上海市静安区2020学年高三英语一模试卷（2020.12）
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. 15 dollars. B. 20 dollars.
C. 25 dollars.
D. 45 dollars.
2. A. To the gallery. B. To the dentist’s.
. C. To her flat. D. To the garage.
3. A. She was fired by the company.
B. She broke the law.
C She is on leave right now.
D. She is replacing the company’s website.
4. A. Patient and doctor. B. Resident and government official.
C. Customer and insurance agent.
D. Boss and cretary.
5. A. He was sitting opposite Mr. Johnson.
B. He is planning a farewell party for Mr. Johnson.
C. All the tasks that Mr. Johnson did failed.
D. He is glad Mr. Johnson left the company.
6. A. She prefers dogs to cats.
B. She had a clo relationship with the man’s daughter.
C. She ud to sorrow over her dog’s death.
D. She is always in low spirits.
7. A. The woman should get the chips herlf.
B. The w oman shouldn’t eat chips.
C. The woman ud to have veral heart attacks.
D. The woman warned the man against heart attacks.
8. A. They plan to have the meeting in another place.
B. The availability of the meeting room will be discusd.
C. They have already had the meeting.
D. They will have the meeting sometime later.
9. A. The car’s demand greatly exceeds supply.
B. The woman has listed the car’s advantages.
C. The woman received a car a month ago.
D. The woman didn’t like the car.
10. A. She won’t do the prentation.
B. She needs to collect a lot of data for the prentation.
C. She is still at an early stage of preparation for the prentation.
好词好句加赏析D. The topic is most important for the prentation.
元旦节放假几天Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two passages and one longer conversation. After each passag
e or conversation, you will be asked veral 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 bad on the following passage.
11. A. The type of food you freeze.
B. The way you warm up the frozen food.
C. Whether the freezer bags are aled.
D. What temperature you t your freezer to.
12. A. Becau they can be easily stocked.
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B. Becau they fit well in the fridge.
C. Becau they come in different sizes and shapes.
D. Becau they help to keep the dry food dry.
13. A. Prevent people from eating too much food.
B. Stop people from removing food that hasn’t gone bad.
猜字谜C. Make people become cautious about eating unhealthy food.
D. Make people become ambitious in making u of leftover food.
Questions 14 through 17 are bad on the following passage.
ie怎么卸载14. A. Postpone retirement age.
B. Involve more women in work.
党日活动总结C. Hire more foreign workers.
D. Attract workers with high salaries.
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15. A. Relieve pressure on human nursing care.
B. Take care of children and the elderly.
C. Finally replace humans in workforce.
D. Give humans more time for creative work.
16. A. Robots can’t do certain work.
B. Som e people don’t accept robots.
C. The expens for robots are still high.
D. The functions of robots need improving.
17. A. Japan struggles to fight workforce shortage.
B. Japane attitudes towards robots change a lot.
C. Robots have played a major role in Japan’s industry.
D. Robots can help in Japane workforce shortage.
Questions 18 through 20 are bad on the following conversation.
18. A. The crui liner will provide all sorts of food and entertainment.
B. Only half of the cabins will be filled up.
C. The prices of unsold tickets will be reduced.
D. Everyone will be able to afford the ticket.
19. A. Book tickets as soon as they are available.
B. Cloly watch the changes of ticket prices.
金声玉振C. Compare deals from different sources.
D. Keep in contact with a travel agent you can trust.
20. A. Becau crui tours are only suitable for people who have much free time.
B. Becau he can work part-time to earn money to pay for the tour.
C. Becau doing price rearch and comparing takes time.
D. Becau he can sail shortly after buying the cheap ticket.
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, u one word that best fits each blank.
UK-bad supermarket Waitro has been accud by social media urs for lling tree leaves at 6 pounds.
Photos of various tree leaves packaged in plastic bags and arranged as flower bouquets(花束) went hot on social media lately, (21)______(cau) complaints becau of the product's price, six
British pounds. Considering tree leaves can literally be picked up from the street this time of year, it's understandable that some people went after Waitro, accusing the supermarket of trying to make money by lling (22)______ that is actually free.
"A bag of actual leaves? I'll ll you a bin bag of leaves for 10p," one customer wrote.
"This has got to be from the drunk Monday morning meeting category of ideas," someone el commented.
Apparently, the bizarre bouquets appeared on Waitro supermarket shelves as a way to welcome autumn, and (23)______(feature) a sticker urging customers to "bring the outdoors inside".
"Brighten up your home with freshly picked flowers (24)______ pleasant scents(香味) refresh the ason," the official product description read. "We source the best blooms from expert growers, and handle them gently (25)______ ______ they can look beautiful for longer."
(26)______ the generally negative feedback on its autumn-themed product, the British supermarket proudly announced that the idea (27)______(inspire) at the beginning of autumn by a demand from shoppers.
"(28)______ we intend to offer, we ba our decision on the demands from customers. Our customers love using the leaves to mix in with their asonal flowers to brighten their homes," a Waitro spokesperson told The Sun.
Interestingly, there were tho who emed to somewhat justify the price tag of this bag of leaves. They said that tho were obviously "high quality leaves". Their claim (29)______ be true. But even a bottle of wine can be bought at the same price or less. It ems crazy to charge 6 pounds for a bag of leaves.
This isn't the first time that English shops and supermarkets (30)______(make) news headlines for lling free things at high prices. There ud to be a shop in London, which sold painted logs for $14 apiece.
Section B
Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chon from the box. Each word can only be ud once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
As glass towers continue to push their way into city skylines like sunflowers ___31___ up through walled gardens, some homeowners and developers have come to a realization. Floor-to-ceiling glas
s may provide breathtaking views, but it cuts down on opportunities for art ___32___. To solve the problem, a number of developers are thinking of designing apartment towers ___33___ with art exhibiting in mind. The development company RFR, for example, has ___34____ the idea
of designing loft(顶楼) units in the style of a downtown gallery.
“I would love to be recognized as a developer who creates spaces that are really planned for an art collector,” said Aby Ron, a co-founder of RFR and an art collector himlf. “I’m a big ___35___ of art which connects you with history and the desire for culture.”
On a recent tour of the loft units at 100 East 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan, Mr. Ron pointed to the uninterrupted concrete walls and floors. “It’s the kind that you may e when you go to a Gagosian Gallery or Paul Kasmin G allery,” he said.
The ceilings are embedded(镶嵌) with slots(槽) that allow soft lighting to be installed for particular works. And to protect precious pieces, the exterior glass is specially treated to prevent the ___36___ to sunlight.
“The spaces enjoy many ___37___ high-ri benefits, while at the same time avoid ___38___ side effects of a downtown loft —the creaking floors and traffic noi,” Mr. Ron said.
To hammer the point, one of the model units was ___39___ as a gallery rather than a home, with works from various collections. Mr. Ron said that the units’ focus on art, without exception, ___40___ to the lobby, too, where residents could be greeted by a site-specific work designed solely for the building by Rachel Feinstein, who depicted New York City icons, including the Empire State Building and the Metropolitan Muum of Art.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phras marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phra that best fits the context.
The univer cannot be read until we have learnt the language and become familiar with the ___41___ in which it is written. According to many, it is written in mathematical language, and the letters are triangles, circles and other geometrical figures.
In human history, there are ___42___ definitions of "language." Whichever definition is ud, a language contains the same components. There must be a vocabulary of words or symbols. Meanin
gs must be ___43___ the words or symbols. A language employs grammar, which is a t of rules that ___44___ how words are organized.
Mathematics meets all the standards. The vocabulary of math draws from many different alphabets and includes symbols ___45___ to math. A mathematical equation(等式) may be stated in words to form a ntence that has a noun and a verb, just like a ntence in a spoken language.
Mathematics grammar and syntax(句法), like vocabulary, are ___46___. No matter what country you're from or what language you speak, the structure of the mathematical language is the
