2020-2021学年上海市黄浦区高三(上)期末英语试卷(一模)

2020-2021学年上海市黄浦区高三（上）期末英语试卷（一模）

1.（问答题，1分）A. Brother and sister.

B. Father and daughter.

C. Husband and wife.

D. Mother and son.

2.（问答题，1分）A. A waiter.

B. A manager.

C. A salesman.

D. A barber.

3.（问答题，1分）A. He enjoys eating it.

B. He cares little for it.

C. He prefers fried seafood.

D. He doesn't want to taste it.

4.（问答题，1分）A. The goods there were on sale last weekend.

B. It's the woman's favourite shopping mall.

C. It sold out 50% of the goods last weekend.

D. It's the cheapest shopping mall nearby.

5.（问答题，1分）A. The woman isn't satisfied with her clothes, style.

B. The woman is most probably pregnant.

C. The woman doesn't like the new family member.

D. The woman is trying her best to lose weight.

6.（问答题，1分）A. It is the only property she has.

B. Her father asked her not to sell it.

C. She inherited it from his father.

D. She has nowhere to live after selling it.

7.（问答题，1分）A. Call a repairman to come at once.

B. Check the sink in the kitchen first.

C. Clear up the kitchen right now.

D. Stop the water from running immediately.

8.（问答题，1分） lost her purse.

forgot to bring cash.

failed to attend the concert.

was unable to get the student discount.

9.（问答题，1分） checking her reference.

te the research.

the material in order.

typing the paper.

10.（问答题，1分）A. The woman enjoyed the movie very much.

B. The woman didn't sleep well because of the movie.

C. The man asked the woman to be careful at night.

D. The man invited the woman to go to the theatre together.

11.（问答题，4.5分）（1）A. She wrote several books.

B. She managed a farm.

C. She was a business woman.

D. She worked as a nurse.

（2）A. 101 years.

B. 76 years.

C. 25 years.

D. 22 years.

（3）A. Pictures in plain style.

B. A successful art collector.

C. A great American artist.

D. The secret of living longer.

12.（问答题，4.5分）（1） concentrate for our quiet thought.

give full attention to the driving.

avoid being caught by the police.

be as casual as possible in the driving.

（2） an elevator.

a special hall.

a bathroom.

a concert.

（3） listening comprehensively and analytically.

taking a sonic bath thoroughly.

attending classical concerts frequently.

listening to an emotional piece of music.

13.（问答题，6分）（1）A. Inquiring about the details of a trade fair.

B. Booking rooms at a hotel.

C. Complaining about the hotel room service.

D. Giving suggestions on receiving guests.

（2）A. It's a busy season for international tourism.

B. There aren't many hotels available in the city.

C. An important economic event will occur.

D. There is a big conference to be held.

（3）A. For five days altogether.

B. From Dec. 11th to Dec. 13th.

C. From morning to night on Dec. 15th.

D. A whole day on the fourth day of their stay.

（4）A. The woman wants to reserve rooms either on the 1st or 6th floor.

B. The woman has to pay 1200 dollars for all the rooms she has booked.

C. Whether the rooms are accessible by wheelchair will affect the woman's choice.

D. Twelve people are most likely to attend the conference to be held on Dec. 13th.

14.（填空题，10分）

Consider the Mechanical Pencil

If you used to collect small objects. I'm sure （if you were anything like my younger self）

that you used to collect mechanical pencils.

In one of the math preparatory classes I （1）___ （go） to in elementary and middle school,

we used to receive mechanical pencils as prizes for doing well on the in-class exams or

answering questions in class. This was （2）___ I built up my collection of Cadoozles, which are

short mechanical pencils decorated with brightly colored spaceships and ice cream bars. But

I've long since used up all my Cadoozles and a majority of the mechanical pencils that I （3）___

（hide） in an empty moon-cake tin so many years before, which makes me reflect fondly back

on those old days, when receiving a mechanical pencil was as easy as drinking a glass of water.

Mechanical pencils are not only more convenient than your traditional Ticonderoga in the

sense that they never need （4）___ （sharpen）； they also produce thinner, cleaner lines,

which is extremely important for drawers and drafters. Furthermore, they are environmentally

friendly, since you don't have to buy（5）___ wooden pencil whenever you run out of lead（铅芯）. You can simply refill your mechanical pencil. There is only one slight negative I must

remark on,（6）___ is that as someone who calls mechanical pencils "lead pencil" in casual

conversation, the term "lead pencil" is confusing. Mechanical pencil lead is actually not made

from the chemical element lead. It is made from a mixture of graphite and clay,which （7）___

not give you lead poisoning. This is contrary to what my third-grade teacher said when she saw

my classmate John clicking his mechanical pencil against his index finger out of boredom："John, stop that! You're going to get lead poisoning!" I think all the third-graders （and teachers）

in the world would feel much （8）___ （safe） if they knew what really made up the pencils

they use every day.

It used to be so easy to grab a mechanical pencil whenever I needed one, but（9）___ the

moon-cake tin has become increasingly lighter, I have learned to appreciate my writing

instruments more. Perhaps I should have collected a few more Cadoozles when I was younger；

perhaps I should have appreciated the feeling of holding up the moon-cake tin when it was

three-quarters full, hoping that three would always be a new pencil for me （10）___ （use）

tomorrow.

15.（填空题，10分）

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Science Isn't Always Perfect -- But We Should Still Trust It

From environment pollution to climate change,we make decisions every day that involve us in

scientific genetically modified crops safe to eat？Is climate change an emergency？In

recent years,many of these issues have become politically polarized,with people rejecting

scientific evidence that is opposite their political（1）___ .When Greta Thunberg,the youthful

climate activist,was asked by one member why we should trust the science,she replied, "because

it's science!"

For several decades,there has been a（n）（2）___ and organized campaign intended to

produce distrust in science,funded by regulated industries and libertarian think-tanks whose

interests and beliefs are（3）___ by the findings of modern response,scientists have

tended to stress the success of all,scientists have been right about most

things,from the structure of the universe to the relativity of time and space.

That answer isn't wrong,but for many people it's not（4）___ .After all,just because scientists

more than 400 years ago were right about the structure of the solar system doesn't prove that a

different group of scientists are right about a different issue today.

An alternative answer to the question -- Why trust science？ -- is that scientists use "the

scientific method." If you've got a high school science textbook lying around the house,you'll

probably find that answer in this answer is what is（5）___ declared to be the

scientific method -- develop a hypothesis（假设），then design an experiment to test it -- isn't

what scientists actually ians of science have shown that scientists use many different

methods,and these methods have changed with e（6）___ changes：new methods

get invented,old ones get（7）___ ，and any particular point in time scientists can be found

doing many different that's a good thing,because the so-called scientific method

doesn't theories can produce true results,so even if an experiment works,it doesn't

prove the theory that was（8）___ to test it is also might be many different theories

that could produce that same（9）___ the contrary,if the experiment fails,it doesn't

prove the theory is wrong：it could be that the experiment was badly conducted or there was a

fault in one of the（10）___ .

16.（填空题，15分）Travelling, at least travelling any considerable distance, means dealing

with airports. I've seen my share of airports. They come in several（1）___ . The smallest I have

been through was in the African town of Hoedspruit where the main waiting area was smaller

than many school classrooms, security and ticket checking were both（2）___ by one person

who was also controlling the gate onto the airfield and you had to walk out to the plane and

climb the stairs to get in. It was even smaller than Canada's Moncton airport where the person

taking the tickets was also one of the two（3）___ on our flight.

At the other extreme are the（4）___ ， modern airports in the world's major cities. LAX， in

Los Angeles has two parallel runways and provides the unusual opportunity to watch out the

window of your landing aircraft as another one lands right beside you. Some, such as Beijing's

Capital International Airport, SeaTac in Seattle and the International Airport in San Francisco,

like those in Hong Kong and Shanghai, have（5）___ terminals connected by different buses or

underground trains. Finding a connecting flight often means changing terminals, which can be a

little（6）___ .

Heathrow airport in London, England,（7）___ that bigger is not always better. Heathrow

consists of terminals used by various（8）___ and is centered around an area that contains

stores and restaurants. At Heathrow the tired traveller gets the（9）___ that they want you to

spend your time in the stores because they won't announce the gate from which your flight will

leave until about an hour before flight time. Given that they start to get people onto the planes

half an hour before takeoff that leaves just 30 minutes to find and（10）___ your gate, some of

which are a 15-minute walk from the store area. There is absolutely no（11）___ for this

because the airport authorities know even before the day begins how many flights are arriving

and departing and where they plan to put them. If I have just come off one long flight and I'm

waiting for another, what I want is a quiet place, not an area（12）___ bright lights and noisy

shoppers.

Travel, for me, is interesting but when I have to fly, getting there is（13）___ not half the fun.

Airplanes are very efficient way to move people long distances and airports are a（n） （14）___ part of the process. Most airport do their best to provide a good travelling experience but

they are to be（15）___ ， not really enjoyed.

D. sizes

D. processed

D. passengers

D. fashionable

D. irregular

D. encouraging

D.

demonstrates

B. departments C. airlines D. authorities

（8）A. functions

B. presentation C. announcement D. impression

（9）A. recreation

B. get to C. meet at D. check out

（10）A. look for

B. doubt C. apology D. excuse

（11）A. exception

B. dominated by C. decorated with D. recognized

（12）A. filled with

by

B. permanently C. attentively D. definitely

（13）A. increasingly

B. optional C. necessary D. suitable

（14）A. effective

B. endured C. declared D. paralleled

（15）A. simplified

17.（填空题，8分）Sometimes when she felt bored,she would pick up one of the numerous

（1）A. types

（2）A. identified

（3）A. guards

（4）A. tremendous

（5）A. flexible

（6）A. exciting

（7）A. regulates

biographies（传记）about herself and begin to note in. "I never did that" or "simply not true"

she would write roughly in the margins at the sides of journalists,biographers and

more recently even "bloggers" had been writing about her since the day she was born,there was

B. cities

B. handled

B. astronauts

B. crowded

B. multiple

B. astonishing

B. emphasizes

C. areas

C. promoted

C. pilots

C. international

C. available

C. confusing

C. encounters

plenty of material to that her notes or corrections were ever shared with the

,however,she even seemed to have lost her appetite for it matter

anymore if things were not right？

She knew that sitting alone chewing away on downbeat thoughts would not get her anywhere

and would leave those around her confused and upset,should they ever catch her all

she was the decisive one,always on top of her game.A printed timetable for the following day lay

on the table.A full day of openings and presentations,of smiling and nodding and flowers.

Shaking herself out of her gray mood,she stepped over towards the computer where a sudden

burst of energy gave her an screen flashed up in front of her but instead of clicking on

the familiar icons which would lead her to the emails Randolph considered she needed to

read,she simply went to visit and began her search for train timetable.

A dish heaped with multi-coloured jellies and plenty of ice cream,served by a white-gloved

train waiter with a perfect many years had passed but she still remembered the

jelly dissolving on her tongue in small but delicious spoonful had to be lifted

delicately to her mouth under the watched eye of her grandmother,who was a stickler for good

was unlikely that they served jelly on the trains these days,what with all the concern

about childhood fatness,but even a Spartan menu could not kill the romance of a train

the timetable for Line-burst line flashed in front of her,she remembered that the

Mayor of Alwoy would be expecting her to make a short,predictable speech at the opening of the

now bridge.

（1）Which of the following can be inferred from the passage？ ___

main character is probably a journalist writing blogs about royal members.

main character is always busy editing plenty of material about herself.

authors probably had chances to get the notes or correctness from the main character.

ph is probably an assistant or a secretary to the main character.

（2）Why does the main character recall the time she ate jellies and ice cream？ ___

wishes that she were still a child so that she could eat jellies and ice cream.

is reminded of these foods because the thought of a train journey reminds her of them.

wishes she still knew where the handsome train waiter was.

's children aren't allowed to eat the same things that she ate as a child.

（3）A "Sparten menu"（paragraph 4）would most likely ___ .

mainly low fat,healthy foods

suitable for a romantic dinner

e a range of sweets,but no jelly

e foods which are easy to transport

（4）What is most likely to happen next in this passage？ ___

main character will practise her speech for greeting the Mayor of Alwoy.

main character will decide to take a rail journey.

ph will send some emails to the main character.

main character will update her blog on the internet.

18.（填空题，6分）Canals have to be built on a level,otherwise the water drains out of them

and the canal becomes was the great problem facing the early canal builders,and

they overcame it in different early engineers like James Brindley simply followed the

outlines of the countryside and kept their canals level though it often meant choosing very

roundabout routes.

Later engineers,such as Thomas Telford,developed a new technique known as "cut and fill" in

which they fixed a level through very accurate allowed them to fill in the hollows

on a route with the exact amount of soil they took from the higher this method,very

direct routes could be taken,which cut down the time of a journey very considerably.A good

example of this type of canal is Telford's Liverpool and Birmingham Junction Canal,which he

began in 1826 to provide a direct route from the Midlands to the River Mersey.

It was seldom possible to build a completely level canal,of course,whichever method was

used,and most canals were provided with locks in which barges were raised or lowered to new

you look at the diagram on the right,you can see a barge being raised in a lock by means

of water which was allowed into the lock basin,or pound,from the upper level of the

a barge had to be lowered,water was allowed out of the pound into the lower level of the canal.

（1）Brindley's canals were less efficient,most likely because ___ .

was not a good canal engineer

techniques and skills available at the time were useless

canals were built to keep the water drains out

had too many roundabout routes

（2）According to this passage,why was the "cut and fill" technique designed？ ___

outlines of the land could not be followed directly.

could make travelling distances shorter and save journey time.

surveying techniques had been invented successfully.

distance between the Midlands and River Mersey is great.

（3）Locks are needed in canals to ___ .

boats to travel in both directions

water levels changing all the time

large ships to travel in canals

er boats across differing water levels

19.（填空题，8分）In the ancient world, the practice of medicine was inescapably linked to

supernatural belief and magic. That was until the Greeks made advances in the field and

brilliant figures such as Hippocrates laid the foundations for our medicine today. Recognized as

the father of modern medicine, Hippocrates realised what seems obvious to us today -- that the

observation and noting of symptoms is primary. He travelled across Greece teaching medicine,

encouraging the view that disease had physical, not super-natural, explanations.

Medical students still take the Hippocratic Oath, a formal promise made by new doctors that

they will follow the standards set by their profession and try to preserve life, swearing to use

their skills to heal and do no harm. One of Hippocrates' theories was of the "four humours"， a

belief that disease was caused by an imbalance of the four liquids supposedly contained in the

human body -- blood, phlegm, and black and yellow bile （a liquid produced by your organ

which helps you to digest fat）.

Blood-letting was a common response to illness and was used until only 150 years ago in the

mistaken belief that it would restore the body's internal balance. But while the Greeks may have

been wrong about the bleeding and the bile, they were still the first civilization to understand

that diseases could be treated by using carefully observation and logical thought.

Aristotle, political theorist, philosopher and teacher, also studied the natural world from a

scientific point of view. He was the first to classify organisms, and although his method may

seem simple now, he divided them into two basic categories, as either plant or animal -- he was

the first to do so. Aristotle valued experimentation are discovered that evaporation, the process

of becoming a vapour, turned salt water into fresh water. He was also believer in the theory that

all matter is composed of four elements -- fire, earth, water and air.

Hippocrates believed the four humours, related to the four liquids in the body, were each in

line with organ, a season and with different moods. The four were based on the Greeks' idea of

four base elements （water, fire, earth）. Although discredited now, the humours formed the

basis of western medicine until the century. They were：

- Blood from the liver； associated with Spring； with courage and hope

- Phlegm from brain and lungs； Winter； calm and unemotional

- Yellow bile from gall bladder（胆囊）： Summer； anger and bad temper

- Black bile from spleen（脾脏）： Autumn； with blue and dark mood

（1）Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage？___

A. It was the Greeks that made advances in the field of practice of medicine in the ancient world.

B. The Hippocratic Oath is a formal promise made by new doctors to swear their responsibilities.

C. Hippocrates thought disease was caused by imbalance of the four liquids contained in the

human body.

D. Hippocrates was the first to believe diseases could be treated by careful observation and

logical thought.

（2）The practice of blood-letting was based on the belief that___ .

A. the blood was polluted by viruses

B. the human body was not evenly balanced

C. the patient was in a bad humour

D. too much blood was bad for people

（3）How did Aristotle find out that salt water can be turned into fresh water？___

A. He studied many books from a scientific point of view.

B. He drew the conclusion according to the two basic categories.

C. He made the discovery based on conducting experiments himself.

D. He believed that all matter consists of four base elements.

（4）Why is Hippocrates considered the founder of modern medicine？___

A. He proved that there are four base elements in all matter in the world.

B. He showed the procedure of how the four bodily liquids affected moods.

C. He insisted that almost all diseases had supernatural explanations.

D. He recognized the importance of the observation and noting of symptoms.

20.（填空题，8分）

t evidence suggests that many of these benefits continue into adulthood.

increase physical activity for adolescents,the authors need to identify the many causes and

inequities.

authors say that levels of insufficient physical activity in adolescents continue to be

extremely high.

improve levels of physical activity among adolescents,the study provides some

recommendation as follows.

authors note that adolescents' participation in physical activity will continue into

adulthood.

study highlights that young people have the right to play and should be provided with the

opportunities to realize their right to physical and mental health and well-being.

Adolescents Worldwide Not Sufficiently Physically Active

New WHO-led study says majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically

active,putting their current and future health at risk.（1）___ "Urgent policy action to increase

physical activity is needed now,particularly to promote and keep up girls' participation in

physical activity," says study author Dr Regina Gut-hold,WHO.

The health benefits of a physically active lifestyle during adolescence include improved heart

and lungs fitness,bone health and positive effects on is also growing evidence that

physical activity has a positive impact on cognitive development and socializing.（2）___

To achieve these benefits,the WHO recommends for adolescents to do moderate or vigorous

physical activity for an hour or more each authors estimated 80 percent of teems do not

meet this recommendation by analysing data collected through school-based surveys on

physical activity levels.

（3）___ Urgent scaling up is needed of known effective policies and programmes to increase

physical activity in ectoral action is needed to offer opportunities for young

people to be active,involving education,urban planning,road safety and highest levels

of society,including national,city and local leaders,should promote the importance of physical

activity for the health and well-being of all people,including adolescents.

（4）___ Strong political will and action can address the fact that four in every five

adolescents do not experience the enjoyment and social,physical,and mental health benefits of

regular physical makers and stakeholders should be encouraged to act now for

the health of this and future young generations.

21.（问答题，10分）Directions： Read the following three passages. Summarize the main

idea and the main point（s） of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as

far as possible.

Singapore's Information Technology Strategy

Singapore's information technology strategy rests on two major legs. The first leg is world-class basic facilities. Being a city-state,it is relatively easy to connect every home, office and

hotel room. Our objective is to provide broad-band everywhere, either wired or wireless. We

will make it a readily available utility like water, electricity, gas and telephone. We are well on

our way there. We now require,by regulation,every new home to be equipped with broad-band

in the same way as it is required to have water and electricity.

The second leg is the education of our entire population in IT（information technology）.

Like reading,writing and arithmetic, computers are best learnt when we are young. Today's

children can click the mouse faster than we can blink. In many countries, children of middle-class families have no difficulty with this new technology. But, without special effort, there is a

danger that children of poorer families will miss out on the opportunity to learn IT. Like the

piano and violin, one can still learn the computer as an adult. But rarely does one acquire the

same facility. The strategy in Singapore is therefore to teach information technology to every

child regardless of his family background. The Education Ministry now has a multi-billion dollar

programme to provide one computer for every 2 schoolchildren in Singapore from first grade

onwards. Every teacher will have a notebook.

Most Singaporeans now understand the importance of IT， if not for themselves, at least for

their children and grandchildren. Over 40% of households in Singapore now own PCs. Over one-third of households in Singapore already enjoy access to Internet. What we want is for every

Singaporean to be computer literate so that he can function effectively in any bank,factory or

restaurant,just as one would expect an employee to be able to read, write and count. An

employer in Singapore in the future should not have to worry that his employee does not now

how to use a computer or the Internet.

22.（问答题，3分）如天公作美，周末我们就去郊游。（permit）___

23.（问答题，3分）端午时节吃粽子、赛龙舟是我们的习俗。（It）___

24.（问答题，4分）尽管该项目困难重重，但有当地政府和企业的共同努力定能取得进展。（progress）___

25.（问答题，5分）园艺使人们得以侍弄花草，通过与大自然的接触得到美的享受，能修身养性。（which）___

26.（问答题，25分）Directions： Write an English composition in 120-150 words according

to the instructions given below in Chinese.

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1. 就如何帮助该村庄销售茶叶、脱贫致富提出建议；

2. 说明你的理由。