上海市嘉定区2021届高三英语下学期4月第二次质量调研测试试题.doc

上海市嘉定区2021届高三英语下学期4月第二次质量调研测试试题

上海市嘉定区2021届高三英语下学期4月第二次质量调研测试试题

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上海市嘉定区2021届高三英语下学期4月第二次质量调研测试（二模）试题
（满分：140分 考试时间：120分钟）
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A（10分）
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. Red. B. Pink. C. Yellow. D. Blue.
2. A.400,000 yuan. B.200,000 yuan. C.100,000yuan. D.800,000 yuan.
3. A. Doubtful. B. Approving. C. Objective. D. Negative.
4. A. He regretted not watching it. B. He was eager to know who won.
C. He cared very little about it. D. He thought of it as a cup of tea.
5. A. Stay at home to study for the exam. B. Have a break with the woman at home.
C. Go to the concert with the woman. D. Ask the woman to help with the exam.
6. A. She is usually absent-minded. B. She has a kind of brain disease.
C. She doesn’t know Sophie’s plan. D. She has forgotten to tell the man.
7. A. When to attend the meeting. B. How to deal with the kettle.
C. Whether to clean the floor. D. What to do with the shelf.
8. A. It is against most people’s wishes. B. It can lead to some serious illnesses.
C. It may not be as desirable as people think. D. It is going to be reformed after six months.
9. A. John was obviously lying to them. B. It’s bettter that they don’t buy the house.
C. They have misunderstood John’s words. D. John was too cautious to tell them everything.
10.A. Miss Wang will no longer write novels. B. The woman has a copy of the new chapter.
C. He will help to fix the Internet connection. D. He is desperate to know what happens next.
Section B（15分）
Directions：In Section B, you will hear two passages and one longer conversation. After each passage or conversation, you will be asked several questions. 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. The British invented it. B. Mastering it requires techniques.
C. It has six strings like guitar. D. Hard figure pressing is involved.
12. A. Starting from simplified tunes. B. Using his sense of achievement.
C. Practicing two hours every day. D. Reading Harry Potter while playing.
13. A. The author’s enthusiasm for Hawaiian music.
B. The author’s dream of becoming a ukulele master.
C. The author’s difficulties of learning the ukulele.
D. The author’s personal introduction of the ukulele.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. They will be dried in a special oven. B. They will be checked for hidden insects.
C. They will be stored in a cotton bag. D. They will be put in a container full of air.
15. A. It is located in the Netherlands. B. It has a history of three decades.
C. It is built to resist external forces. D. It has more seeds than any other banks.
16. A. To ensure the survival of humans. B. To fight against global warning.
C. To promote agricultural industry. D. To raise ecological awareness.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17. A. It happens when one is dreaming. B. It is a process involving difficult tasks.
C. It often starts with problem-solving. D. It determines the quality of gardening,
18. A. Creativity is always related to great families.
B. Creativity can be found in ordinary people.
C. Creativity is determined by environment.
D. Creativity may be influenced by genes.
19. A. Traditional ideas are removed from the brain.
B. The brain starts to connect ideas in new ways.
C. Ideas occur to people easily in the kitchen.
D. Past events flash quickly before one’s eyes.
20. A. The nature of creativity. B. The importance of creativity.
C. The benefits of creativity. D. The way to improve creativity.
Ⅱ.Grammar and Vocabulary Section A（10分）
Directions：After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper farm of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Why Acting Is So Much More Than It Appears to Be
For many people, acting appears to be people talking while getting emotional, which is why so many people think they can do it. No one imagines (21) ______ waking up one day and being a professional singer or pianist. But for actors, they say, “Acting is hard only (22) ______ one has to memorize lines, If I could remember, I could be an actor, too.”
But acting isn’t just about memorizing lines and talking in conversational reality. As Meisner said, “Acting is doing things truthfully under imaginary circumstances.” If (23) ______(understand) correctly, this definition is an ambitious and remarkable thing to strive for.
To do things truthfully, actors must acquire many challenging skills .(24) ______ these skills, the script will remain flat on the page, despite being recited out loud. To make a script come to life in a believable way, the actor (25) ______ make active choices.
Imagine for a moment how many different ways there are (26) ______ (deliver) one single line. Even something as simple as “close the door” an mean so many different things and (27) ______(express) in so many different ways. The words are the writer’s, but the behavior (28) ______ brings them to vivid life? That is the actor.
The goal of great actors? That’s to act naturally. Good quality acting must always come down to a kind of naturalness that makes those acting skills (29) _______(visible) to the audience. In other words, a good actor must not appear to be acting at all.
So do not be fooled into thinking that (30) ______ can read and speak can be an actor. The naturalness displayed by great actors is exactly what makes you think that way, but it took them years of training to get to this point. It is so much more than you know.
Section B（10分）
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. leave B. signal C. brief D. interruption E. marking F. indicated
G. practice H. resting I. unified J. struggling K. temporary
What Is a Paragraph Break?
It is one of the most important punctuation marks. A paragraph break is an indentation（缩造）or a single line space 31 the division between one paragraph and the next in a body of text.
Generally, paragraph breaks serve to 32 the transition from one idea to another in a stretch of text, and from one speaker to another in an exchange of dialogue.
Few readers would think of the paragraph break as a punctuation mark, but it certainly is. In ancient times there were no paragraphs. Sentences simply flowed into one another without 33 .During medieval（中世纪）times, the mark evolved into the paragraph symbol and eventually became the modern-day paragraph break, which is 34 now only by a line break or indentation.
Today, the paragraph break is used to give readers a break. The art of creating paragraphs is called paragraphing, the 35 of dividing a text into paragraphs. Paragraphing is a kindness to your reader because it divides your thinking into manageable bites. Paragraphs that are too long 36 readers with dense blocks of text to read through, while more frequent paragraphing provides readers with convenient 37 points at which to take a break and relaunch themselves into thinking.
To fully understand when to insert a paragraph break, it’s helpful to know that a paragraph is a group of closely related sentences that develop a central idea. Therefore, each paragraph discusses one 38 topic. Also, a paragraph break is cmploycd before each new topic is introduced. In this way, the writing will flow, and readers will be able to proceed through the writing in a logical fashion instead of 39 all the way to get to the last line.
Paragraphs used to be longer, but with the development of the Internet, which gives readers access to literally millions of sources of information, paragraphs have become increasingly 40 . The style for many websites, for example, uses paragraphs no more than two to three sentences.
Ⅲ.Reading Comprehension
Section A（15分）
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.
There have been many times during my travels when I’ve needed something repaired, from broken zips to memory cards that have lost data. From India to Ethiopia, I have had 41 trouble in finding menders to repair what is broken. But in rich countries, such items would often be 42 and replaced with new ones.
Now the idea that something that works fine should be replaced is now so deeply-rooted in our 43 that few people question it. We are increasingly convinced by manufacturers to 44 replace a product. The earliest example may be the so-called “lightbulb scheme”, in which a group of companies signed an agreement that 45 each other to sell lightbulbs with a longer than 1000-hour lifespan（寿命）, even though bulbs lasting more than 100000 hours 46 .The result was that households needed to replace their bulbs regularly, greatly 47 the consumer market.
This way of selling more products by designing products that 48 fail, cannot be repaired, or have a set lifespan is known as “planned obsolescence（报废）”. However, it is not just a way for 49 to increase profits, many politicians believe it to be a societal necessity. During the 1930s Depression in the US, it was seen as a way to get the 50 moving again by urging people to buy more stuff. By the 1950s, it had become the dominant practice in large-scale production with things no longer built to 51 . Clever advertising persuaded people to shop. Consumer culture was born.
Some industries, such as fashion, rely heavily on “planned obsolescence” with items being made to last a single season or less. Other industries are 52 fashion to bring out products that will soon appear dated. For example, 53 lifespans are programmed into chips（芯片）, so that printers will stop working after a preset number of pages.
54 , some consumers are starting to hit back, advising people on the Internet how to find and remove the printer chip. They began taking apart computers and other equipment, getting around the copyright protection. People like them are contributing to a 55 of the consumer culture. Instead of being driven by it, they choose new products based on how long-lasting they are and how easy they are to be repaired. Perhaps, “planned obsolescence” will begin to see its end.
41. A. real B. much C. little D. big
42. A. worked out B. thrown away C. fixed up D. boasted about
43. A. industry B. culture C. product D. route
44. A. permanently B. fundamentally C. sensibly D. frequently
45. A. forbade B. reminded C. allowed D. instructed
46. A. failed B. existed C. flashed D. boomed
47. A. shrinking B. distributing C. stabilizing D. expanding
48. A. miserably B. barely C. deliberately D. slightly
49. A. opponents B. manufacturers C. delegates D. immigrants
50. A. employment B. fashion C. politics D. economy
51. A. last B. transfer C. collapse D. tempt
52. A. exploiting B. following C. deserting D. entitling
53. A. decent B. additional C. valid D. limited
54. A. Therefore B. Besides C. However D. Anyway
55. A. shift B. knowledge C. rise D. success
Section B（22分）
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）
1 On Monday, a scientist and doctor Robert Winston is to formally ask a question in congress about what assessments the government has made “for requiring adults riding bicycles in city centres to heave a licence and third-party insurance”. The letter below is the entirely imagined response I would like the government to make to him.
2 Dear Robert,
3 You ask what assessments we’ve made for your proposal about obliging cyclists to have licences and insurance. The brief answer is: none. Nor do we have any plans to do so.
4 Why? Again, the short answer is this: it’s a silly and pointless thing to suggest, as evidenced by the fact that practically no countries or territories anywhere in the world require cyclists to be licensed, or to have compulsory insurance.
5 I suppose it’s only fair if I explain why I think it is such a non-issue. It’s pretty simple: such a plan would achieve pretty much nothing, while causing significant problems. More widely, any sensible governments will do everything in their power to get more people cycling, not to put pointless obstacles in their way.
6 Let’s just take one example. As I’m sure you know as a doctor, one of the problems facing our nation is that the National Health System is likely to collapse under the caring for an increasingly overweight population. Inactive living is central to this. Even a fairly brief daily bike trip can have miraculous benefits for people’s health.
7 Next, how would such rules even work? Would the licensing and insurance be just for adults, or also children? How would the system even be enforced-would it also require all bikes to be registered with number plates?
8 Finally, what would you hope to achieve by this? If you believe licensing transport users stops wrongdoing, can I point to you the data showing how a third of drivers admit to using handheld phones while driving, despite the law forbidding it.
9 So, to summarize：your plan would be to introduce a hugely new administrative scheme that would most likely have limited effect on the behaviour of averagely law-abiding（守法的）transport users who rarely harm others, while putting people off from this beneficial type of transport.
10 I’m afraid I just don’t get it.
56. What does Robert most probably want to know by asking the question?
A. whether the government has made efforts regarding his proposal.
B. whether each bike rider has applied for a third-party insurance.
C. whether the congress has sympathy towards the cyclists.
D. whether doctors can receive the government’s support.
57. What does the author think of the plan proposed by Robert?
A. It may raise people’s insurance awareness. B. It can motivate people to obey the law.
C. It imitates what other countries are doing. D. It is difficult to implement and enforce.
58.