becomes more passive. C. It takes longer to process visual information. D. It processes complex information less actively.

Questions 14 through 17 are based on the following dialogue. 14. A. From the newspaper. B. From her classmates.

C. From her friends. D. From the man. 15. A. Plant more trees in the school yard. B. Organize a picnic on Thursday. C. Build a parking lot for students. D. Protect the natural beauty on campus. 16. A. Attend a meeting. B. Attend a class. C. Visit her friends. D. Go to the parking lot. 17. A. Lend her pen to the man. B. Go to the administration. C. Support the student action union. D. Give out the handouts.

Questions 18 through 20 are based on the following passage. 18. A. There are numerous languages in existence. B. Most public languages are essentially vague.

C. People differ greatly in their ability to communicate. D. Big gaps exist between private and public languages. 19. A. It is a sign of human intelligence. B. It improves with constant practice.

C. It is something we are born with. D. It varies from person to person. 20. A. How various languages are related to each other.

B. How children learn to use language in particular ways. C. How private languages are developed from public ones. D. How people of different ages create their own languages.

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.

Wildlife Secrets of Nigeria’s Last Wilderness

Researchers from Chester Zoo, working with the Nigeria National Park Service, surveyed over 1,000 square kilometres of the national park. Known (21) _____ its mountain rainforests and rolling grasslands, it is home to some of West Africa’s most threatened animals.

The cameras (22) _____ (spot) some animals that have never been recorded before in the area and others, like chimps（黑猩猩）, (23)_____ are rarely seen. Stuart Nixon, the Africa Field Programme Co-ordinator at Chester Zoo, said confirmation of the locations of chimps was an important discovery. “Gashaka’s been regarded for many years as (24) _____ (have) the biggest population of this Nigeria-Cameroon chimp,” he said. “We consider it the most important population—that’s really (25) _____ we need to count it and see what the status of the chimp is right now—that will eventually affect what we know about this subspecies elsewhere.”

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The chimp (26) _____ (endanger) across its range in Cameroon and Nigeria. Its total population is down to fewer than 9,000 individuals, of which about 1,000 are thought (27) _____ (live) within the borders of the national park. “It’s an amazing tool to use these camera traps and to reveal that this park—which is a (28) _____ (forget) wilderness, really, for Nigeria—still has a really important store of important species for Nigeria and Africa in general,” said Stuart Nixon.

Chester Zoo is funding guards for the rangers and providing training in wildlife monitoring and protection. “This work is helping us learn more about the secrets of one of our last wilderness areas and we must continue to work together to ensure (29) _____ survival for future generations,” said Stuart Nixon, “(30) _____ all this beauty were lost, it would be a terrible tragedy for all.”

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. approach B. architectural G. extension H. houses

C. captured D. complicated I. reflect J. shades E. defensive K. status F. defined Why India’s ‘Pink City’ is a Photographer’s Heaven

The city of Jaipur is one of India’s wonders. It __31__ some of the country’s most decorative royal palaces—elegant structures designed hundreds of years ago that still attract visitors today. Largely built in the 1700s, Jaipur is surrounded by a city wall and several __32__ castles. Considered as a commercial center, it was ahead of its time due to the use of grid iron （网格状）city planning.

A romantic dusty pink type—which has __33__ the city since 1876, after it was painted pink to welcome Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert—gives Jaipur its __34__ as the “Pink City”. This __35__ beauty is what first brought Hong Kong-based photographers Victor Cheng and Samantha Wong to Jaipur.

Walking in glass skyscrapers for century-old royal palaces and historic castles, the pair—who have 130,000 Instagram followers between them—said that the images they __36__ in Jaipur received a lot of response online. “A lot of our followers hadn’t seen this side of India, so we’re happy we were able to show this side of the country.” Cheng said.

For the photographers, one of the city’s most fascinating features is the light pink coloring of its buildings. “The first gates you see when you enter are pink,” said Wong. “Once you’re through, everything around you varies in different __37__ of the color—from bright pinks to reddish browns.”

The building is a(n) __38__ of the City Palace, and its windows allowed royal women to observe street life without appearing in public. One of Cheng’s most striking photos shows a straight front of the building and its hundreds of windows. The building’s lively coloring also pushed Cheng to take a different __39__ to editing than with images of other cities. “I toned down my usual editing process because the pink was so bright in reality,” he said, “I wanted the photos to __40__ the actual color I was seeing myself and to maintain its tone.”

III. Reading Comprehension Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passages 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.

Concerns about the harm caused by “too much” screen time—particularly when it is spent on social media—are widespread. But working out what a “healthy” __41__ might be is far from easy.

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Some negative experiences on social media—like __42__ how your appearance compares to others—do affect some children. However, this does not mean that technology use in __43__ is harmful and it is difficult to make claims about how it will affect different people.

Consider the picture painted by a UNICEF review of existing research into the effects of digital technology on children’s __44__ comfort, including happiness, mental health and social life. Rather than stating that social media was harmful, it suggested a more __45__ effect.

The UNICEF report highlighted a 2017 study that examined 120,000 UK 15-year-olds. Among those teenagers who were the lightest users, it was found that increasing the time spent using technology was linked to __46__ comfort—possibly because it was important for keeping up friendships. __47__, among the heaviest users of technology, any increase in time was linked to lower levels of comfort. Overall, the UNICEF study suggested that some screen time could be good for children’s mental health.

A broader look at evidence provided by some other high quality studies again suggests the story is not __48__. An early study in 2013 looked at how the television and video game habits of 11,000 UK five-year-olds affected them two years later. It is one of few studies actually __49__ the effects of technology over time. It suggested that, compared with children who watched one hour of television or less on a weekday, a small increase in conduct problems was seen among those who watched more than three hours each day. Playing electronic games, however, was not seen as leading to a greater __50__ of friendship or emotional problems.

So how much time should our children spend looking at screens? It is difficult to be __51__ as different people spend time online in such different ways. A useful comparison might be with sugar. Broadly speaking, people __52__ that too much sugar can be bad for your health. But the effect it might have can depend on many factors, from the type of sugar to the person and the amount. We would not __53__ trust anyone who claims to predict how someone is affected by consuming one gram of sugar. The same could be said for __54__ usage: the outcomes depend on so many factors that only very __55__ predictions are possible.

41. A. amount 43. A. general 45. A. complex 46. A. improved

B. comparison B. boasting of B. particular B. material B. dramatic

B. maximum B. In contrast B. definite B. power B. forget B. readily

B. experiencing B. independent

C. experience C. private C. physical C. harmless C. relative

D. medium D. worrying about D. public D. psychological D. predictable D. small D. Worse still D. true D. tracing D. risk D. subjective D. remember D. weakly D. video game D. wild

42. A. accounting for 44. A. domestic

C. commenting on

47. A. As a rule 48. A. convincing 49. A. estimating 50. A. connection 51. A. balanced 52. A. agree 53. A. equally

C. On the whole C. probable C. reducing C. promotion C. precise C. object

C. reluctantly C. rough

54. A. emotion therapy 55. A. confident

Section B

B. social media B. optimistic

C. TV broadcasting

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.

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(A)

The cold northern wind here in the streets of Petersburg strengthens my nerves and fills me with delight. I cannot think of the Pole as cold and empty; in my imagination it is a region of beauty and delight. Who knows what strange landscapes and creatures we may find there? I shall satisfy my curiosity with the sight of an unknown part of the world, and walk where no man has before. Thinking of it, I feel the same joy a child feels when he sails his little boat on a voyage of discovery up his native river.

This voyage was the favorite dream of my early years. My education was neglected, yet I was passionately fond of reading. Uncle Thomas’s library contained only books about exploration, which I read day and night. Finally, my thoughts comes to the idea of making a voyage of discovery.

Six years have passed since I decided on the present voyage. I can, even now, remember the hour when I committed myself to this great enterprise. I began by making my body used to hardship. I went on whale hunting voyages to the North Sea; I voluntarily endured cold, hunger, thirst, and lack of sleep. I often worked harder than the common sailors during the day. Then, at nights, I studied mathematics, the theory of medicine, and sciences of practical importance for a sea-going adventurer. Twice I took jobs as an officer on a Greenland whaling ship. I felt a little proud when my captain asked me to remain with the ship, so valuable did he consider my services. And now, do I not deserve to achieve some great task? My life might have been passed in ease and comfort, but I preferred glory to every pleasure that wealth placed in my path.

56. What does the author think of the Pole?

(B)

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A. It reminds him of his childhood. B. It must be a region full of surprises. C. It would fulfil his dream to be an adventurer. D. It’s too cold a destination with almost nothing. A. physically prepared by experiencing great suffering B. spiritually prepared by gaining captain’s recognition C. academically prepared by reading books on exploration D. financially prepared by serving on a whale hunting ship A. curiosity

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(C)

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