2017-2018学年上海市青浦区青浦高级中学高三第二学期英语开学摸底考试

2018上海市青浦区高三英语4月质量调研（二模）试卷（有答案）青浦区conditioner on8 A They are entertainingB They are time-consumingC They are boringD They are rewarding9 A She is fully engagedB She doesn’t like get-togetherC She has some paper to buryD She questions the man’s purpose10 A His notebook is missingB His handwriting is difficult to readC He wasn’t in class this morning eitherD He’s already lent his notes to someone elseSection BDirections In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the short passages and the longer conversation The short passages and the longer 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 heardQuestions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage11 A Photos of polar bearsB Photos heavily editedC Photos of fine quality to appear in printD Photos reflecting scientists’ working life12 A A year’s personal subscription to Nature is another award to winners。

III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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.Our modern working lives are ruled by the concept of competence(能力). The idea that lies behind competence is quite simple: that one can state what people should do in behavioral terms, and then 41 whether a person has succeeded in meeting that task or not. We rarely have a second thought about whether the idea of measuring and achieving competence is a good one or not. 42 , it is a debatable one.Humans do not learn or work in ways that can be measured by the 43 of competence. Take the example of a barista who is being trained to make coffee. The job title of ―barista‖ 44 a degree of skill in making coffee. However, baristas in large coffee chains are usually trained through 45 qualifications. One part of these qualifications is to produce a cup of coffee to meet a(n) 46 standard. It might have to achieve a certain taste and appearance. This might seem perfectly reasonable, but there are two reasons why such an approach to training baristas does not 47 .First, the production of a cup of coffee to a certain standard is a binary (二次元的) 48 . The baristas can either produce a coffee of a certain standard or they cannot. If they happen to produce the best cup of coffee in the world, it does not matter, as competence-based training does not reward outstanding performance. 49 , producing the worst cup of coffee would be a fail in the same way as producing a cup just below the standard. In fact, competence is not interested in the process of producing a coffee at all—only the final binary outcome.Second, if the barista does produce a coffee to a certain 50 , competence is not interested in why the barista can do that. But humans are not machines that 51 produce binary outcomes. We have bodies and minds which 52 through learning.Yet we are increasingly forced to 53 competence in our schools and workplaces. We are not empty machines that simply produce binary outcomes. If we want to be true human in our learning and our workplaces, we need to be 54 and special. Learning and innovation involve failure in aiming for something that is unusually good. Such things simply cannot be 55 by the standard of competence where the mediocre(平凡的) is the gold standard.41. A.question B. predict C.measure D. confirm42. A. As a rule B. As a whole C. In other words D. In fact43. A. impression B. concept C. value D. development44. A. suggests B. assumes C. deserves D. inherits45. A. society-based B. self-based C. pleasure-basedD. competence-based46. A. minimum B. unique C. traditional D. international47. A. last B. work C. exist D. change48. A.challenge B. appearance C. outcome D. practice49. A. Therefore B. Instead C. Moreover D. Likewise50. A. agreement B. extent C. standard D. description51. A. typically B. simply C. cheaply D. occasionally52. A. alter B. expand C. create D. exhaust53. A. handle B. classify C. transfer D. achieve54. A. common B. sociable C. creative D. mature55. A. judged B. achieved C. restored D. presented Keys: 41-45 C D B A D 46-50 A B C D C 51-55 B A D C AIII. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections：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.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___ comforts, including happiness, mental health and sociallife. 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 B. comparison C. experience D. medium42.A. accounting for B. boasting of C. commenting on D. worrying about43.A. general B. particular C. private D. public44.A. domestic B. material C. physical D. psychological45.A. complex B. dramatic C. harmless D. predictable46.A. improved B. maximum C. relative D. small47.A. As a rule B. In contrast C. On the whole D. Worse still48.A. convincing B. definite C. probable D. true49.A. estimating B. experiencing C. reducing D. tracing50. A. connection B. power C. promotion D. risk51. A. balanced B. independent C. precise D. subjective52. A. agree B. forget C. object D. remember53. A. equally B. readily C. reluctantly D. weakly54. A. emotion therapy B. social media C. TV broadcasting D. video game55. A. confident B. optimistic C. rough D. wildKeys: 41—45 ADADA 46—50 ABBDD 51—55 CABBCIII. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections：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.Hailing from Sweden, ―plogging‖ is a fitness craze that sees participants pick up plastic litter while jogging - adding a virtuous, environmentally driven element to the sport.Plogging appears to have started around 2016, but is now going global, due to increasing awareness and (41)_______ over plastic levels in the ocean.The appeal of plogging is its (42)_______-- all you need is running gear and a bin bag, and the feeling of getting fit while supporting a good cause. By adding regular squats(蹲) to pick up junk and carrying (43)_______ to jogging, we can assume the health benefits are increased.Running and good causes have always gone (44)_______ - just think of all the fundraising marathon runners do. But there couldn’t be a more on-trend way of keeping fit than plogging.Anything that’s getting people out in nature and connecting (45)_______ with their environment is a good thing, says Lizzie Carr, an environmentalist who helped set up Plastic Patrol, a nationwide campaign to (46)_______ our inland waterways of plastic pollution. ―There’s been a real (47)_______ in the public mindset around plastics, helped by things like Blue Planet highlighting ho w disastrous the crisis is,‖ she says.We need to keep momentum high and the pressure up, and empower people through (48)_______ like plogging and Plastic Patrol.The Plastic Patrol app allows users to (49)_______ plastic anywhere in the world by collecting discarded items, photographing them and (50)_______ to the app, giving us a better knowledge of what sorts of plastic and which brands are being thrown out. ―I’d urge all ploggers to get involved,‖ adds Carr.Plogging isn’t the first fitness tre nd to combine running with a good cause. Here are some of our favourites:Good GymIts idea is simple: go for a run, visit an elderly person, have a chat and some tea, and run back.(51)_______ among the elderly is a growing problem in the UK. With over 10,000 runs so far, (52)_______, Good Gym is finding a solution.Guide RunningGuide runners volunteer their time to helping blind people get (53)_______. By linking themselves together, the (54)_______ - impaired individual can feel safe while both work up a sweat.(55) _______ for the HomelessStart-up Stuart Delivery and the Church Housing Trust collaborated last year in bringing clothing and healthy food to the homeless. Deliveries are mostly made by bike, so those who deliver keep fit while helping rough sleepers(无家可归者).41. A. satisfaction B. hesitation C. fear D. control42. A. complexity B. simplicity C. instrument D. expense43. A. substance B. responsibility C. value D. weight44. A. one on one B. head to toe C. hand in hand D. on and off45. A. positively B. neutrally C. objectively D. fairly46. A. accuse B. rid C. assure D. rob47. A. shift B. interest C. aid D. delight48. A. motives B. performances C. exercises D. initiatives49. A. eliminate B. map C. seek D. degrade50. A. leading B. devoting C. ending D. uploading51. A. Disappointment B. Tiredness C. Sickness D. Loneliness52. A. therefore B. moreover C. however D. instead53. A. excited B. ready C. active D. smart54. A. visually B. audibly C. visibly D. sensibly55. A. Running B. Plogging C. Driving D. Cycling Keys:41-45 CBDCA46-50 BADBD51-55 DCCADⅢ. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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.Standards for Schools: Developing Organizational Accountability(绩效) Quality teaching depends on teachers'knowledge and skills but on the environment in which they work. Schools need to offer a coherent c m focused on higher-order thinking and performance across subject areas and grades, time for teachers to work41with students to accomplish challenging goals, opportunities for teachers to plan with and learn from one another, and regular occasions to evaluate the outcomes of their42.If schools are to become more responsible, they must, like other professional organizations, make evaluation and assessment part of their everyday lives. Just as hospitals have standing committees of staff that meet regularly to look at evaluation data and discuss the43of each aspect of their work-a practice reinforced by their accreditation( if i) requirements,---schools must have such regular occasions to examine their practice and effectiveness.As Richard Rothstein and his colleagues describe in Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right,school-level accountability can be supported by school _ 44, like those common in many other nations, in which trained experts evaluate schools by spending several days visiting classrooms,45 samples of student work, and interviewing students about their understanding and their experiences,46looking at objective data such as test scores, graduation rates, and so on. In some cases, principals accompany the inspectors into classrooms and are asked for their own evaluations of the lessons. In this way, the inspectors are able to make _47about the instructional and supervisory competence(能力)of principals. As described earlier, inspectors may also play a role in ensuring the 48 and comparability of school-based assessments(as in Englandand Australia), as well as schools internal assessment and evaluation process(as in Hong Kong).I n most countries’ inspection systems, schools are rated on the quality of instruction and other services and supports, as well as students’49and progress in a wide range of aspects, including and going beyond academic subject areas, such as extra-curricular, personal and social_ 50, the acquisition of workplace skills and the51to which students are encouraged to adopt safe practices and a 52 lifestyle. Schools are rated as to whether they pass inspection, need modest improvements, or require serious intervention(介入), and they receive extensive feedbackon what the inspections both saw and _53_. Reports are publicly posted. Schools requiring intervention are then given more expert 54 and support, and are placed on a more frequent schedule of visits. Those that persistently fail to pass may be placed under local government control and could be_ 55 if they are not improved.41. A. occasionally B. closely C. strictly D. peacefully42. A. challenges B. competence C. curriculum D. practices43. A. effectiveness B. faults C. progress D. requirements44. A. instruction B. protection C. inspection D. consideration45. A. taking B. improving C. examining D. copying46. A. as far as B. rather than C. other than D. as well as47. A. judgments B. decisions C. inquiries D. suggestions48. A. quantity B. quality C. instruction D. support49. A. education B. performance C. attention D. interest50. A. responsibility B. structure C. resources D. benefits51. A. frequency B. cons C. satisfaction D. extent52. A. comparable B. health C. different D. unique53. A. appreciated B. criticized C. recommended D. rewarded54. A. attention B. programs C. evaluation D. explanations55. A. set down B. put down C. closed down D. pulled downKeys:41-45 BDACC 46-50 DABBA 50-55 DBCACIII. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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.Deliberate practice refers to a special type of practice that is purposeful and systematic. __(41)__ regular practice might include mindless repetitions, deliberate practice requires focused attention and is conducted with the specific goal of improving __(42)__.The greatest __(43)__ of deliberate practice is to remain focused. In the beginning, showing up is the most important thing. But after a while we begin to carelessly __(44)__ small errors and miss daily opportunities for improvement. This is because the natural tendency of the human brain is to __(45)__ repeated behaviors into automatic habits. __(46)__, when you first learned to tie your shoes you had to think carefully about each step of the process. Today, after many repetitions, your brain can perform this sequence __(47)__. The more we repeat a task the more mindless it becomes.Mindless activity is the __(48)__ of deliberate practice. The danger of practicing the same thing again and again is that progress becomes __(49)__. Too often, we think we are getting better simply because we are gaining experience. In __(50)__, we are merely reinforcing(加强) our current habits — not improving them.Claiming that improvement requires attention and effort sounds logical enough. But what does deliberate practice actually look like in the real world?The first effective feedback system is __(51)__. This holds true for the number of pages we read, the number of pushups we do, the number of sales calls we make, and any other task that is important to us. It is only through measurement that we have any __(52)__ of whether we are getting better or worse.The second effective feedback system is coaching. One consistent finding across disciplines is that coaches are often essential for __(53)__ deliberate practice. In many cases, it is nearly impossible to both perform a task and measure your progress at the same time. Good coaches can track your progress, find small ways to improve, and hold you __(54)__ to delivering your best effort each day.Deliberate practice is not a comfortable activity. It requires sustained effort and concentration, but if you can manage to maintain your focus and __(55)__, then the promise of deliberate practice is quite tempt ing: to get the most out of what you’ve got.41. A. Since B. Whether C. While D. As42. A. awareness B. performance C. enjoyment D. intelligence43. A. equivalent B. ambition C. challenge D. appeal44. A. overlook B. insert C. detect D. implement45. A. transport B. translate C. transplant D. transform46. A. For example B. On the contrary C. As a result D. On the other hand47. A. carelessly B. accurately C. instantly D. automatically48. A. outcome B. enemy C. source D. substitute49. A. distracted B. imposed C. assumed D. noted50. A. reality B. despair C. contrast D. return51. A. encouragement B. compliment C. measurement D. management52. A. motivation B. proof C. trouble D. concern53. A. resisting B. eliminating C. defining D. sustaining54. A. accountable B. opposed C. addicted D. parallel55. A. existence B. commitment C. dignity D. perspectiveKeys:41-45CBCAD 46-50 ADBCA 51-55 CBDABIII. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirection: 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.Since 1960, considerable scientific researches have been done on chimps in their natural habitats. Astonishingly, scientists have found out that the social 41 of Chimps are very similar to humans. Chimps will 42 in certain ways, like gathering in war parties to protect theirterritory. But beyond the minimum requirements as social beings, they have little instinct to 43 one another. Chimps in the wild seek food for themselves. Even chimp mothers regularly 44 to share food with their children. who are able from a young age to gather their own food?In the laboratory, chimps don't 45 share food either. If a chimp is put in a cage where he can pull in one plate of food for himself or, with no greater effort, a plate that also provides food for a neighbor to the next cage, he will pull 46 —he just doesn't care whether his neighbor gets fed or not. Chimps are truly selfish.Human children, 47 , are extremely cooperative From the earliest ages, they decide to help others, to share information and to participate in achieving common goals. The psychologist Michael Tomasello has studied this48in a series of experiments with very young children. He finds that if babies aged 18 months see a worried adult with hands full trying to open a door, almost all will immediately try to help.There are several reasons to believe that the urges to help, inform and share are not taught, but naturally 49 in young children. One is that these 50 appear at a very young age before most parents have started to train their children to behave 51 Another is that the helping behaviors are not improved if the children are rewarded. A third reason is that social intelligence 52 in children before their general cognitive skills, at least when compared with chimps In tests conducted by Tomasello, the human children did no better than the chimps on the 53 world tests but were considerably better at understanding the social world.The core of what children's minds have and chimps'don't is what Tomasello calls shared intentionality. Part of this ability is that they can 54 what others know or are thinking. But beyond that, even very young children want to be part of a shared purpose. They actively seek to be part of a "we", a group that intends to work toward a(n) 55 goal.41. A structures B. policies C. behaviorsD. responsibilities42. A. conflict B cooperate C. offend D negotiate43. A. trust B. contact C. isolate D. help44. A. decline B. manage C. attempt D. oblige45. A. curiously B. reluctantly C. naturally D. carelessly46. A. in turn B. at random C. with care D in advance47. A. all in all B. as a result C. in no case D.ontheother hand48. A cooperativeness B. availability C. interrelationship D. attractiveness49. A. cultivated B. motivated C. possessed D. stimulated50. A. attitudes B. instincts C. experiences D. coincidences51. A. creatively B. formally C. socially D. competitively52. A. develops B. decreases C. changes D. disappears53. A. abstract B. invisible C. imaginary D. physical54. A. infer B. adapt C. absorb D. balance55. A. realistic B. shared C. specific D. ambitious Keys: 41-45 CBDAC 46-50 BDACB 51-55 CADABIII. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirection: 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.Why do some people live to be older than others? You know the standard 41 : keeping a moderate diet, engaging in regular exercise, etc. But what effect does your personality have on your longevity? Do some kinds of personalities 42 longer lives? A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked at this question by 43 the personality characteristics of 246 children of people who had lived to be at least 100.The study shows that those living the longest are more outgoing more 44 and less neurotic (神经质的) than other people, long-living women are also more likely to be sympathetic and cooperative than women with a(n) 45 life span. These findings are in agreement with what you would expect from the evolutionary theory: Those who like to make friends and help others can gather enough 46 to make it through tough times.Interestingly, 47 , other characteristics that you might consider advantageous had no impact on whether study participants were likely to live longer. Those who were more self-disciplined, 48 , were no more likely to live to be very old. Also, being 49 to new ideas had no relationship to long life, which might explain all those bad-tempered old people whoare fixed in their ways.Whether you can successfully change your 50 as an adult is the subject of a longstanding psychological debate. But the new paper suggests that if you want long life, you should 51 to be as outgoing as possible.Unfortunately, another recent study shows that your mothers personality may also help 52 your longevity. That study looked at nearly 28, 000 Norwegian mothers and found that those moms who were more anxious, depressed and angry were more likely to feed their kids 53 diets, Patterns of childhood eating can be hard to break when we're adults, which may mean that kids of depressed moms end up dying younger.Personality isn't destin(命运), and everyone knows that individuals can learn to change. But both studies show that long life isn't just a matter of your physical health but of your mental health. Therefore, it might be 54 to form those personality traits contributing to longevity through health-related behaviours,stress reduction and 55 to the challenging problems.41. A. statements B. definitions C. applications D. explanations42. A. result from B. lead to C. rely on D. consist of43. A. assessing B. interviewing C. examining D. diagnosing44. A. active B. extensive C. persuasive D. sensitive45. A. agreeable B. normal C. changeable D. formal46. A. resources B. associations C. procedures D. interactions47. A. therefore B. however C. furthermore D. otherwise48. A. in other words B. as usual C. in addition D. for instance49. A. resistant B. open C. blind D. alert50. A. perspective B. ambition C. personality D. philosophy51. A. reject B. strive C. claim D. oppose52. A. extend B. restrict C. shorten D. determine53. A. unhealthy B. nutritious C. adequate D. moderate54. A. predictable B. advisable C. sustainable D. enjoyable55. A. temptation B. introduction C. adaptation D. objection KEYS: 41-45 DBCAB 46-50 ABDBC 51-55 BDABCEight【20182静安区】"Don't get sick in July."This is a common refrain in teaching hospitals. It's driven by the academic calendar: July is when the new interns —fresh out of medical school —start work.In other words, it's when everyone is most ____41_____. The theory is that this disadvantage leads to mistakes.So is medical experience good or bad?Well, in most cases, your doctor's experience is very helpful, allowing her to pick up on a(n) ____42_____ symptom early in a disease process, when machines still can’t take a hand. She can also determine the right treatment when your condition falls outside of what is in the ____43_____, where newbies get most of their ideas. For many medical treatments, there's a direct connection between physician experience and your treatment outcome.In a variety of situations, though, experience can backfire, The reason is simple ____44_____. Doctors are human too, and they ____45____ tricks to the mind —like believing that an ineffective treatment really works. In fact, entire fields of research are devoted to understanding why these errors of thought occur. They ____46____ from so-called cognitive prejudice that can mislead even ____47____practitioners into making the wrong decisions.Doctors are usually locked onto a diagnosis early and disregard new and ____48____ information. For example, a patient may be diagnosed with a quickly fatal cancer, but then ends up trying various herbal remedies and lives for 30 more years. Instead of analyzing the ___49___ diagnosis, the patient, and maybe even the doctor, may assume that the herbal remedies cured the cancer.Also, some experienced doctors tend to believe evidence when it supports their previous opinionwhile subconsciously ignoring information that opposing it. Let's say your doctor is pretty certain you have ill digestion and orders a test to ____50_____ the suspicion, which produces negative result. But she treats you for ill digestion anyway because she was ____51____with the prior diagnosis by experience.In fact, there are clearly many benefits to having a highly experienced doctor, such as technically proficiency. But there may actually be some unexpected benefits to having a less- experienced one too. She may have a more up-to-date education, boundless energy and perhaps is less vulnerable to biases, freed from the same ____52___ for years.To safeguard yourself as a patient, one thing you should always do is ____53____.It may not always be possible to determine that your doctor has met with an unconscious thinking _____54____. But asking questions does force your doctor to think and ____55___her decisionabout your care.41. A. innocent B. productive C. inexperienced D. prohibited42. A. slight B. objective C. complex D. sustainable43. A. media B. tradition C. reality D. textbook44. A. psychology B. education C. procedure D. priority45. A.take advantage of B. make sense of C. fall victim to D. play fire with46. A. spring B. depart C. benefit D. distinguish47. A. highly-motivated B. well-seasoned C. deeply-offended D. wide-eyed48. A. moderate B. visible C. conflicting D. permanent49. A. initial B. tough C.multiple D. private50. A. evaluate B. operate C. confirm D. revise51. A. preoccupied B. labelled C. associated D. revise52. A. professional circle B. thinking patternC..academic backgroundD. operating order53. A. investigating B. questioning C. monitoring D. observing54. A. obstacle B. trap C. horizon D. struggle55. A. practice B. accommodate C. justify D. removeKeys: 41-45: CADAC 46-50 ABCAC 51-55 ABBBCIII. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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.The Companies Doing the Most to Make Their Employees HappierFat paychecks, light workloads, and endless vacation days don’t necessarily add to happy。

2018届上海市青浦区高考英语一模试卷(考试时间120分钟，满分140分）I. Listening Comprehension Section A Short ConversationsDirections. In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end ofeach 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. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.2. A. In a clinic. B. In a cinema.C. In an electronics store.D. In a bookstore.3. A. A salesperson. B. A pilot. C. A waitress. D. A firefighter.4. A. To work in July. B. To print a form.C. To go back to school.D. To take a vocation.5. A. He dropped his phone. B. He hates long-distance calls.C. His call got cut off.D. His mobile is too long.6. A. He is consulting. B. He is arguing with the woman.C. He is complaining.D. He is giving advice.7. A. People are waiting at the automatic ticket machine.B. The man will not stay in line for the tickets.C. The woman will exchange tickets at the machine.D. They are waiting in line buying tickets for a movie.8. A. She has confidence in her job. B. She has just got a job promotion.C. She is excited to see the man.D. She will make greater efforts.9. A. Find a paper in the copy machine.B. Fill out an application form.C. Show her library card.D. Sit at the table next to her.10. A. The posters are not as good as the stalls.B. The stall could have been more amazing.C. The charity event was a copy of the past.D. She was having hearing problems.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear several longer conversation(s) and short passage(s), and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation(s) and the passage(s). The conversation(s) and the passage(s) 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 passage.11. A. To show one’s love. B. To comfort someone.C. To identify an old friend.D. To congratulate someone.12. A. France. B. America. C. China. D. Britain.13. A. A comparison between the west and the east.B. People hug each other for many reasons.C. The French is a nation fond of hugging.D. A study on IQ and hugs.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.12. A. To save time for laws to take effect.B. To weaken the government’s check.C. To give himself more power.D. To change the country’s political system.13. A. A category. B. A measurement.B. An activity. D. An airport.14. A. The major industrial growth. B. The number of people at the airport.C. The side effect of an emergency.D. The unhealthy level of pollution.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.15. A. Aging process. B. A talk show.C. Job hunting.D. Work pressure.16. A. He will be in a talk show in the afternoon.B. He used to be an actor but now a manager.C. He noticed the woman was under stress long ago.D. He suggests the woman do something different.17. A. Hungry. B. Exhausted. C. Energetic. D. Relaxed.18. A. The woman feels stressed because she is aging.B. The woman feels sick, so she doesn,t want to have lunch.C. Payday makes the woman feel better despite the great pressure.D. The man was happy that he was not given the job he applied for II. Grammar and vocabulary II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: 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.One day a professor entered the classroom and told the students about a surprise test. After hearing that, all students ____21____ (seat) and waited for the test to begin. The professor gave the test papers to all students with the text____22_____ (face) down at the desk. Once he handed out the test papers to all students, he asked them to turn the test pages and begin.Students’ were confused to see there was not a question ____23_____just a black dot in the center of the page. The professor noticed the students’ face expression and told them, “I want you to write about what you see there.”The students were even __24__ (confused) but started the test by then. At the end of the class,. the professor took all answer sheets and started reading each answer in front of all students. All of them described about the black dot, ___25______ position they tried to explain. After the professor finished reading, the whole class was silent.The professor explained, "Don't worry. I am not going to give you grades but I just want you to think about something. Here ___26______ focused on the black dot but no one wrote about the white paper, and the same is with our lives. The white paper represents our whole life and the black spot represents problems in our life. ___27___ our life is a gift given to us by God, with love and care, we have every reason to celebrate. Still we just focus on problems like healthissues, problems in relationships etc., but we never see these problems are very small compared with___28___ we have in our lives.”So there is the moral lesson: we ___29______ try to take eyes off our problems and enjoy each moment that life _____30____ (give) us. Be happy and live the life positively.Section BDirections: 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.approachedB. generousC. financiallyD. effortE. datesF. victimG. closed H. substituting I .boosts J.visible K.seeminglyHave you ever watched a television show or a movie and felt like you were watching a really long commercial? If so, then you’ve fallen ___31______to bad product placement (产植入）.Clever marketing folks want their products to be __32_ within a scene, but not the focus. When done correctly, product placement can add a sense of realism to a movie or television show.Product placement ___33______ from as early as 1950s when a drinks company paid to have a character in the movie The African Queen toss loads of their product overboard. Since then, there have been countless placements in thousands of movies.Sometimes product placement just happens. A set dresser (布景人员）might think of something that _34— the level of credibility or realism of the story. One example is the use of a can of ant killer in a violent fight scene in the popular television programme The Sopranos. A spokeswoman for the manufacturer said if the company had not been —35— about the use of their product, they would not have given it a thumbs-up.Arranged product placement deals are more prevailing. The most common type is a simple exchange of the product for the placement. A deal is made; in exchange for the airtime, the cast and crew are provided with a(n)___36______supply of the company's products.Sometimes, a gift of the product isn’t an appropriate form of compensation, and then the deal, ____37___with money, works well. Someone from a manufacturer's marketing team hears about a movie project, and approaches the set dresser with a(n) _38_ attractive proposal. They come to an agreement, and the product makes a number of 39— casual appearances. Both teams are happy.Before product placement really saw a rapid growth in the mid-1980s, it was pretty much a do-it-yourself ___40___. Now there are entire agencies that can handle the job. Some larger corporations will dedicate personnel to seek out opportunities for placement within films, television shows ——even games and music.III.Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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.Traditionally uniforms were manufactured to protect the worker. When they were first designed, it is also likely that all uniforms made symbolic sense — those for the military, forexample, were originally____41_____to impress and even terrify the enemy; other uniforms indicated a distinction in ____42_____ chefs wore white because they worked with flour, but the main chef wore a black hat to show he inspected and supervised.The last 30 years, however, have seen an increasing____43_____ on their role in mirroring the image of an organiza tion and in uniting the workforce, particularly in “customer facing” industries. From uniforms and workwear has emerged “___44______ clothing”. “The people you employ are your ambassadors (大使），’’ says Peter Griffin, managing director of a major retailer in the UK. “What they say, how they look, and how they behave is of vital importance.” From being a simple means of ___45___ who is a member of staff, the uniform is emerging as a new channel of marketing communication.Truly effective marketing through____46_____ images such as uniforms is a subtle art, however. How we look sends all sorts of powerful messages to other people. Dark colors give a sense of ____47_____ while lighter color shades suggest approachability. Certain dress style creates a sense of conservatism (守旧），while others a sense of___48______ to new ideas. If the company is selling quality, then it must have quality uniforms. If it is selling style, its uniforms must be stylish. If it wants to appear ____49____, everybody can’t look exactly the same.But turning corporate philosophies into the right combination of color, style, degree of branding and uniformity is not always ____50_____. According to Company Clothing magazine, there are 1000 companies supplying the workwear and corporate clothing market. Of these, 22 ____51_____for 85% of total sales 一£380 million in 1994.A successful uniform needs to___52______two key sets of needs. On the one hand, no uniform will work if staff feel uncomfortable or ugly. On the other hand, it is ___53______ if the look doesn't express the business's marketing strategy. The greatest challenge in this respect is time. When it comes to human awareness, first impressions count. Customers will assess the way staff look in just a few seconds, and that few seconds will____54_____ their attitudes from then on. Those few seconds can be so important that big companies are prepared to____55_____ years, and millions of pounds, getting them right.41. A. intended B. tended C. extended D. attended42. A. statue B. stability C. status D. statistics43. A. preference B. argument C. compliment D. emphasis44. A. cooperate B. political C. corporate D. academic45. A. exposing B. identifying C. qualifying D. requesting46. A. studio B. audio C. visual D. casual47. A. clarity B. authority C. availability D. accessibility48. A. exposure B. rejection C. reluctance D. openness49. A. stable B. uniform C. innovative D. similar50. A. smooth B. disagreeable C. objective D. complex51. A. exchange B. call C. stand D. account52. A. establish B. balance C. neglect D. desert53. A. pointless B. significant C. useful D. careless54. A. maintain B.shape C. draw D. value55. A. commit B. command C. dedicate D. investSection CDirections: 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)St Kilda is a tiny archipelago (群岛）of the North Atlantic Ocean. The islands are among the most spectacular, but the greatest fascination is that, for over a thousand years, people lived there and possessed a sense of community. Cut off from the mainland, the islanders had a distinct way of living their lives, mainly eating the seabirds that returned to breed on the rocks.Isolation also had a big effect upon St kildans attitudes and ideas. The people sacrificed themselves year in and year out, in a constant battle to secure a livelihood. In such harsh conditions, life was only possible because the whole community worked together.In the 19th century St Kilda was subject to pressures from the outside world. Education, religion and tourism all attempted to throw the St Kildans5 way of life into doubt. In the early 20th century, the strength of the community became weakened as contact with the rest of Britain increased. When disease cut their numbers, and wind and sea made it difficult to get adequate food, the St Kildans were forced to turn to the mainland for assistance.In 1930, the St Kildans finally agreed to abandon their homes. They settled on the Scottish mainland, not realizing it meant throwing themselves into the 20th century. As adults, they had to accept those values most Scots believe in. For instance, the islanders found it difficult to' base their existence upon money. They had never lived in a world where they bought goods and services from each other.The islanders showed themselves indifferent to the jobs they were given on the mainland. The labours asked of them were unskilled compared with the spectacular skills they had once performed in order to kill seabirds. Moreover, killing birds had once provided the community with food to survive. On the mainland, however, the tasks they were asked to perform did not provide them immediately with what was needed to keep them fed and warm.The history of the St Kildans after the evacuation (撤离），of their inability and lack of resolution to fit into urban society, makes sad reading. When they were resettled on the mainland, the St Kildans were forced to live in a society whose values were unacceptable and incomprehensible to the majority of them. For many, the move was a tragedy.56. According to Paragraph 3, the following factors lead to St kildans seeking help from outside EXCEPT______________.A. unbearable windB. insufficient food supplyC. contact with BritainD. worsening health57. After the St Kildans inhabited Scotland, they .A. soon learned how to buy goods and services from othersB. had trouble adapting to the value of dominant society.C. exhibited willingness to carry out their given jobs.D. had the opportunity to show their skills of killing seabirds.58. Which of the following is NOT about how people used to live on St Kilda?A. The major source of food was found locally.B. It was essential for people to help each other.C. Very few people had visited mainland Scotland.D. Money played an insignificant role in life.59. What is the passage mainly concerned with?A. The role of money in modem communities.B. How a community adapted to a different form of life.C. The destruction of an old-fashioned community.D. How a small community fight against opposite conditions.(B)The following safety risks may result in serious injury or death to the user of the MINI Cooper S: •This product contains small parts that arc for adult assembly (组装）only. Keep small children away when assembling. Remove all protective materials before assembly. Be sure to remove all packaging materials and parts from underneath the car body.•Battery posts contain lead known to the state of California to cause cancer and reproductive harm. Never open the battery.•Body parts such as hands, legs, hair and clothing can get caught in moving parts. Never place a body part near a moving part or wear loose clothingwhile using the vehicle. Always wear shoes when using the vehicle.•Using the vehicle near streets, motor vehicles, drop-offs such as steps, water (swimming pools) or other bodies of water, hills, wet areas, in small lanes, at night or in the dark could result in an unexpected accident. Instead, use the vehicle on the highway. Always use the vehicle in a safe, secure environment.•Using the vehicle in unsafe conditions such as snow, rain, loose dirt, mud, or sand may result in unexpected action, for example tip over.•Using the vehicle in an unsafe manner. Examples include but are not limited to:•Pulling the vehicle with another vehicle or similar device •Allowing more than two riders •Pushing the user from the back •Traveling at an unsafe speed•Always use common sense and safe practices when using the vehicle.•Store the vehicle indoors or cover it to protect it from weather. Water will damage the motor, electric system, and battery.60. When assembling, you should______________________.A. open the battery on the spotB. ignore the packaging materialsC. make sure kids are not presentD. start from underneath the car61. According to the text, it is safer to______________________.A. use batteries containing leadB. drive in small lanes at midnightC. drive on the highway instead of on hillsD. wear loose clothes while driving61. Where can you probably find the text?A. In an official report.B. In a medical journal.C. In a physics textbook.D. In a product handbook.(C)In a land swept by typhoons and shaken by earthquakes，how have Japan’s tallest and seemingly most breakable old buildings 一500 or so wooden pagodas, tower-shaped buildings — remained standing for centuries? Japanese scholars have been confused for ages about their stability.For centuries，many attributed the resilience (抗震’性）of pagodas to the massive trunk-like central columns known as shinbashira, which bends and swings during a typhoon or earthquake, just like a tall tree. But the amazing thing is that the shinbashira actually does not carry any load at all but is suspended from the top of the pagoda —hanging loosely down。

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I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: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. To the bank. B. To the museum. C. To the clinic. D. To the restaurant.2. A. 10:07. B. 10:30. C. 11:00. D. 11:07.3. A. Use the woman’s phone. B. Pay for the phone call.C. Get some change from Jane.D. Go and look for a pay phone.4. A. He likes to wear clean clothes.B. He changes his job frequently.C. He is careless about his appearance.D. He is ashamed of his present condition.5. A. Whether he has time on Saturday.B. Whether he can get access to the concert.C. Whether the tickets will be too expensive.D. Whether the woman is available on Saturday.6. A. They are complaining. B. They are bargaining.C. They are negotiating.D. They are arguing.7. A. The window smells of fresh paint. B. The man will clean the air-conditioner.C. She’d like to have the window open.D. She prefers keeping the air-conditioner on.8. A. They are entertaining. B. They are time-consuming.C. They are boring.D. They are rewarding.9. A. She is fully engaged. B. She doesn’t like get-together.C. She has some paper to bury.D. She questions the man’s purpose.10. A. His notebook is missing.B. His handwriting is difficult to read.C. He wasn’t in class this morning either.D. He’s already lent his notes to someone else.Section BDirections:In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the short passages and the longer conversation. The short passages and the longer 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. Photos of polar bears.B. Photos heavily edited.C. Photos of fine quality to appear in print.D. Photos reflecting s cientists’ working life.12. A. A year’s personal subscription to Nature is another award to winners.B. Photos can be uploaded to Twitter with the tag ScientistAtWork.C. Five winning photos will be published in one issue of Nature.D. All entries have to be sent to photocompetition@.13. A. To encourage people to work with scientists.B. To attract people to participate in a contest.C. To increase the sales of the magazine.D. To teach people how to take pictures.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Because no team invited him to play. B. Because he stopped training for a while.C. Because he appeared to be too tired.D. Because he suffered from a disease.15. A. 8.5. B. 19.2. C. 44. D. 53.16. A. Bo sh’s great basketball career in NBA.B. The regular training Bosh took in NBA.C. Bosh’s repeated desire to return to NBA.D. The reason why Bosh couldn’t play at NBA.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. He is training to fly a single engine plane. B. He hopes to be an international pilot.C. He is not sure about his future plan.D. He works for Air Canada.18. A. From his friends. B. From his father.C. From his training.D. From his university.19. A. By attending special schools.B. By getting a private license first.C. By getting into an airline company first.D. By passing a test for commercial license.20. A. His flying hours in total. B. His interview performance.C. His university degrees.D. His private pilot license.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: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.The kindness of Kiwi Lotto (乐透彩票) winnersWe’ve all dreamed of winning the Lotto but what actually happens when our numbers come up? The answer is rather heart-warming. New research out today from Lotto New Zealand reveals three-quarters of Powerball winners think of sharing (21) ______ spending.One lucky Powerball winner from Tauranga was even thinking of others before his numbers came up. “A week before I won Lotto, I saw an ambulance (22) ______ side bore the name of the donor, and I thought, ‘if I ever win Lotto, that’s what I will do’ and then 10 days’ later I won,” he said. Having won $5.5 million dollars, he’s now spending a part of the money on two ambulances for his local hospital. “They’re going to say ‘(23) ______ (donate) by a Lotto winner’ on the side. I hope that it will inspire others to pay it forward if they ever find (24) ______ in a fortunate position like I have.”“My life (25) ______ (save) many years ago by a St John ambulance and it’s a marvellous feeling repaying back that kindness.” It was this kind of behaviour (26) ______ led to Lotto NZ’s inspiring true story of a Kiwi man who won $15 million and, honouring a promise made long ago, went halves with his mate.2017 was the (27) ______ (lucky) year on record for Powerball winners. “Last year, there were 19different Powerball winners — (28) ______ most of them had in common was the desire to share their good fortune.” said Emilia M azur, General Manager Corporate Communications.“Another Tauranga man won $10 million with Powerball in July and once he got over the shock of winning, his first thought was his community and he has since shared some of his winnings to upgrade its faciliti es.”Group players are natural sharers — not only (29) ______ they share the winnings among themselves but they also then want to help out others.“Everyone is just so happy, it’s created an amazing sense of freedom.” said one of the group leaders Tina. “For me personally, (30) ______ (know) how much of a significant difference you have made to your family and your circle of friends, I have a feeling that I have never experienced. It’s an unquantifiable feeling —it’s magic.”Section BDirections: 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.Swiss village bans tourists from taking photos because it’s too beautiful Located in the Swiss Alps, near the famous resort of St. Moritz, the commune of Bergün is one of the most beautiful mountain villages in Europe. So beautiful, in fact, that photos of it shared on social media may make people feel depressed that they can’t visit, so local authorities banned tourists from taking photos.It may sound like a joke, but it’s actually a new law adopted by the Bergün v illage council and __31__ by its mayor. To discourage visitors from taking photos in Bergün, they plan to __32__ a symbolic €5 fine for those caught breaking the new rules.According to a statement by the Bergün tourism authority, “It is scientifically p roven that beautiful holiday photos on social media make the viewers unhappy because they cannot be there themselves.”However, it seems unlikely that Bergün’s new law was really thought of as a way to __33__ Facebook or Instagram users of the depressing experience of seeing the beauty of the village. As the news went __34__ online, many assumed that it was actually a clever marketing __35__, a theory that was at least partially confirmed by the village’s director of tourism, Marc-Andrea Barandun.“In the background of course the idea is that everyone is talking about Bergün,” he told The Local. “So it’s a combination of both —we made the law and also there’s some marketing aim behind it.”To show that they were serious about the law, Bergün authorities __36__ photos of the village from its Facebook and Twitter accounts, and declared their intention to delete them from the Bergün website too.If the new law was just a __37__ strategy, it actually worked wonders, as people started __38__ more photos of the beautiful mountain village soon after news of the photo ban started making news headlines.A few days ago, Mayor Nicolay __39__ the debatable photo ban in a video, where he offered people visiting Bergün a special __40__ to take photos. He reminded them to think twice before sharing thepictures online, though, as they could be making their friends depressed.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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.A cliché is a phrase that has been used so many times that it comes out of the mouth or the computer without stirring up a wave in the mind of the speaker, the typist, the listener or the reader. The word was part of the technical term of the French printing trade in the 19th century, the name for a plate used in the printing process, and it is still used with that meaning in English and other languages. By the middle of the same century, the word was being used in French, shortly followed by English, as a simile (比喻) for __41__ used expressions.Clichés can be __42__ according to whether they were originally idioms, similes and proverbs, expressions from trades or __43__ phrases.Many idioms have been so universally overused that they have been __44__ — phrases like far and wide, by leaps and bounds or safe and sound. Our second category could be similes and proverbs that now fall off the __45__ with little meaning, similes like as cool as a cucumber, which __46__ around 400 years.A large category is __47__ from the terms of trades and professions, sports and games, and other national concerns. Many are __48__ clichés, as is fitting for the British, as an island nation, with examples like to leave a sinking ship, to know the ropes,to stick to one’s guns.Our last broad category of cliché might be phrases which were __49__ when they were first coined, but have become ineffective through constant use. When a football manager, asked how he felt about the __50__ of his team, said that he was as sick as a parrot. Since then, it has been so overused that it has lost its __51__. To explore every avenue and to leave no stone unturned are two political clichés of this class. No politician with any sensitivity for language could use either of those phrases __52__, yet you hear them still, all the time.No doubt we could specify the classes of clichés into further subdivisions until the cows come home. But there is no need to. We all agree that clichés are to be __53__ by careful writers and speakers at all times, don’t we? Well, actually, no, not I. Life, and language, are so full of clichés that silence will hold the position if you __54__ us the use of cliché. So many millions of people have spoken and written clichés so __55__ that it is almost impossible to find ideas and phrases that have not been used many times before.41. A. occasionally B. frequently C. technically D. grammatically42. A. confirmed B. quoted C. inferred D. classified43. A. invented B. customized C. recognized D. underlined44. A. highlighted B. tailored C. weakened D. enriched45. A. nose B. eyes C. lips D. forehead46. A. dates back B. catches on C. takes shape D. gives out47. A. detected B. drawn C. excluded D. initiated48. A. remote B. temperate C. urban D. oceanic49. A. boring B. striking C. entertaining D. annoying50. A. expense B. punishment C. defeat D. age51. A. origin B. shine C. statue D. humour52. A. seriously B. fluently C. flexibly D. properly53. A. adjusted B. adapted C. adopted D. avoided54. A. deny B. allow C. forbid D. promise55. A. casually B. decently C. reluctantly D. ceaselesslySection BDirections: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)Free to SoarOne windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds racing and dancing. As the strong winds blew against the kites, a string kept them in check.Instead of blowing away with the wind, they arose against it to achieve great heights. They shook and pulled, but the string and the tail kept them attached, facing upward and against the wind. The kites struggled and kept being dragged behind, facing upward and against the wind. As the kites struggled and trembled against the string, they seemed to say, “Let me go! Let me go! I want to be free!” They soared beautifully even as they fought the restriction of the string. Finally, one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose. “Free at last,” it seemed to say. “Free to fly with the wind.”Yet freedom from restriction simply put it at the mercy of a cruel breeze. It flew ungracefully to the ground and landed in a messed mass of weeds and string against a dead bush. “Free at last”, free to lie powerless in the dirt, to be blown helplessly along the ground, and to stop lifeless against the first obstruction.How much like kites we sometimes are. The heaven gives us misfortune and limitations, rules to follow from which we can grow and gain strength. Restriction is a necessary companion to the winds of opposition. Some of us resist the rules so hard that we never soar to reach the heights we might have obtained. We keep part of the order and never rise high enough to get our tails off the ground.Let us each rise to the great heights, recognizing that some of the restrictions that we may be annoyed at are actually the steadying force that helps us improve and achieve.56. According to paragraph 2, “Let me go!” is said by _______.A. the kiteB. the windC. the birdD. the flyer57. Which of the following words has the meaning closest to the underlined word “obstruction” in paragraph 3?A. destructionB. miracleC. observationD. obstacle58. According to the writer, in what way is man similar to kites?A. Man will never reach the desirable height unless he breaks some rules.B. Man can be empowered by difficulties to go further and higher.C. Man desires freedom but only a few will succeed.D. Man is limited by his surroundings.59. By telling the story of kite flying, the writer wants to share the lesson that _______. A. rules are made to be brokenB. flying a kite involves skills and patienceC. sometimes difficulties can be potential blessingsD. it’s no use complaining about the difficulties we encounter(B)Products▼Tel:(855)776-7763 Get a DemoLoginSign Up FreeProProfsKnowledgebaseTourPricingSolutionsIntegrationsBlogClientsExamplesHelpKnowledge Base Software That Answers Questions InstantlyCreate help sites, knowledge bases, user guides, manuals, wikis & moreGet, share & apply knowledge Offer awesome support 24/7With a self-service online knowledge base, customers can find instant answers to their questions. This means fewer support tickets and less workload for your agents. Likewise, support agents and employees can also find instant answers by searching the internal knowledge base for any questions about company best practices, policies and more. 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By building private knowledge bases.(C)The largest-ever study of the link between city walkability and high blood pressure has been held up as evidence of the “invisible value of urban design” in improving long-term health outcomes, say researchers.The study of around 430,000 people aged between 38 and 73 and living in 22 UK cities found significant associations between the increased walkability of a neighborhood, lower blood pressure and reduced risk of high blood pressure among its residents.The outcomes remained consistent even after adjustments for socio-demographic(社会人口统计学), lifestyle and changing physical environment factors, though the protective effects were particularly pronounced among participants aged between 50 and 60, women, and those residing in higher density and poor neighborhoods.The paper was published in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health this week. With high blood pressure a major risk factor for chronic(慢性的) and particularly heart diseases, researchers at the University of Hong Kong and Oxford University said the findings demonstrated the need to take notice of the health-influencing factor in urban design.“With the increasing pace of urbanization and demographic shifts towards an ageing population, we become more likely to suffer from chronic diseases,” said Dr. Chinmoy Sarkar, an assistant professor at the Healthy High Density Cities Lab of the University of Hong Kong and lead author of the study. “The action taken to improve public health must consider the invisible value of urban planning and design.“We are spending billions of pounds in preventing and curing heart diseases — if we are able to invest in creating healthy cities through small changes in the design of our neighborhoods to make them more activity-friendly and walkable, then probably, we will have significant savings in future healthcare expenses.”To measure a neighborhood’s activity-promoting potential, researchers developed a set of index of walkability containing relevant urban elements, including residential and retail(零售) density, public transport, street-level movement, and distance to attractive destinations.Poorly designed spaces generally reduced walking and physical activity, promoting the lifestyles of long time sitting down and not moving; and were harmful to social interactions, and as such associated with poorer mental and physical health.Because walkability was “based on the underlying design of the city”, said Sarkar, cities could be modified or designed to encourage it. “Such investments in healthy design are likely to bring in long-term gains as they are enduring and common.”63. By considering “invisible value of urban design”, people can _______.A. reduce the ageing populationB. slow down the pace of urbanizationC. promote activity-friendly and walkable citiesD. invest in preventing and curing heart diseases64. What can be inferred from the passage?A. A set of index is essential to ensure that urban design promotes walkability.B. Walkable cities can lower blood pressure and the risk of high blood pressure.C. Chronic diseases are becoming common due to people’s neglect of their health.D. Middle-aged women living in poor areas are less likely to benefit from increased walkability.65. All of the following are the undesirable consequences of poorly-designed neighborhoods EXCEPT_______.A. failing healthB. unhealthy lifestyleC. fewer social interactionsD. fewer neighborhoods66. According to Dr. Chinmoy Sarkar, _______.A. cities should encourage the residents to engage in social interactionsB. the design of our neighborhoods should meet people’s needs for retail densityC. money invested in creating healthy cities is money saved in future healthcare expensesD. chronic diseases will be common because of our lifestyle and the physical environmentSection CDirections: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.Make traditional treasures come aliveThe Palace Museum Director Shan Jixiang delivered a cultural heritage speech on Feb 27 in Beijing, which was co-organized by the Beijing Diplomatic Service Bureau and Beijing Housing Service Corporation for Diplomatic Missions. 67On the theme The World of the Palace Museum and the Palace Museum of the World, the 64-year-old director shared his ideas about how to make traditional treasures come alive again. During the speech, which lasted two and a half hours, Shan touched on topics including upgrading museum infrastructure（基础设施）, restoring cultural sites, digitalizing online museums, setting up restoration hospitals, providing better visitor experiences and promoting the Palace Museum’s cultural items.“The abundant collection of cult ural objects at the Palace Museum is the inspiration for the creative souvenirs and cultural items available,” Shan said. “68 ” Throughout 2017, the total sales of Palace Museum’s cultural items have been more than 1 billion yuan ($158million). Explaini ng the huge success of Palace Museum’s cultural souvenirs, Shan said: “The museum opened a shop on the e-commerce website Taobao in 2008, but sales remained neither high nor low for years, as more than 80 percent of the souvenirs sold in stores in the past were not related to our museum.” “Therefore, I wanted to change the situation. Now, souvenirs from the Palace Museum cover almost every aspect of life. After all, what matters to a museum is not how many visitors they have, but how close they are to peopl e’s daily lives.”69 Around 200 “doctors” are employed to analyze, examine, detect flaws or damage in ancient objects and restore them using more than 100 pieces of specialized equipment, including 3-D printers and scanners. The restoration hospital co vers 13,000 square meters and boasts the nation’s most advanced restoration workshops.John Aquilina, Malta’s ambassador to China said that Shan’s speech showed a totally different PalaceMuseum to foreign people. “China enjoys a long and profound culture and many of the national treasures have been preserved at the Palace Museum. It is no easy task to preserve them well. 70 ”IV. Summary WritingDirections:Read the following passage. 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.Ban the Bag!Standing in line at the grocery store last week, I watched the woman in front of me buy a tube of toothpaste. As the clerk placed her purchase in a plastic bag, I couldn’t help w ondering how long it would take for that bag to end up in the trash. Then I noticed the big purse the woman was carrying and wondered why she had needed a plastic bag at all.People have come to rely on plastic bags as everything from shopping bags for groceries to trash-can bags. Although plastic bags can be recycled, only about one percent of those used in the United States are. Instead, after helping people transport items from one place to another, most are thrown away. They end up in landfills, where it can take a plastic bag up to a thousand years to decay. Some bags end up elsewhere in the environment, sticking to trees and fences, blocking rivers and oceans, or floating along city sidewalks.Plastic bags harm the environment in several ways. First, they break down into particles that pollute our soil and water. Because most plastic bags are made of polyethylene, a product derived from crude oil (原油) or natural gas, they waste nonrenewable resources. Plastic bags can also harm animals. Scientists estimate that more than one million sea animals, including whales, seabirds, and turtles, die each year from intaking or becoming stranded in plastic.People all over the world are starting to recognize the problems associated with plastic bags. Countries such as China, South Africa, Switzerland, and Uganda are taking action and banning the bags. Other nations, including Italy and Ireland, have been trying to restrict the use of plastic bags by taxing them. In the United States more and more communities are ridding themselves of plastic bags. Now more and more people are also purchasing inexpensive, reusable bags and using them when they shop. If we all take this simple step, we can be a part of a “green” revolution.V. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72．全世界掀起了一股学中文的潮流。

青浦区2017学年高三年级第二次学业质量调研测试英语学科试卷听力文字稿Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: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. M: Hurry up! I’m starving!W: Don’t worry. It’s Monday and there won’t be a queue.Q: Where are the speakers going? (D)2. W: When will the next bus leave for Beijing?M: You’ve just missed the ten-thirty bus by seven minutes, but don’t worry, buses leave for Beijing every thirty minutes.Q: When will the next bus leave for Beijing? (C)3. M: Hi, Jane, do you have some change? I need to make a call on the pay phone.W: Pay phone? Why not use my mobile phone? Here you are.Q: What will the man most probably do? （A）4. W: John has been trying for months to find a job, but I wonder how he could get one when he looks like that.M: Oh, that poor guy! He really should shave himself more often and put on something clean. Q: What do we learn about John? (C)5. W:Saturday’s concert is said to be wonderful.Aren’t you going?M:But I haven’t got a ticket yet.It’s so popular that I’m afraid the tickets are not available now. Q:What is the man concerned about? (B)6. M: Oh, what a morning! You know I had so much work to do and the sales phones just kept coming in.W: I know how it is. I get a lot of calls, too, even on weekends.Q: What are the two speakers doing? (A)7. M: Do you want to turn on the air-conditioner or open the window?W: I love fresh air if you don’t mind.Q: What can be inferred from the woman’s answer? (C)8. M: How are your piano lessons going?W: Very well. My teacher thinks I’m making progress. And I find lessons well worth the time andtrouble.Q: What does the woman think of her piano lessons? (D)9. M: Now, can we have a get-together sometime this week? I mean any day is fine.W: Sorry. This week’s out of the question. I’m buried under a heap of paperwork.Q: What does the woman mean? (A)10. W: I missed the psychology class this morning. Could I have a look at your notes?M: Kidding? You’ve never read my handwriting, have you?Q: What does the man imply? (B)Section BDirections:In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the short passages and the longer conversation. The short passages and the longer 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.Welcome to enter our “scientist at work” photo contest.Do you like taking pictures of your work in the field — tracking polar bears, for example, examining fossils? Or of what you see daily in the laboratory, perhaps under a microscope?If so, why not enter our second annual ScientistAtWork photo competition? Here’s how it works. Just send us your favorite picture and any questions to photocompetition@, or upload your image to Twitter or Instagram with the tag ScientistAtWork. All entries must reach us by the end of April. Attention: no more than one entry per person. The winning images will be chosen by an independent group of Nature editors and art staff.We will publish the five winning entries in the 26 May issue of Nature. Besides, winners will receive a year’s personal subscription to Nature, in print and online.We’re looking for images that tell an interesting story and reflect the variety of work that scientists do in an enthusiastic, creative way. Heavily edited images will not be considered, and photographs must be of high-enough quality to appear in print.Good luck, and we look forward to seeing your submissions.Now listen again, please.Questions11.What kind of images or photos is likely to be a winning entry? (D)12.Which of the following is not true according to the passage? (D)13.What is the purpose of this passage? (B)Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.11-time All-Star Chris Bosh hasn’t played since the 2015-2016 season due to blood issues. He hopes to come back and gives “one more shot” at playing at NBA recently.“I train regularly and still have plenty to offer for a team. My condition should not hold me back,” Bosh said. “I’m going to give playing one more shot. That’s all it is — a shot,” added Bosh.This was not the first time Bosh expressed his desire to return to the NBA. In November, Bosh said he planned to “keep his options open as a player moving forward”. Earlier this year, he said he hoped to sign with a team for the 2018 postseason.Bosh appeared in 44 games in 2014-2015, his season ending at the All-Star break when he first knew about his blood issues. A year later, he played in 53 games and his season again ended at All-Star weekend, when the issue became more serious shortly after he landed in Toronto for the 2016 NBA All-Star Game.Overall, he averaged 19.2 points and 8.5 rebounds in his career. He last played in NBA on Feb. 9, 2016 as a member of the Heat.Now listen again, please.Questions:14. Why didn’t Bosh play basketball in 2015-2016 season? (D)15. How many points did Bosh obtain on average in his basketball career? (B)16. What is the passage mainly talking about? (C)Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.W: Tom, you will be graduating soon, and what are your future plans? What kind of job do you want?M: Right now, actually, I’m trying to get into Air Canada as an international pilot.W: Oh, you want to be a pilot.M: Yeah, actually, I’ve already got a private pilot’s license and, well ...W: You can fly a plane?M: I can, but only a single engine plane.W: So, why do you like flying?M: Well, basically my father was a pilot and I just got interested in that through him.W: Oh, that’s cool. So how do you bec ome a pilot? Like what do you have to do?M: There’re different ways of becoming a pilot. First, you can pay for it by yourself. You have to attend school to gain your commercial license and then you can apply to an airline company. Or, you can go directl y into an airline company, and they will train you and it’s all paid for.W: Right.M: It is a really good deal, yeah, and another way is to get a private pilot’s license first, and try to get in a company and then they’ll train you the rest of the way an d usually you get a higher salary. W: So what way are you doing it?M: Well, since I’ve already got my private pilot’s license I’m going to try and get in pretty much half way through it, so I won’t need as much training. I’ll probably get a better salary.W: Well, good luck. I hope it works out.M: I do, too.Now listen again, please.Questions:17. What can be learned about Tom? (B)18. Where does the man get his interest in flying? (B)19. How can a person get a pilot’s license without paying any money? (C)20. What special qualifications does the man have? (D)That’s the end of listening comprehension. 听力部分到此结束。

青浦区2017学年度第二学期初三年级学业质量调研英语学科试卷2018年4月(满分150分，考试时间：100分钟)考生注意：本卷有7大题，共94小题。

试题均采用连续编号，所有答案务必按照规定在答纸上完成，做在试卷上不给分）Part I Listening（第一部分听力）I. Listening Comprehension(听力理解) (共30分)A. Listen and choose the right picture(根据你听到的内容,选出相应的图片. (6分)1._____2.______3.______4.______5._______6.______B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear(根据你所听到的对话和问题,选出最恰当的答案) (8分)( ) 7. A. A red sweater B. A green sweater C. A white sweater D. A yellow sweater ( ) 8. A. America B. France C. Japan D. Italy( ) 9. A. By bus B. By bike C. On foot D. By taxi( ) 10. A. Cool B. Warm C. Hot D. Cold( ) 11. A. Because she wanted to be healthier B. Because swimming was funC. Because skating was difficult to learnD. Because she lived in Canada( ) 12. A. In a cinema B. In a library C. In a train D. In a hospital( ) 13. A.He will make a phone call to them B. He will see the movie with themC. He has seen the movie beforeD. He will not meet Jenny tomorrow( ) 14. A. How to use the four skills B. The easy way of reading and writingC. How to learn English fasterD. The importance of practicing EnglishC. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following% statements are true or false(判断下列句子是否符合你所听到的短文内容,符合的用“T”表示,不符合的用“F”表示) (6分)( ) 15. Betty calls the Helpline because she has a problem with her friend.( ) 16. If Betty wants to get help,she should tell the Helpline who her friend is.( ) 17. Betty and her friend are in different schools,and they keep in touch with each other.( ) 18. This term Betty went to see her friend,but she refused to speak to her.( ) 19. The helpline asks Betty to write a letter to her friends,or she will probably feel lonely.( ) 20. At last Betty manages to get some advice from the Friendship Helpline.D. Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks(根你所听到的短文内容,完成下列句子,每空格限填一词) (10分)21.In Denmark（丹麦）,the schools set up by parents have to follow _______ ________ courses（课程）.22.Some of the schools are called “small schools”,but a school must have at least _______ _______.23.Many parents of Cooleenbridge School came from Germany,England and _______ _______ of Ireland（爱尔兰）24.Cooleenbridge School is also a small school,and it was started _______ _______ 1986.25.The teachers of the school think the important thing in school is _______,not ________.Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary(第二部分语音、语法和词汇)II. Choose the best answer(选择最恰当的答案) (共20分)( ) 26. When it rains,it pours. Which is correct for the underlined part?A.[e]B. [i:]C. [aɪ]D. [eɪ]( ) 27.The guests are told that the furniture in the flat is designed by_________owner himself.A.theB. anC. aD. /( )28. Zhujiajiao, an old town with a history of hundreds of years, lies____________the west of Shanghai.A.onB. inC. toD. among( ) 29. The traveler asked_________some water when he passed Granny Li's house.A.byB. forC. withD. of( ) 30. It is said that having a glass of water first in the morning is good for________ health.A.weB. usC. ourD. ours( ) 31. The teacher told the class that only three students failed the exam, and__________ all passed.A.anotherB. the otherC. othersD. the others( ) 32. Mrs. Black wants to make some pizza, so she asks her husband to buy some___________.A.appleB. butterC. eggD. potato( ) 33. The farmer looks _________ , and he even agrees to show the visitors around his private garden.A.happilyB. nicelyC. friendlyD. gently( ) 34. After being rebuilt, the open-air museum became __________attractive than before.A.manyB. moreC. muchD. most( ) 35. We ______touch or take pictures of these exhibits ( 展品), for it's against the rules.A.wouldn’tB. needn’tC. mustn’tD. may not( ) 36. Mark ________very hard in the university and was made Chairman of the students' union.A.studiedB. studiesC. will studyD. are studying ( ) 37. The volunteers _______a lot of waste bottles on the beach by the end of the tourism festival.A.will collectB. have collectedC. was collectingD. had collected ( ) 38. The old couple ________not to trust any strangers when they were cheated last time.A.are toldB. would be toldC. were toldD. will be told ( ) 39. To save time, many airlines now allow passengers ____their boarding passes online.A.to printB. printingC. printD. printed( ) 40. Since it's your first visit to Britain, you'd better ________something about the British culture.A.learnB. learningC. learnedD. to learn( ) 41. The kids have never been to such a wonderful amusement Park before,__________?A.don’t theyB. do theyC. haven’t theyD. have they( ) 42. Your mother will be happier______you can help with the housework when you have time.A.ifB. untilC. whereD. unless( ) 43. The road sign shows us_________________.A.how can we get to the International Meeting CenterB.which road leads to the International Meeting CenterC.where is the International Meeting CenterD.what can we do in the International Meeting Center( ) 44. --- I think we should raise some money for charity.----_______.A.What a pity!B. I’m sorry.C. What a surprise!D. That's a good idea.( ) 45. --- Do you know when the next train leaves for Beijing?A.No, thanks.B. Neither do I.C. I'm not quite sure.D. That's terrible!III. Complete the following passages with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once. (讲下列单词或词组填入空格。

青浦区2017 学年高三年级第二次学业质量调研测试英语学科试卷2018.04（时间120 分钟，满分140 分）考生注意：1．本试卷共13 页。

满分140 分。

考试时间120 分钟。

2．答题前，考生务必在答题卡（纸）上用钢笔或水笔清楚填写姓名、准考证号，并用铅笔正确涂写准考证号。

3．答案必须全部涂写在答题卡（纸）上。

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I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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. To the bank. B. To the museum. C. To the clinic. D. To the restaurant.2. A. 10:07. B. 10:30. C. 11:00. D. 11:07.3. A. Use the woman’s phone. B. Pay for the phone call.C. Get some change from Jane.D. Go and look for a pay phone.4. A. He likes to wear clean clothes.B. He changes his job frequently.C. He is careless about his appearance.D. He is ashamed of his present condition.5. A. Whether he has time on Saturday.B. Whether he can get access to the concert.C. Whether the tickets will be too expensive.D. Whether the woman is available on Saturday.6. A. They are complaining. B. They are bargaining.C. They are negotiating.D. They are arguing.7. A. The window smells of fresh paint. B. The man will clean the air-conditioner.C. Sh e’d like to have the window open.D. She prefers keeping the air-conditioner on.C. She has some paper to bury.D. She questions the man’s purpose.10. A. His notebook is missing.B. His handwriting is difficult to read.C. He wasn’t in class this morning either.D. He’s already lent his notes to someone else.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the short passages and the longer conversation. The short passages and the longer 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. Photos of polar bears.B. Photos heavily edited.C. Photos of fine quality to appear in print.D. Photos reflecting scientist s’ working life.12. A. A year’s personal subscription to Nature is another award to winners.B. Photos can be uploaded to Twitter with the tag ScientistAtW ork.C. Five winning photos will be published in one issue of Nature.D.All entries have to be sent to photocompetition@.13. A. To encourage people to work with scientists.B. To attract people to participate in a contest.C. To increase the sales of the magazine.D. To teach people how to take pictures.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Because no team invited him to play. B. Because he stopped training for a while.C. Because he appeared to be too tired.D. Because he suffered from a disease.15. A. 8.5. B. 19.2. C. 44. D. 53.16. A. Bosh’s great basketball career in NBA.B. The regular training Bosh took in NBA.C. Bosh’s repeated desire to return to NBA.D. The reason why Bosh couldn’t play at NBA.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.18. A. From his friends. B. From his father.C. From his training.D. From his university.19. A. By attending special schools.B. By getting a private license first.C. By getting into an airline company first.D. By passing a test for commercial license.20. A. His flying hours in total. B. His interview performance.C. His university degrees.D. His private pilot license.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: 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.The kindness of Kiwi Lotto (乐透彩票) winnersWe’ve all dreamed of winning the Lotto but what actually happens when our numbers come up? The answer is rather heart-warming. New research out today from Lotto New Zealand reveals three-quarters of Powerball winners think of sharing (21) spending.One lucky Powerball winner from Tauranga was even thinking of others before his numbers came up. “A week before I won Lotto, I saw an ambulance (22) side bore the name of the donor, and I thought, ‘i f I ever win Lotto, that’s what I will do’ and then 10 day s’ later I w on,” he said. Having won $5.5 million dollars, he’s now spending a part of the money on two ambulances for his local hospital. “The y’r e going to say ‘(23) (donate) by a Lotto winner’ on the side. I hope that it will inspire others to pay it forward if they ever find (24) in a fortunate position like I have.”“My life (25) (save) many years ago by a St John ambulance and it’s a marvellous feeling repaying back that kindness.” It was this kind of behaviour (26) led to Lotto NZ’s inspiring true story of a Kiwi man who won $15 million and, honouring a promise made long ago, went halves with his mate.2017 was the (27) (lucky) year on record for Powerball winners. “Last year, there were 19 different Powerball winners — (28) most of them had in common was the desire to share their good fort une.” said Emilia Mazur, General Manager Corporate Communications.“Another Tauranga man won $10 million with Powerball in July and once he got over the shock of winning, his first thought was his community and he has since shared some of his winnings to upgrade its facilities.”Group players are natural sharers —not only (29) they share the winnings among themselves but they also then want to help out others.“E veryone is just so happy, it’s created an amazing sense of freedom.” s aid one of the group leaders Tina. “For me personally, (30) (know) how much of a significant difference you have made to your family and your circle of friends, I have a feeling that I have never experienced. It’s anunquantifiable feeling — it’s magi c.”Section BDirections: 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.Swiss village bans tourists from taking photos because it’s too beautiful Located in the Swiss Alps, near the famous resort of St. Moritz, the commune of Bergün is one of the most beautiful mountain villages in Europe. So beautiful, in fact, that photos of it shared on social media may make people feel depressed that they can’t visit, so local authorities banned tourists from taking photos.It may sound like a joke, but it’s actually a new law adopted by the Bergün village council and31 by its mayor. To discourage visitors from taking photos in Bergün, they plan to 32 a symboli c €5 fine for those caught breaking the new rules.According to a statement by the Bergün tourism authority, “It is scientifically proven that beautiful holiday photos on social media make the viewers unhappy because they cannot be there themselves.”However, it seems unlikely that Bergün’s new law was really thought of as a way to 33 Facebook or Instagram users of the depressing experience of seeing the beauty of the village. As the news went 34 online, many assumed that it was actually a clever marketing 35 , a theory that was at least partially confirmed by the village’s director of tourism, Marc-Andrea Barandun.“In the background of course the idea is that everyone is talking about Ber gün,”he told The Local. “So it’s a combination of both — we made the law and also there’s some marketing aim behind it.”To show that they were serious about the law, Bergün authorities 36 photos of the village from its Facebook and Twitter accounts, and declared their intention to delete them from the Bergün website too.If the new law was just a 37 strategy, it actually worked wonders, as people started 38 more photos of the beautiful mountain village soon after news of the photo ban started making news headlines.A few days ago, Mayor Nicolay 39 the debatable photo ban in a video, where he offered people visiting Bergün a special 40 to take photos. He reminded them to think twice before sharing the pictures online, though, as they could be making their friends depressed.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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.A cli ché is a phrase that has been used so many times that it comes out of the mouth or the computer without stirring up a wave in the mind of the speaker, the typist, the listener or the reader. The word was part of the technical term of the French printing trade in the 19th century, the name for a plate used in the printing process, and it is still used with that meaning in English and other languages. By the middle of the same century, the word was being used in French, shortly followed by English, as a simile (比喻) for 41__ used expressions.Clichés can be 42 according to whether they were originally idioms, similes and proverbs, expressions from trades or 43 phrases.Many idioms have been so universally overused that they have been 44__ — phrases like far and wide, by leaps and bounds or safe and sound. Our second category could be similes and proverbs that now fall off the 45__ with little meaning, similes like as cool as a cucumber, which 46 around 400 years.A large category is 47 from the terms of trades and professions, sports and games, and other national concerns. Many are 48 clichés, as is fitting for the British, as an island nation, with examples like to leave a sinking ship, to know the ropes, to stick to one’s guns.Our last broad category of cli ché might be phrases which were __49__ when they were first coined, but have become ineffective through constant use. When a football manager, asked how he felt about the __50 of his team, said that he was as sick as a parrot. Since then, it has been so overused that it has lost its 51 . To explore every avenue and to leave no stone unturned are two political clichés of this class. No politician with any sensitivity for language could use either of those phrases 52 , yet you hear them still, all the time.No doubt we could specify the classes of clichés into further subdivisions until the cows come home. But there is no need to. We all agree that clichés are to be 53 by careful writers and speakers at all times, don’t we? Well, actually, no, not I. Life, and language, are so full of clichés that silence will hold the position if you 54 us the use of cliché. So many millions of people have spoken and written clichés so 55__ that it is almost impossible to find ideas and phrases that have not been used many times before.41. A. occasionally B. frequently C. technically D. grammatically42. A. confirmed B. quoted C. inferred D. classified43. A. invented B. customized C. recognized D. underlined44. A. highlighted B. tailored C. weakened D. enriched45. A. nose B. eyes C. lips D. forehead46. A. dates back B. catches on C. takes shape D. gives out47. A. detected B. drawn C. excluded D. initiated48. A. remote B. temperate C. urban D. oceanic49. A. boring B. striking C. entertaining D. annoying53. A. adjusted B. adapted C. adopted D. avoided54. A. deny B. allow C. forbid D. promise55. A. casually B. decently C. reluctantly D. ceaselesslySection BDirections: 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)Free to SoarOne windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds racing and dancing. As the strong winds blew against the kites, a string kept them in check.Instead of blowing away with the wind, they arose against it to achieve great heights. They shook and pulled, but the string and the tail kept them attached, facing upward and against the wind. The kites struggled and kept being dragged behind, facing upward and against the wind. As the kites struggled and trembled against the string, they seemed to say, “Let me go! Let me go! I want to be free!” They soared beautifully even as they fought the restriction of the string. Finally, one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose. “Free at last,” it seemed to say. “Free to fly with the wi nd.”Yet freedom from restriction simply put it at the mercy of a cruel breeze. It flew ungracefully to the ground and landed in a messed mass of weeds and string against a dead bush. “Free at last”, free to lie powerless in the dirt, to be blown helplessly along the ground, and to stop lifeless against the first obstruction.How much like kites we sometimes are. The heaven gives us misfortune and limitations, rules to follow from which we can grow and gain strength. Restriction is a necessary companion to the winds of opposition. Some of us resist the rules so hard that we never soar to reach the heights we might have obtained. We keep part of the order and never rise high enough to get our tails off the ground.Let us each rise to the great heights, recognizing that some of the restrictions that we may be annoyed at are actually the steadying force that helps us improve and achieve.56. According to paragraph 2, “Let me go!” is said by .A. the kiteB. the windC. the birdD. the flyer57. Which of the following words has the meaning closest to the underlined word “ob structi on”in paragraph 3?A. destructionB. miracleC. observationD. obstacle58. According to the writer, in what way is man similar to kites?A. Man will never reach the desirable height unless he breaks some rules.B. Man can be empowered by difficulties to go further and higher.C. Man desires freedom but only a few will succeed.D. Man is limited by his surroundings.59. By telling the story of kite flying, the writer wants to share the lesson that .A. rules are made to be brokenB. flying a kite involves skills and patienceC. sometimes difficulties can be potential blessingsD. it’s no use complaining about the difficulties we encounter(B)Products▼Tel:(855)776-7763 Get a Demo Login Sign Up Free ProProfsTour Pricing Solutions Integrations Blog Clients Examples Help KnowledgebaseKnowledge Base Software That Answers Questions Instantly Create help sites, knowledge bases, user guides, manuals, wikis & moreA. users of ProProfs can read the manuals on their mobile phonesB. the service that ProProfs offers to its users is accessible around the clockC. with ProProfs, users can readjust the size of their documentation to their screensD. different users can be grouped together on a central platform to share knowledge62. How does the software ProProfs tighten its security?A. By authorizing different users.B. By creating a central platform.C. By offering single sign-on settings.D. By building private knowledge bases.(C)The largest-ever study of the link between city walkability and high blood pressure has been held up as evidence of the “invisible value of urban desi gn”in improving long-term health outcomes, say researchers.The study of around 430,000 people aged between 38 and 73 and living in 22 UK cities found significant associations between the increased walkability of a neighborhood, lower blood pressure and reduced risk of high blood pressure among its residents.The outcomes remained consistent even after adjustments for socio-demographic (社会人口统计学), lifestyle and changing physical environment factors, though the protective effects were particularly pronounced among participants aged between 50 and 60, women, and those residing in higher density and poor neighborhoods.The paper was published in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health this week. With high blood pressure a major risk factor for chronic (慢性的) and particularly heart diseases, researchers at the University of Hong Kong and Oxford University said the findings demonstrated the need to take notice of the health-influencing factor in urban design.“With the increasing pace of urbanization and demographic shifts towards an ageing population, we become more likely to suffer from chronic diseases,” said Dr. Chinmoy Sarkar, an assistant professor at the Healthy High Density Cities Lab of the University of Hong Kong and lead author of the study. “The action taken to improve public health must consider the invisible value of urban planning and design.“We are spending billions of pounds in preventing and curing heart diseases —if we are able to invest in creating healthy cities through small changes in the design of our neighborhoods to make them more activity-friendly and walkable, then probably, we will have significant savings in future healthcare expense s.”To measure a neighborhood’s activity-promoting potential, researchers developed a set of index of walkability containing relevant urban elements, including residential and retail (零售) density, public transport, street-level movement, and distance to attractive destinations.Poorly designed spaces generally reduced walking and physical activity, promoting the lifestyles oflong time sitting down and not moving; and were harmful to social interactions, and as such associated with poorer mental and physical health.Because walkability was “based on the underlying design of the city”,said Sarkar, cities could be modified or designed to encourage it. “Such investments in healthy design are likely to bring in long-term gains as they are enduring and comm on.”63. By considering “invisible value of urban desig n”, people can .A. reduce the ageing populationB. slow down the pace of urbanizationC. promote activity-friendly and walkable citiesD. invest in preventing and curing heart diseases64. What can be inferred from the passage?A. A set of index is essential to ensure that urban design promotes walkability.B.Walkable cities can lower blood pressure and the risk of high blood pressure.C. Chronic diseases are becoming common due to people’s neglect of their health.D. Middle-aged women living in poor areas are less likely to benefit from increased walkability.65. All of the following are the undesirable consequences of poorly-designed neighborhoods EXCEPT.A. failing healthB. unhealthy lifestyleC. fewer social interactionsD. fewer neighborhoods66. According to Dr. Chinmoy Sarkar, .A. cities should encourage the residents to engage in social interactionsB. the design of our neighborhoods should meet people’s needs for retail densityC. money invested in creating healthy cities is money saved in future healthcare expensesD. chronic diseases will be common because of our lifestyle and the physical environmentSection CDirections: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.A. I truly express my respect for Shan and his team for their contributions.B. With regard to cultural heritage restoration, Shan said the museum opened a restoration hospital atthe end of 2016.C. A total of 600 people from all walks of life, including over 100 foreign guests, participated in the activity.D. I will learn more about Chinese culture from the magnificent ancient objects.E. Our design teams often study consumer demands and create cultural items that are nice to look at and practical to use.F. Traditional craftsmanship is combined with modern methods, and the lives of ancient cultural objects will be lengthened by the so-called doctors.Make traditional treasures come aliveThe Palace Museum Director Shan Jixiang delivered a cultural heritage speech on Feb 27 in Beijing, which was co-organized by the Beijing Diplomatic Service Bureau and Beijing Housing Service Corporation for Diplomatic Missions. 67On the theme The World of the Palace Museum and the Palace Museum of the World, the 64-year-old director shared his ideas about how to make traditional treasures come alive again. During the speech, which lasted two and a half hours, Shan touched on topics including upgrading museum infrastructure（基础设施）, restoring cultural sites, digitalizing online museums, setting up restoration hospitals, providing better visitor experiences and promoting the Palace Museum’s cultural items.“The abundant collection of cultural objects at the Palace Museum is the inspiration for the creative souvenirs and cultural items availabl e,” Shan said. “68 ” Throughout 2017, the total sales of Palace Museum’s cultural items have been more than 1 billion yuan ($158million). Explaining the huge success of Palace Museum’s cultural souvenirs, Shan said: “The museum opened a shop on the e-commerce website Taobao in 2008, but sales remained neither high nor low for years, as more than 80 percent of the souvenirs sold in stores in the past were not related to our museum.”“Ther efore, I wanted to change the situation. Now, souvenirs from the Palace Museum cover almost every aspect of life. After all, what matters to a museum is not how many visitors they have, but how close they are to people’s daily lives.”69 Around 200 “doc tor s”are employed to analyze, examine, detect flaws or damage inancient objects and restore them using more than 100 pieces of specialized equipment, including 3-D printers and scanners. The restoration hospital covers 13,000 square meters and boasts the nation’s most advanced restoration workshops.John Aquilina, Malta’s ambassador to China said that Shan’s speech showed a totally different Palace Museum to foreign people. “China enjoys a long and profound culture and many of the national treasures have been preserved at the Palace Museum. It is no easy task to preserve them well. 70 ”IV. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. 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.Ban the Bag!Standing in line at the grocery store last week, I watched the woman in front of me buy a tube of toothpaste. As the clerk placed her purchase in a plastic bag, I couldn’t help wondering how long it would take for that bag to end up in the trash. Then I noticed the big purse the woman was carrying and wondered why she had needed a plastic bag at all.People have come to rely on plastic bags as everything from shopping bags for groceries to trash-can bags. Although plastic bags can be recycled, only about one percent of those used in the United States are. Instead, after helping people transport items from one place to another, most are thrown away. They end up in landfills, where it can take a plastic bag up to a thousand years to decay. Some bags end up elsewhere in the environment, sticking to trees and fences, blocking rivers and oceans, or floating along city sidewalks.Plastic bags harm the environment in several ways. First, they break down into particles that pollute our soil and water. Because most plastic bags are made of polyethylene, a product derived from crude oil (原油) or natural gas, they waste nonrenewable resources. Plastic bags can also harm animals. Scientists estimate that more than one million sea animals, including whales, seabirds, and turtles, die each year from intaking or becoming stranded in plastic.People all over the world are starting to recognize the problems associated with plastic bags. Countries such as China, South Africa, Switzerland, and Uganda are taking action and banning the bags. Other nations, including Italy and Ireland, have been trying to restrict the use of plastic bags by taxing them. In the United States more and more communities are ridding themselves of plastic bags. Now more and more people are also purchasing inexpensive, reusable bags and using them when they shop. If we all take this simple step, we can be a part of a “g ree n” revolution.V. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 72．全世界掀起了一股学中文的潮流。

2018年上海市青浦区中考英语二模试卷一、Listening Comprehension （听力理解）（共30分）1．（6分）1．2．3．4．5．6．2．（1分）A．A red sweater．B．A green sweater．C．A white sweater．D．A yellow sweater．3．（1分）A．America．B．France．C．Japan．D．Italy．4．（1分）A．By bus．B．By bike．C．On foot．D．By taxi．5．（1分）A．Cool．B．Warm．C．Hot．D．Cold．6．（1分）A．Because she wanted to be healthier．B．Because swimming was fun．C．Because skating was difficult to learn．D．Because she lived in Canada．7．（1分）A．In a cinema．B．In a library．C．In a train．D．In a hospital．8．（1分）A．He will make a phone call to them．B．He will see the movie with them．C．He has seen the movie before．D．He will not meet Jenny tomorrow．9．（1分）A．How to use the four skills．B．The easy way of reading and writing．C．How to learn English faster．D．The importance of practicing English．10．（6分）（1）Betty calls the Helpline because she has a problem with her friend．（2）If Betty wants to get help，she should tell the Helpline who her friend is．（3）Betty and her friend are in different schools，and they keep in touch with each other．（4）This term Betty went to see her friend，but she refused to speak to her．（5）The Helpline asks Betty to write a letter to her friend，or she will probably feel lonely．（6）At last Betty manages to get some advice from the Friendship Helpline．11．（10分）（1）In Denmark （丹麦），the schools set up by parents have to follow courses （课程）．（2）Some of the schools are called "small schools"，but a school must have at least．（3）Many parents of Cooleenbridge School came from Germany，England andof Ireland （爱尔兰）．（4）Cooleenbridge School is also a small school，and it was started 1986．（5）The teachers of the school think the important thing in school is not．二、Choose the best answer （选择最恰当地答案）：（共20分）12．（1分）When it rains，it pours．Which is correct for the underlined part？（）A．[e]B．[i：]C．[aɪ] D．[eɪ]13．（1分）The guests are told that the furniture in the flat is designed by ______ owner himself．（）A．the B．an C．a D．/14．（1分）Zhujiajiao，an old town with a history of hundreds of years，lies ____ the west of Shanghai．（）A．on B．in C．to D．among15．（1分）The traveler asked ________ some water when he passed Granny Li's house．（）A．by B．for C．with D．of16．（1分）It is said that having a glass of water first in the morning is good for ________ health．（）A．we B．us C．our D．ours17．（1分）The teacher told the class that only three students failed the exam，and ________ all passed．（）A．another B．the other C．others D．the others18．（1分）Mrs．Black wants to make some pizza，so she asks her husband to buy some ________．（）A．apple B．butter C．egg D．potato19．（1分）The farmer looks ________，and he even agrees to show the visitors around his private garden．（）A．happily B．nicely C．friendly D．gently20．（1分）After being rebuilt，the open﹣air museum became ________ attractive than before．（）A．many B．more C．much D．most21．（1分）We ________ touch or take pictures of these exhibits （展品），for it's against the rules．（）A．wouldn't B．needn't C．mustn't D．may not22．（1分）Mark ________ very hard in the university and was made Chairman of the Students' Union．（）A．studied B．studies C．will study D．are studying23．（1分）The volunteers ________ a lot of waste bottles on the beach by the end of the tourism festival．（）A．will collect B．have collectedC．was collecting D．had collected24．（1分）The old couple ________ not to trust any strangers when they were cheated last time．（）A．are told B．would be toldC．were told D．will be told25．（1分）To save time，many airlines now allow passengers ________ their boarding passes online．（）A．to print B．printing C．print D．printed26．（1分）Since it's your first visit to Britain，you'd better ____ something about the British culture．（）A．learn B．learning C．learned D．to learn27．（1分）The kids have never been to such a wonderful amusement park before，______？（）A．don't they B．do they C．haven't they D．have they28．（1分）Your mother will be happier ________ you can help with the housework when you have time．（）A．if B．until C．where D．unless29．（1分）The road sign shows us ________．（）A．how can we get to the International Meeting CenterB．which road leads to the International Meeting CenterC．where is the International Meeting CenterD．what can we do in the International Meeting Center30．（1分）﹣I think we should raise some money for charity．﹣________（）A．What a pity! B．I'm sorry．C．What a surprise! D．That's a good idea．31．（1分）﹣Do you know when the next train leaves for Beijing？﹣________（）A．No，thanks．B．Neither do I．C．I'm not quite sure．D．That's terrible!三、Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格．每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）32．（4分）A．kindnessB．hurtC．a huge bag ofD．as well as E．on the first dayIn a small village，the parents of a little boy were very worried about him because of his bad temper （脾气）．The boy used to get angry very easily and（1）others with his words．While he forgot what he spoke in anger，his friends and neighbours avoided him．His mother and father tried many ways to make him give up his anger and develop （2）．Unfortunately，all their attempts failed．Finally，the boy's father came up with an idea．One day，his father gave him （3）nails，asking him to hammer one nail to the fence every time he lost his temper．The little boy found it funny and accepted what his father had said．His anger drove him to hammer 30nails into the fence （4）! Over the nextfew days，the little boy found it very difficult to hammer the nails into the fence and decided to control his temper．33．（4分）A．pull out B．immediately C．when D．one of E．the sameGradually，the number of nails hammered into the fence was reduced and the day arrived （1）he hammered none!Now，his father told him to remove the nails every day as he had controlled his anger．Several days passed and the boy was able to （2）most of the nails from the fence．The father appreciated him and asked him pointing to （3）the holes，"What do you see there？"The boy replied，"A hole in the fence!"He told the boy，"The nails were your bad temper and they were hammered into people．You can remove the nails but still see the holes in the fence．The fence never looks （4）! It has scares （伤疤）all over! Your bad temper and anger were like that! Use words for good．Use them to show your heart!"四、Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms （用括号中所给单词地适当形式完成下列句子．每空格限填一词）：（共8分）34．（1分）Aunt Petty could hardly believe her good when the lost necklace was found．（lucky）35．（1分）If you are interested in history，you may read these books．（France）36．（1分）My brother and I decided to buy a special gift for grandma's birthday．（seventy）37．（1分）Mr．Tailor and his assistants decided to give up the test because of the weather．（change）38．（1分）The of the football team made the fans become even more excited．（arrive）39．（1分）Nowadays more and more young people are eager to go aboard totheir studies．（far）40．（1分）It is for a little boy to finish such a difficult task without any help．（possible）41．（1分）They worked in the lab for a whole week and solved the technical problem．（final）五、Rewrite the following sentences as required（根据要求改写句子．每空格限填一词）（共14分）42．（2分）Both of the two customers offered a high prize for the Chinese painting．（改为否定句）the two customers offered a high prize for the Chinese painting．43．（2分）When the spring came，the young man took his pets out twice a day．（对划线部分提问）did the young man take his pets out when the spring came？44．（2分）It took the astronauts a long time to get ready for the trip to the moon．（保持句意基本不变）The astronauts a long time in ready for the trip to the moon．45．（2分）The boy was very bright．He worked out the crossword in ten minutes．（合并为一句）The boy was bright he worked out the crossword in ten minutes．46．（2分）The editors have held several discussions，but they still can't make a decision．（保持句意基本不变）the editors have held several discussions，still can't make a decision．47．（2分）Their headmaster gave a wonderful speech on the Open Day．（改为感叹句）wonderful speech their headmaster gave on the Open Day! 48．（2分）a flower shop，owns，the town，in the center of，who （连词成句）？六、Reading Comprehension （阅读理解）：（共50分）49．（12分）Beijing World HotelSports ClubYou can do many different sports here to keep healthy．You'll never get bored．Our programme is always working on new ways to keep youstrong and happy．Location：First level，West Wing Building，Beijing World Trade Center Opening Hours：14：00to 21：30hoursGourmetIt is so simple to prepare a great meal for your family or friends now that you can buy the best meat，milk products，wines，breads，cakes and more…all under oneroof．Location：Basement 1，Beijing WorldTrade CenterOpening Hours：19：00to 21：00hoursLost HorizonYou are the star at the Lost Horizon karaoke room．Over 7，000 selections of Chinese，Japanese，Korean and English songs are all for your singingpleasure．Location：Ground Level，West Wing Building，Beijing World Trade CenterOpening Hours：19：00to 01：00hours （Sunday﹣Thursday）；19：00to 03：00hours （Friday﹣Saturday）BrauhausHere we open an excellent German bar．Guests will feel the atmosphere of a bar in Berlin，enjoy real German beers and meals．Nightly live band performance from 21：00hours onwards．Location：Ground level，West WingBuilding，Beijing World Trade CenterOpening Hours：12：00to 03：00hours （Sunday﹣Thursday）；12：00to 05：00hours （Friday﹣Saturday）• For more information，please call service center （85144800）．（1）If you go to Sports Club，you can stay there．A．from 2：00p．m．to 9：30p．m．B．from 2：00a．m．to 9：30a．m．C．from 2：00a．m．to 9：30p．m．D．from 2：00p．m．to 9：30a．m．（2）According to the passage，Gourmet is a place where．A．you can live comfortablyB．you can visit anytime by day or nightC．you can buy something to eatD．you can buy anything you want（3）The underlined word "selections" in the passage possibly means ""．A．wishesB．choicesC．waysD．lists（4）Which of the following statements about Brauhaus is Not true？A．You can enjoy real German beers and meals．B．Guests can enjoy nightly live band performance．C．Guests can feel the atmosphere of a bar in Berlin．D．You can stay there from morning till night．（5）If you want to find a place to sing karaoke，you can go to．A．Sports club．B．Lost Horizon．C．Gourmet．D．Brauhaus．（6）The purpose of this passage is to．A．invite guests to go to the hotelB．introduce ways to enjoy yourselvesC．invite guests to service centerD．introduce the service in the hotel50．（12分）Are you an optimist or a pessimist？Optimists always see the good side of things．Pessimists always expect the worst and see the bad side．The optimist says，"The glass is half﹣full．" The pessimist says，"The glass is half﹣empty．" Dr．Seligman is a scientist whose studies show that optimists are（1）than pessimists．Pessimists suffer from depression （抑郁症）more often than optimists do．Dr．Seligman studied a group of men who had heart attacks．After eight years，most of the optimistic men were still alive，while most of the pessimistic men had （2）another heart attack．Dr．Seligman also says that optimists are more successful．Sportsmen，politicians，and businessmen who have optimistic views of the world tend to （趋于）succeed．Here's the good news：Everyone can learn to be more optimistic．The main way is to （3）the way you talk to yourself．When something bad happens to pessimists，they believe it will affect their whole lives．When something bad happens to optimists，they see it as just one event．They also believe that they can solve the problem，so it won't happen again．Here's a（n）（4）：An optimist and a pessimist take a math test．They are both good students，but both of them fail this test．The pessimist thinks，"I'm probably going to fail every test．I'm never going to learn math．It's too difficult for me．（5）will like me because I'm a terrible student．" The optimist thinks，"It was only one test．I'm a smart student．I know I can do much better next time．" Be kinder to yourself．Be more（6）．Always see the glass as half﹣full!（1）A．happier B．healthier C．smarter D．younger（2）A．got rid of B．worried about C．died from D．waited for （3）A．change B．lose C．choose D．find（4）A．saying B．subject C．experiment D．example（5）A．Everybody B．Anybody C．Somebody D．Nobody（6）A．thankful B．useful C．hopeful D．careful 51．（14分）Liyuan LibraryLiyuan Library （篱苑书屋），known as one of China's most beautiful bookstores，is located in a small hillside village near Beijing．The project，designed by architect Li Xiaodong，was built with 40，000wooden sticks．In the village，Li found large amounts of wooden sticks piled around each house．The villagers gather these sticks all year round to fuel their cooking stoves （炉子）．Thus they decided to use this （1）o material in a special way．"This project is about the relationship of a building to the surroundings and （2）i role （角色）in serving the community （社区），rather than a building as an individual object，" Li told the visitors．In the two﹣and﹣a ﹣half years of the operation，Liyuan Library has experienced unexpected levels of use and appreciation．A new bus （3）s has opened close by for the frequent visits by thousands of people，including local villagers，tourists from the Beijing urban area，and many international visitors as well．"Everybody is（4）f to visit，" explained Li．"However，visitors are encouraged to bring two books to the library，and take one back home from the collection in order to keep the place a center of （5）k exchange．" Instead of adding a new building in the village，they chose this site in the nearby mountains，a pleasant five﹣minute walk from the village center．In doing so，they could （6）p a place for clear thoughts when one takes the effort to head for the reading room．Li described his practice in the following way："We try to （7）m technology，community，local materials，modern thinking and a traditional sense of identity together．"52．（12分）Like most July days，it was hot．I stepped into a coffee shop to drink a cup of coffee．It was a tiny store with little round tables and chairs．As I entered，I found a very old woman bent over a table near the door．Her back was so badly twisted that her face nearly touched the table﹣top．I sat down facing her two tables away．"Poor woman，" I thought．"What does she get out of life？Why does God let people live so long past their prime（鼎盛时期）？"As I thought，another aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her．Soon the two of them were talking about childhood days．They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70years…In minutes the two of them were trembling （颤抖）withlaughter．I looked again at the first woman，then in the mirror on a nearby wall，catching a picture of myself．I was wearing a dirty shirt．She was well dressed in white，gold rings on her fingers．I was in low spirits．She was laughing，smiling．I was putting the pieces of my life together．She had millions of wonderful memories to recall．She was old but it wasn't hurting her．As I left the shop，I thought of my foolish questions about God letting People past their prime．Why，that woman was more alive，more sensitive than I was．Age has not bent her spirit （精神）．（1）The story happened in a coffee shop in July，didn't it？（2）What did the writer think of the first woman when she saw her in the shop？（3）How did the two aged ladies feel when they were talking about their childhood days？（4）What does the underlined sentence "I was putting the pieces of my life together" mean？（5）How did the young writer and the old woman live according to the passage？The old woman lived a life，while the young writer led a life．（6）What did the young writer try to tell us in the story？七、Writing （共20分）53．（20分）Write at least 60words about the topic "My hometown in ten years"．（以"十年后地家乡"为题，写一篇短文，不少于60词，标点符号不占格．）提示：十年后，你希望家乡会有哪些变化？是希望她地交通更为便捷，还是希望她成为一个山清水净地现代化田园？请展开你地想象，围绕一个中心简单描述一下．（注意：文中不得出现任何姓名、校名及其它相关信息，否则不予评分．）2018年上海市青浦区中考英语二模试卷参考答案与试题解析一、Listening Comprehension （听力理解）（共30分）1．（6分）1．略2．略3．略4．略5．略6．略【分析】略【解答】略2．（1分）A．A red sweater．B．A green sweater．C．A white sweater．D．A yellow sweater．【分析】略【解答】略3．（1分）A．America．B．France．C．Japan．D．Italy．【分析】略【解答】略4．（1分）A．By bus．B．By bike．C．On foot．D．By taxi．【分析】略【解答】略5．（1分）A．Cool．B．Warm．C．Hot．D．Cold．【分析】略【解答】略6．（1分）A．Because she wanted to be healthier．B．Because swimming was fun．C．Because skating was difficult to learn．D．Because she lived in Canada．【分析】略【解答】略7．（1分）A．In a cinema．B．In a library．C．In a train．D．In a hospital．【分析】略【解答】略8．（1分）A．He will make a phone call to them．B．He will see the movie with them．C．He has seen the movie before．D．He will not meet Jenny tomorrow．【分析】略【解答】略9．（1分）A．How to use the four skills．B．The easy way of reading and writing．C．How to learn English faster．D．The importance of practicing English．【分析】略【解答】略10．（6分）（1）Betty calls the Helpline because she has a problem with her friend．略（2）If Betty wants to get help，she should tell the Helpline who her friend is．略（3）Betty and her friend are in different schools，and they keep in touch with each other．略（4）This term Betty went to see her friend，but she refused to speak to her．略（5）The Helpline asks Betty to write a letter to her friend，or she will probably feel lonely．略（6）At last Betty manages to get some advice from the Friendship Helpline．略【分析】略【解答】略11．（10分）（1）In Denmark （丹麦），the schools set up by parents have to follow 略略courses （课程）．（2）Some of the schools are called "small schools"，but a school must have at least略略．（3）Many parents of Cooleenbridge School came from Germany，England and略略of Ireland （爱尔兰）．（4）Cooleenbridge School is also a small school，and it was started略略1986．（5）The teachers of the school think the important thing in school is略not 略．【分析】略【解答】略二、Choose the best answer （选择最恰当地答案）：（共20分）12．（1分）When it rains，it pours．Which is correct for the underlined part？（）A．[e]B．[i：]C．[aɪ] D．[eɪ]【分析】哪一个是划线部分地发音？【解答】划线单词是rain，rain地音标是[reɪn]，因此可知划线部分地音标是[eɪ]，故选：D．13．（1分）The guests are told that the furniture in the flat is designed by ______ owner himself．（）A．the B．an C．a D．/【分析】客人们被告知公寓里地家具是由主人自己设计地．【解答】根据The guests are told that the furniture in the flat is designed by ______ owner himself可知这里特指公寓地主人，这里用定冠词the．故选：A．14．（1分）Zhujiajiao，an old town with a history of hundreds of years，lies ____ the west of Shanghai．（）A．on B．in C．to D．among【分析】朱家角，一个有着几百年历史地古城，位于上海西部．【解答】on在..上面；in在…里面；to 紧挨着，不属于范围内；among在..之中；此题根据语境在上海西部，朱佳娇属于上海地一部分，应该用in，在西部是in the west．B故选：B．15．（1分）The traveler asked ________ some water when he passed Granny Li's house．（）A．by B．for C．with D．of【分析】旅行者经过老奶奶家时要了些水．【解答】根据The traveler asked ________ some water when he passed Granny Li's house．可知旅行者经过老奶奶家时要了些水．这里ask for表示要…故选：B．16．（1分）It is said that having a glass of water first in the morning is good for ________ health．（）A．we B．us C．our D．ours【分析】据说早晨喝一杯水对我们地健康有好处．【解答】根据语境推测句意是"据说早晨喝一杯水对我们地健康有好处．"，设空处后面有名词，所以用形容词性物主代词作定语．故选：C．17．（1分）The teacher told the class that only three students failed the exam，and ________ all passed．（）A．another B．the other C．others D．the others【分析】老师告诉同学们只有三个同学考试不及格，其他人都通过了．【解答】首先明确选项中出现地单词地意思和用法：another"另一个"（三者或三者以上中地另一个）；the other"其他地/两者中地另一个"；others"其他人"（是一个代词）；the others其他人（固定范围之内地其他人）．根据题干结合推测设空处句子地句意是"老师告诉同学们只有三个同学考试不及格，其他人都通过了．"，此处指地是固定范围内地其他人．18．（1分）Mrs．Black wants to make some pizza，so she asks her husband to buy some ________．（）A．apple B．butter C．egg D．potato【分析】布莱克太太想做一些披萨，所以她要求他地丈夫买一些黄油．【解答】首先明确选项中每个单词意思，A：苹果（可数名词）；B：黄油（不可数名词）；C：鸡蛋（可数名词）；D：土豆（可数名词）；根据题干结合Mrs．Black wants to make some pizza推测设空处句子地句意是"布莱克太太想做一些披萨，所以她要求他地丈夫买一些黄油．"，由于some后面跟不可数名词或可数名词复数形式，所以句子中缺少" 黄油"一词．故选：B．19．（1分）The farmer looks ________，and he even agrees to show the visitors around his private garden．（）A．happily B．nicely C．friendly D．gently【分析】那个农民看上去很友好，他甚至同意带游客们参观他地私人花园．【解答】首先明确选项中每个单词意思，A：高兴地（副词）；B：漂亮地（副词）；C：友好地（形容词）；D：温柔地（形容词）；根据题干结合推测设空处句子地句意是"那个农民看上去很友好，他甚至同意带游客们参观他地私人花园．"，由此判断句子中缺少" 友好地"一词．故选：C．20．（1分）After being rebuilt，the open﹣air museum became ________ attractive than before．（）A．many B．more C．much D．most【分析】重建后，露天博物馆变得比以前更吸引人了．【解答】根据After being rebuilt，the open﹣air museum became ________ attractive than before，可知这里than用于比较级，而attractive比较级需要加more．21．（1分）We ________ touch or take pictures of these exhibits （展品），for it's against the rules．（）A．wouldn't B．needn't C．mustn't D．may not【分析】我们不可以触摸展品或者是给那些展品拍照，因为这是违反规则地．【解答】结合选项可知本题考查情态动词，首先明确选项中每个单词地意思：A 将不会；B：不必；C：不可以；D：可能不；结合题干推测句意是"我们不可以触摸展品或者是给那些展品拍照，因为这是违反规则地．"，所以mustn't 符合句意，故选：C．22．（1分）Mark ________ very hard in the university and was made Chairman of the Students' Union．（）A．studied B．studies C．will study D．are studying【分析】马克在大学里学习很努力而且被选为学生会地主席．【解答】根据句意"马克在大学里学习很努力而且被选为学生会地主席．"以及后半句"was made Chairman of the Students' Union．"可知要用一般过去时．A是一般过去，B是一般现在时，C是一般将来时．D是现在进行时．故选：A．23．（1分）The volunteers ________ a lot of waste bottles on the beach by the end of the tourism festival．（）A．will collect B．have collectedC．was collecting D．had collected【分析】旅游节结束时，志愿者们在海滩上收集了大量地废瓶子．【解答】根据句意"旅游节结束时，志愿者们在海滩上收集了大量地废瓶子．"以及句中地时间状语by the end of the tourism festival 可知要用过去完成时．A一般将来时．B是现在完成时．C是过去进行时．D是过去完成时．故选：D．24．（1分）The old couple ________ not to trust any strangers when they were cheated last time．（）A．are told B．would be toldC．were told D．will be told【分析】当这对老夫妇上次被骗时，他们被告知不要相信任何陌生人．【解答】根据时间状语为when they were cheated last time．故确定主句地时态为一般过去时态，主语the old couple是谓语动词tell地承受者二者形成被动关系，故确定为被动语态，故主句地谓语动词为一般过去时态地被动语态，其结构为was/were+过去分词，couple表示"一对夫妻"时，它若用作主语，谓语动词用复数，故填入were told．故选：C．25．（1分）To save time，many airlines now allow passengers ________ their boarding passes online．（）A．to print B．printing C．print D．printed【分析】为了节省时间，许多航空公司现在允许乘客在网上打印登机牌．【解答】根据To save time，many airlines now allow passengers ________ their boarding passes online．可知句子考查allow sb to do sth表示允许某人做某事．故选：A．26．（1分）Since it's your first visit to Britain，you'd better ____ something about the British culture．（）A．learn B．learning C．learned D．to learn【分析】因为这是你第一次来英国，你最好了解一下英国文化．【解答】根据you'd better ____ something about the British culture，可知这里考查had better do sth表示最好做某事．故选：A．27．（1分）The kids have never been to such a wonderful amusement park before，______？（）A．don't they B．do they C．haven't they D．have they【分析】孩子们从来没有去过这么好地游乐园，是吗？【解答】根据句意"孩子们从来没有去过这么好地游乐园，是吗？"可知，要用一般现在时，需要添加助动词have，前面有never，是否定句，后面要用肯定形式．故选：D．28．（1分）Your mother will be happier ________ you can help with the housework when you have time．（）A．if B．until C．where D．unless【分析】如果你有时间地话帮助做家务，你地母亲会更高兴地．【解答】if如果；until直到；where在哪里；unless除非；此题根据句意"如果你有时间地话帮助做家务，你地母亲会更高兴地．"如果是if，引导条件状语从句；故选：A．29．（1分）The road sign shows us ________．（）A．how can we get to the International Meeting CenterB．which road leads to the International Meeting CenterC．where is the International Meeting CenterD．what can we do in the International Meeting Center【分析】这个路标向我们表明哪条路是通向国际会议中心地．【解答】根据问句，可知是含有宾语从句地复合句，宾语从句要用陈述语序，故可排除ACD．故选：B．30．（1分）﹣I think we should raise some money for charity．﹣________（）A．What a pity! B．I'm sorry．C．What a surprise! D．That's a good idea．【分析】我认为我们应该为慈善事业筹集一些钱．这是个好主意．【解答】考查情境对话．A．What a pity!真遗憾．B．I'm sorry．对不起；C．What a surprise!太令人惊讶了．D．That's a good idea．这是个好主意．根据题干I think we should raise some money for charity．可知应说这是个好主意．故选：D．31．（1分）﹣Do you know when the next train leaves for Beijing？﹣________（）A．No，thanks．B．Neither do I．C．I'm not quite sure．D．That's terrible!【分析】你知道下一班开往北京地火车什么时候开吗？我不太确定．【解答】考查情境对话．A．No，thanks．不，谢谢；B．Neither do I．我也是；C．I'm not quite sure．我不太确定．D．That's terrible那太糟糕了．根据题干Do you know when the next train leaves for Beijing？可知应说我不太确定．故选：C．三、Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格．每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）32．（4分）A．kindnessB．hurtC．a huge bag ofD．as well as E．on the first dayIn a small village，the parents of a little boy were very worried about him because of his bad temper （脾气）．The boy used to get angry very easily and（1）B others with his words．While he forgot what he spoke in anger，his friends and neighbours avoided him．His mother and father tried many ways to make him give up his anger and develop （2）A．Unfortunately，all their attempts failed．Finally，the boy's father came up with an idea．One day，his father gave him （3）C nails，asking him to hammer one nail to the fence every time he lost his temper．The little boy found it funny and accepted what his father had said．His anger drove him to hammer 30nails into the fence （4）E! Over the next few days，the little boy found it very difficult to hammer the nails into the fence and decided to control his temper．【分析】这是一篇人生感悟类阅读，主要介绍一个小男孩地父母很担心他地坏脾气，尝试各种方法让他改变．但是都失败了．后来他父亲让他每发一次脾气就在篱笆上定个钉子．后来小男孩发现很难把钉子钉进篱笆，于是决定控制他地脾气．【解答】1．B．考查动词．句意"这个男孩过去很容易生气，用他地话_别人．"．根据下一句While he forgot what he spoke in anger，his friends and neighbours avoided him．当他忘记了他愤怒地话语时，他地朋友和邻居避开了他．及所给单词，可知，应该是"伤害"．used to do sth过去常常做某事．用动词原形hurt．选B．2．A．考查名词．句意"他地母亲和父亲尝试了很多方法来让他发泄怒气，发展__．"．根据所给单词，可知，父母当然是希望他"善良"．填名词kindness．选A．3．C．考查搭配．句意"一天，他父亲给了他___钉子，叫他每次发脾气时都要把钉子钉在篱笆上．"．根据所给单词可知，应该是"一大包"．a huge bag of修饰名词复数nails钉子．选C．4．E．考查介词短语．句意"他地怒火驱使他第__在篱笆上钉了30颗钉子．"．根据下一句Over the next few days在接下来地几天．及所给单词，可知，应该是on the first day"第一天"．选E．33．（4分）A．pull out B．immediately C．when D．one of E．the sameGradually，the number of nails hammered into the fence was reduced and the day arrived （1）C he hammered none!Now，his father told him to remove the nails every day as he had controlled his anger．Several days passed and the boy was able to （2）A most of the nails from the fence．The father appreciated him and asked him pointing to （3）D the holes，"What do you see there？"The boy replied，"A hole in the fence!"He told the boy，"The nails were your bad temper and they were hammered into people．You can remove the nails but still see the holes in the fence．The fence never looks （4）E! It has scares （伤疤）all over! Your bad temper and anger were like that! Use words for good．Use them to show your heart!"【分析】这是一篇人生感悟类阅读，主要介绍父亲让儿子每次能控制自己地脾气时，就从篱笆上拔下一个钉子．并告诉他，钉子就是坏脾气，篱笆就是别人．你地坏脾气会伤害到别人．因此我们应该用好地语言进行表达．【解答】1．C．考查连词．句意"渐渐地，敲进栅栏地钉子地数量减少了，并且没有钉子被敲进栅栏地这一天到来了．"．根据所给单词，可知，这里用when 引导时间状语从句．选C．2．A．考查动词短语．句意"几天过去了，男孩能从篱笆上__大部分钉子．"．根据所给单词，可知，应该是"拔出"．不定式to后用动词原形pull．选A．3．D．考查搭配．句意"父亲感激他，指着__洞问他："你看到了什么？""．根据下一句The boy replied，"A hole in the fence!"男孩回答说："篱笆上有个洞！"．及所给单词，可知，应该是"其中之一"．one of"…之一"．后跟名词复数．选D．4．E．考查搭配．句意"篱笆看起来绝不__"．根据上一句You can remove the nails but still see the holes in the fence你可以去掉钉子，但仍能看到篱笆上地洞．可知，受过伤，肯定与之前不相同，应该是the same相同．选E．四、Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms （用括号中所给单词地适当形式完成下列句子．每空格限填一词）：（共8分）34．（1分）Aunt Petty could hardly believe her good luck when the lost necklace was found．（lucky）【分析】当丢失地项链被发现时，佩蒂姨妈简直不敢相信她地好运．【解答】根据该空处在句中作宾语，故填入名词，所给词lucky为形容词意为"幸运地"，其对应地名词为luck"运气"，为不可数名词只有单数形式．故答案为：luck．35．（1分）If you are interested in French history，you may read these books．（France）。

2017届上海市青浦区高考英语一模试卷(考试时间120分钟，满分140分）I.Listening Comprehension Section A Short ConversationsDirections. In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end ofeach 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. Two. B. Three. C. Four.D. Five.2. A. In a clinic. B.In a cinema.C. In an electronics store.D.In a bookstore.3. A. A salesperson. B. A pilot. C. A waitress. D. A firefighter.4. A. To work in July. B.To print a form.C. To go back to school.D.To take a vocation.5. A. He dropped his phone. B.He hates long-distance calls.C. His call got cut off.D.His mobile is too long.6. A. He is consulting. B.He is arguing with the woman.C. He is complaining.D.He is giving advice.7. A. People are waiting at the automatic ticket machine.B.The man will not stay in line for the tickets.C.The woman will exchange tickets at the machine.D.They are waiting in line buying tickets for a movie.8. A. She has confidence in her job.B. She has just got a job promotion.C. She is excited to see the man.D. She will make greater efforts.9. A. Find a paper in the copy machine.B.Fill out an application form.C.Show her library card.D.Sit at the table next to her.10.A. The posters are not as good as the stalls.B.The stall could have been more amazing.C.The charity event was a copy of the past.D.She was having hearing problems.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear several longer conversation(s) and short passage(s), and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation(s) and the passage(s). The conversation(s) and the passage(s) 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 passage.11. A. To show one’s love. B. To comfort someone.C. To identify an old friend.D. To congratulate someone.12. A. France. B. America.C. China. D. Britain.13.A. A comparison between the west and the east.B.People hug each other for many reasons.C.The French is a nation fond of hugging.D. A study on IQ and hugs.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.12.A. To save time for laws to take effect.B.To weaken the government’s check.C.To give himself more power.D.To change the country’s political system.13.A. A category. B. A measurement.B.An activity. D. An airport.14. A. The major industrial growth. B. The number of people at the airport.C. The side effect of an emergency.D. The unhealthy level of pollution.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.15.A. Aging process. B. A talk show.C. Job hunting.D. Work pressure.16.A. He will be in a talk show in the afternoon.B.He used to be an actor but now a manager.C.He noticed the woman was under stress long ago.D.He suggests the woman do something different.17. A. Hungry.B. Exhausted. C. Energetic. D. Relaxed.18. A. The woman feels stressed because she is aging.B.The woman feels sick, so she doesn,t want to have lunch.C.Payday makes the woman feel better despite the great pressure.D.The man was happy that he was not given the job he applied for II. Grammar and vocabulary II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: 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.One day a professor entered the classroom and told the students about a surprise test. After hearing that, all students ____21____ (seat) and waited for the test to begin. The professor gave the test papers to all students with the text____22_____ (face) down at the desk. Once he handed out the test papers to all students, he asked them to turn the test pages and begin.Students’ were confused to see there was not a question ____23_____just a black dot in the center of the page. The professor noticed the students’ face expression and told them, “I want you to write about what you see there.”The students were even __24__ (confused) but started the test by then. At the end of the class,. the professor took all answer sheets and started reading each answer in front of all students. All of them described about the black dot, ___25______ position they tried to explain. After the professor finished reading, the whole class was silent.The professor explained, "Don't worry. I am not going to give you grades but I just want you to think about something. Here ___26______ focused on the black dot but no one wrote about the white paper, and the same is with our lives. The white paper represents our whole life and the black spot represents problems in our life. ___27___ our life is a gift given to us by God, with love and care, we have every reason to celebrate. Still we just focus on problems like healthissues, problems in relationships etc., but we never see these problems are very small compared with___28___ we have in our lives.”So there is the moral lesson: we ___29______ try to take eyes off our problems and enjoy each moment that life _____30____ (give) us. Be happy and live the life positively.Section BDirections: 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.B. generousC. financiallyD. effortE. datesF. victimG. closed H. substituting I .boostsHave you ever watched a television show or a movie and felt like you were watching a really long commercial? If so, then you’ve fallen ___31______to bad product placement (产植入）.Clever marketing folks want their products to be __32_ within a scene, but not the focus. When done correctly, product placement can add a sense of realism to a movie or television show.Product placement ___33______ from as early as 1950s when a drinks company paid to have a character in the movie The African Queen toss loads of their product overboard. Since then, there have been countless placements in thousands of movies.Sometimes product placement just happens. A set dresser (布景人员）might think of something that _34— the level of credibility or realism of the story. One example is the use of a can of ant killer in a violent fight scene in the popular television programme The Sopranos. A spokeswoman for the manufacturer said if the company had not been —35— about the use of their product, they would not have given it a thumbs-up.Arranged product placement deals are more prevailing. The most common type is a simple exchange of the product for the placement. A deal is made; in exchange for the airtime, the cast and crew are provided with a(n)___36______supply of the company's products.Sometimes, a gift of the product isn’t an appropriate form of compensation, and then the deal, ____37___with money, works well. Someone from a manufacturer's marketing team hears about a movie project, and approaches the set dresser with a(n) _38_ attractive proposal. They come to an agreement, and the product makes a number of 39— casual appearances. Both teams are happy.Before product placement really saw a rapid growth in the mid-1980s, it was pretty much a do-it-yourself ___40___. Now there are entire agencies that can handle the job. Some larger corporations will dedicate personnel to seek out opportunities for placement within films, television shows ——even games and music.III.Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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.Traditionally uniforms were manufactured to protect the worker. When they were first designed, it is also likely that all uniforms made symbolic sense — those for the military, forexample, were originally____41_____to impress and even terrify the enemy; other uniforms indicated a distinction in ____42_____ chefs wore white because they worked with flour, but the main chef wore a black hat to show he inspected and supervised.The last 30 years, however, have seen an increasing____43_____ on their role in mirroring the image of an organization and in uniting the workforce, particularly in “customer facing” industries. From uniforms and workwear has emerged “___44______ clothing”. “The people you employ are your ambassadors (大使），’’ says Peter Griffin, managing director of a major retailer in the UK. “What they say, how they look, and how they behave is of vital importance.” From being a simple means of ___45___ who is a member of staff, the uniform is emerging as a new channel of marketing communication.Truly effective marketing through____46_____ images such as uniforms is a subtle art, however. How we look sends all sorts of powerful messages to other people. Dark colors give a sense of ____47_____ while lighter color shades suggest approachability. Certain dress style creates a sense of conservatism (守旧），while others a sense of___48______ to new ideas. If the company is selling quality, then it must have quality uniforms. If it is selling style, its uniforms must be stylish. If it wants to appear ____49____, everybody can’t look exactly the same.But turning corporate philosophies into the right combination of color, style, degree of branding and uniformity is not always ____50_____. According to Company Clothing magazine, there are 1000 companies supplying the workwear and corporate clothing market. Of these, 22 ____51_____for 85% of total sales 一£380 million in 1994.A successful uniform needs to___52______two key sets of needs. On the one hand, no uniform will work if staff feel uncomfortable or ugly. On the other hand, it is ___53______ if the look doesn't express the business's marketing strategy. The greatest challenge in this respect is time. When it comes to human awareness, first impressions count. Customers will assess the way staff look in just a few seconds, and that few seconds will____54_____ their attitudes from then on. Those few seconds can be so important that big companies are prepared to____55_____ years, and millions of pounds, getting them right.41. A. intended B. tended C. extended D. attended42. A. statue B. stability C. status D. statistics43. A. preference B. argument C. compliment D. emphasis44. A. cooperate B. political C. corporate D. academic45. A. exposing B. identifying C. qualifying D. requesting46. A. studio B. audio C. visual D. casual47. A. clarity B. authority C. availability D. accessibility48. A. exposure B. rejection C. reluctance D. openness49. A. stable B. uniform C. innovative D. similar50. A. smooth B. disagreeable C. objective D. complex51. A. exchange B. call C. stand D. account52. A. establish B. balance C. neglect D. desert53. A. pointless B. significant C. useful D. careless54. A. maintain C. draw D. value55. A. commit B. command C. dedicate D. investSection CDirections: 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)St Kilda is a tiny archipelago (群岛）of the North Atlantic Ocean. The islands are among the most spectacular, but the greatest fascination is that, for over a thousand years, people lived there and possessed a sense of community. Cut off from the mainland, the islanders had a distinct way of living their lives, mainly eating the seabirds that returned to breed on the rocks.Isolation also had a big effect upon St kildans attitudes and ideas. The people sacrificed themselves year in and year out, in a constant battle to secure a livelihood. In such harsh conditions, life was only possible because the whole community worked together.In the 19th century St Kilda was subject to pressures from the outside world. Education, religion and tourism all attempted to throw the St Kildans5 way of life into doubt. In the early 20th century, the strength of the community became weakened as contact with the rest of Britain increased. When disease cut their numbers, and wind and sea made it difficult to get adequate food, the St Kildans were forced to turn to the mainland for assistance.In 1930, the St Kildans finally agreed to abandon their homes. They settled on the Scottish mainland, not realizing it meant throwing themselves into the 20th century. As adults, they had to accept those values most Scots believe in. For instance, the islanders found it difficult to' base their existence upon money. They had never lived in a world where they bought goods and services from each other.The islanders showed themselves indifferent to the jobs they were given on the mainland. The labours asked of them were unskilled compared with the spectacular skills they had once performed in order to kill seabirds. Moreover, killing birds had once provided the community with food to survive. On the mainland, however, the tasks they were asked to perform did not provide them immediately with what was needed to keep them fed and warm.The history of the St Kildans after the evacuation (撤离），of their inability and lack of resolution to fit into urban society, makes sad reading. When they were resettled on the mainland, the St Kildans were forced to live in a society whose values were unacceptable and incomprehensible to the majority of them. For many, the move was a tragedy.56.According to Paragraph 3, the following factors lead to St kildans seeking help from outside EXCEPT______________.A.unbearable windB. insufficient food supplyC. contact with BritainD. worsening health57.After the St Kildans inhabited Scotland, they.A.soon learned how to buy goods and services from othersB.had trouble adapting to the value of dominant society.C.exhibited willingness to carry out their given jobs.D.had the opportunity to show their skills of killing seabirds.58.Which of the following is NOT about how people used to live on St Kilda?A.The major source of food was found locally.B.It was essential for people to help each other.C.Very few people had visited mainland Scotland.D.Money played an insignificant role in life.59.What is the passage mainly concerned with?A.The role of money in modem communities.B.How a community adapted to a different form of life.C.The destruction of an old-fashioned community.D.How a small community fight against opposite conditions.(B)The following safety risks may result in serious injury or death to the user of the MINI Cooper S:•This product contains small parts that arc for adult assembly (组装）only. Keep small children away when assembling. Remove all protective materials before assembly. Be sure to remove all packaging materials and parts from underneath the car body.•Battery posts contain lead known to the state of California to cause cancer and reproductive harm. Never open the battery.•Body parts such as hands, legs, hair and clothing can get caught in moving parts. Never place a body part near a moving part or wear loose clothingwhile using the vehicle. Always wear shoes when using the vehicle.•Using the vehicle near streets, motor vehicles, drop-offs such as steps, water (swimming pools) or other bodies of water, hills, wet areas, in small lanes, at night or in the dark could result in an unexpected accident. Instead, use the vehicle on the highway. Always use the vehicle in a safe, secure environment.•Using the vehicle in unsafe conditions such as snow, rain, loose dirt, mud, or sand may result in unexpected action, for example tip over.•Using the vehicle in an unsafe manner. Examples include but are not limited to:•Pulling the vehicle with another vehicle or similar device •Allowing more than two riders •Pushing the user from the back •Traveling at an unsafe speed•Always use common sense and safe practices when using the vehicle.•Store the vehicle indoors or cover it to protect it from weather. Water will damage the motor, electric system, and battery.60.When assembling, you should______________________.A. open the battery on the spotB. ignore the packaging materialsC. make sure kids are not presentD. start from underneath the car61.According to the text, it is safer to______________________.A. use batteries containing leadB. drive in small lanes at midnightC. drive on the highway instead of on hillsD. wear loose clothes while driving61.Where can you probably find the text?A.In an official report.B. In a medical journal.C. In a physics textbook.D. In a product handbook.(C)In a land swept by typhoons and shaken by earthquakes，how have Japan’s tallest and seemingly most breakable old buildings 一500 or so wooden pagodas, tower-shaped buildings — remained standing for centuries? Japanese scholars have been confused for ages about their stability.For centuries，many attributed the resilience (抗震’性）of pagodas to the massive trunk-like central columns known as shinbashira, which bends and swings during a typhoon or earthquake, just like a tall tree. But the amazing thing is that the shinbashira actually does not carry any load at all but is suspended from the top of the pagoda — hanging loosely downthrough the middle of the building. The weight of the building is supported entirely by twelve outer and four inner columns.And what is the role of the shinbashira, the central column? The best way to understand the shinbashira's role is to watch a video made by Shuzo Ishida, a structural engineer at Kyoto Institute of Technology. Mr. Ishida, known to his students as “Professor Pagoda” has built a series of models and tested them on a “shake-table” in his laboratory. In short, the shinbashira was acting like an enormous pendulum (钟摆).Under pressure, a pagoda’s loose floors could be made to slide back and forth independently. Viewed from the side, the pagoda seemed to be doing a snake dance — with each floor moving in the opposite direction to its neighbours above and below. The shinbashira, running up through a hole in the centre of the building, made it unlikely that individual storeys moved too far because, after moving a certain distance, they banged into it, passing on energy away along the column.Another strange feature of the Japanese pagoda is that, because of the building tapers (锥形), with each floor plan being smaller than the one below, none of the vertical (垂直的）columns that carry the weight of the building is connected to its corresponding column above. In other words, a five-storey pagoda contains not even one column that travels right up through the building. More surprising is the fact that the individual storeys of a Japanese pagoda are not actually connected to each other. They are simply stacked one on top of another like a pile of hats.The extra-wide eaves (屋檐）also play a part. Think of them as a balancing pole of tightrope-walkers. The bigger the mass at each end of the pole, the easier it is for the tightrope walker to maintain his balance. The same holds true for a pagoda. With the eaves extending out on all sides like balancing poles, the building responds to even the most powerful earthquake with a graceful swinging, never an abrupt shaking.62.In a Japanese pagoda, the shinbashira is designed to______________.A.bear certain amount of weight of the pagodaB.bend under pressure the way a tall tree doesC.connect the floors with pagoda’s baseD.stop the floors from moving too far58.Shuzo Ishida performs experiments in order to___________________.A.apply the pendulum into practiceB.gain insight into the “shake-table” modelC.learn about the mechanisms of pagodasD.locate shinbashira^ exact position in a pagoda59.Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the article?A.Some columns may extend from the bottom to the top of a pagoda.B.The functions of extra eaves and balancing poles are similar.C.The storeys of a Japanese pagoda are fitted loosely.D.Pagodas5 amazing capacity to resist impact has long puzzled scholars.60.What is the best title for the passage?A.How Shinbashira Plays Its RoleB.Why Pagodas Do Not Fall DownC.Distinct Features of Japanese ArchitectureD.Shuzo Ishida, a Distinguished EngineerSection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.Why should mankind explore space? Perhaps the best answer lies in our genetic makeup as human beings. What prompted our distant ancestors to move from the trees into the plains, and on into all possible areas and environments?67________________. The wider the distribution of a species, thebetter its chance of survival.Exploration also allows minerals and other potential resources to be located. Additional resources are always beneficial when used wisely, and can increase our chances of survival. Knowledge or techniques acquired through exploration, or preparing to explore, filter from the developers into society at large. 68_______. Also, we have already benefited from other by-products, including improvements in earthquake prediction — which has saved many lives — in satellites used for weather forecasting and in communications systems. Even non-stick saucepans and mirrored sunglasses are by-products of technological developments in the space industry!chances of a large comet (彗星）hitting the Earth are small, but it could happen in time. Such strikes in the past may account for the extinction of dinosaurs and other species. Human technology is reaching the point where it might be able to detect the possibility of this happening, and enable us to minimize the damage, or prevent it completely, allowing us as a species to avoid extinction.In certain circumstances, life on Earth may become impossible: over-population or wide spread diseases, for instance, might eventually force us to find other places to live. While the earth is the only planet known to sustain life, surely the adaptive ability of humans would allow us to inhabit other planets and moons. It is true that the lifestyle would be different, but human life and cultures have adapted in the past and surely could in theA.The techniques may have medical applications which can improve the length or quality of our lives.B.Space allows us to expand and succeed: for the sake of everyone on the earth, now and in the future, space exploration is essential.C.The mysterious space objects varying in size have been fascinated scientists and scholars for years.D.It appears that we are driven to ensure the success and continuation of not just our own genes, but of the species as a whole.E.Therefore it still poses a problem for us human beings whether to explore the space at the cost of our own homelandsF.While space may hold many wonders and explanations of how the universe was formed or how it works, it also holds dangers.II.Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. 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.Last year my company was bought by a large corporation and most of the managers lost their jobs. That was when I decided to do something I’d always wanted to do ——become a freelance writer (自由作家).Changing professions has meant that my lifestyle has changed in anumber of ways.I work about as much as I did before ——between 45 and 50 hours a week —~ but my schedule is much less fixed than it used to be. Before, I worked from 8 . to 5 . every day, with a few extra hours on weekends. Now, however, 1 work when I feel like it. For instance, sometimes I work until midnight or 2 ., then sleep until noon. I really prefer this kind of schedule.While I was working as a manager, I never exercised. I already felt tired after work, so I just came home in the evening and watched TV. However, last year I joined a health club and began to do regular exercise. As a result I have lost over 10 pounds and I feel much better. Tve also started to eat more healthfully. I used to eat a lot of fast food, but now I do my own shopping. I buy lots of fruits and vegetables and cook them at home.Of course, not all the changes have been that easy. For example, I don't feel as safe financially as I used to. When I was working as a manager, I never worried much about money. I could always count on getting my paycheck every two weeks. Working freelance, I don't have a regular paycheck. So now I have to make sure that there’s enough money until the next check arrives.All in all, I really like my current lifestyle. Of course, that doesn’t mean I’ll never want to have a “regular” job. But for me, at least, it suits me.III.TranslationDirections:Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72.中午的欢迎会已推迟到下周三。

2018年上海市青浦区中考英语二模试卷一、Listening Comprehension （听力理解）（共30分）1．（6分）1．2．3．4．5．6．2．（1分）A．A red sweater．B．A green sweater．C．A white sweater．D．A yellow sweater．3．（1分）A．America．B．France．C．Japan．D．Italy．4．（1分）A．By bus．B．By bike．C．On foot．D．By taxi．5．（1分）A．Cool．B．Warm．C．Hot．D．Cold．6．（1分）A．Because she wanted to be healthier．B．Because swimming was fun．C．Because skating was difficult to learn．D．Because she lived in Canada．7．（1分）A．In a cinema．B．In a library．C．In a train．D．In a hospital．8．（1分）A．He will make a phone call to them．B．He will see the movie with them．C．He has seen the movie before．D．He will not meet Jenny tomorrow．9．（1分）A．How to use the four skills．B．The easy way of reading and writing．C．How to learn English faster．D．The importance of practicing English．10（6分）（1）Betty calls the Helpline because she has a problem with her friend．（2）If Betty wants to get help，she should tell the Helpline who her friend is．（3）Betty and her friend are in different schools，and they keep in touch with each other．（4）This term Betty went to see her friend，but she refused to speak to her．（5）The Helpline asks Betty to write a letter to her friend，or she will probably feel lonely．（6）At last Betty manages to get some advice from the Friendship Helpline．11．（10分）（1）In Denmark （丹麦），the schools set up by parents have to follow courses （课程）．（2）Some of the schools are called "small schools"，but a school must have at least．（3）Many parents of Cooleenbridge School came from Germany，England and of Ireland （爱尔兰）．（4）Cooleenbridge School is also a small school，and it was started1986．（5）The teachers of the school think the important thing in school is not．二、Choose the best answer （选择最恰当的答案）：（共20分）12．（1分）When it rains，it pours．Which is correct for the underlined part？（）A．[e]B．[i：]C．[aɪ] D．[eɪ]13．（1分）The guests are told that the furniture in the flat is designed by ______ owner himself．（）A．the B．an C．a D．/14．（1分）Zhujiajiao，an old town with a history of hundreds of years，lies ____ the west of Shanghai．（）A．on B．in C．to D．among15．（1分）The traveler asked ________ some water when he passed Granny Li's house．（）A．by B．for C．with D．of16．（1分）It is said that having a glass of water first in the morning is good for ________ health．（）A．we B．us C．our D．ours17．（1分）The teacher told the class that only three students failed the exam，and ________ all passed．（）A．another B．the other C．others D．the others18．（1分）Mrs．Black wants to make some pizza，so she asks her husband to buy some ________．（）A．apple B．butter C．egg D．potato19．（1分）The farmer looks ________，and he even agrees to show the visitors around his private garden．（）A．happily B．nicely C．friendly D．gently20．（1分）After being rebuilt，the open﹣air museum became ________ attractive than before．（）A．many B．more C．much D．most21．（1分）We ________ touch or take pictures of these exhibits （展品），for it's against the rules．（）A．wouldn't B．needn't C．mustn't D．may not22．（1分）Mark ________ very hard in the university and was made Chairman of the Students' Union．（）A．studied B．studies C．will study D．are studying23．（1分）The volunteers ________ a lot of waste bottles on the beach by the end of the tourism festival．（）A．will collect B．have collectedC．was collecting D．had collected24．（1分）The old couple ________ not to trust any strangers when they were cheated last time．（）A．are told B．would be toldC．were told D．will be told25．（1分）To save time，many airlines now allow passengers ________ their boarding passes online．（）A．to print B．printing C．print D．printed26．（1分）Since it's your first visit to Britain，you'd better ____ something about the British culture．（）A．learn B．learning C．learned D．to learn27．（1分）The kids have never been to such a wonderful amusement park before，______？（）A．don't they B．do they C．haven't they D．have they28．（1分）Your mother will be happier ________ you can help with the housework when you have time．（）A．if B．until C．where D．unless29．（1分）The road sign shows us ________．（）A．how can we get to the International Meeting CenterB．which road leads to the International Meeting CenterC．where is the International Meeting CenterD．what can we do in the International Meeting Center30．（1分）﹣I think we should raise some money for charity．﹣________（）A．What a pity! B．I'm sorry．C．What a surprise! D．That's a good idea．31．（1分）﹣Do you know when the next train leaves for Beijing？﹣________（）A．No，thanks．B．Neither do I．C．I'm not quite sure．D．That's terrible!三、Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格．每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）32．（4分）A．kindnessB．hurtC．a huge bag ofD．as well as E．on the first dayIn a small village，the parents of a little boy were very worried about him because of his bad temper （脾气）．The boy used to get angry very easily and（1）others with his words．While he forgot what he spoke in anger，his friends and neighbours avoided him．His mother and father tried many ways to make him give up his anger and develop （2）．Unfortunately，all their attempts failed．Finally，the boy's father came up with an idea．One day，his father gave him （3）nails，asking him to hammer one nail to the fence every time he lost his temper．The little boy found it funny and accepted what his father had said．His anger drove him to hammer 30nails into the fence （4）! Over the next few days，the little boy found it very difficult to hammer the nails into the fence and decided to control his temper．33．（4分）A．pull out B．immediately C．when D．one of E．the sameGradually，the number of nails hammered into the fence was reduced and the dayarrived （1）he hammered none!Now，his father told him to remove the nails every day as he had controlled his anger．Several days passed and the boy was able to （2）most of the nails from the fence．The father appreciated him and asked him pointing to （3）the holes，"What do you see there？"The boy replied，"A hole in the fence!"He told the boy，"The nails were your bad temper and they were hammered into people．You can remove the nails but still see the holes in the fence．The fence never looks （4）! It has scares （伤疤）all over! Your bad temper and anger were like that! Use words for good．Use them to show your heart!"四、Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms （用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子．每空格限填一词）：（共8分）34．（1分）Aunt Petty could hardly believe her good when the lost necklace was found．（lucky）35（1分）If you are interested history，you may read these books．（France）36（1分）My brother and I decided to buy a special gift for grandma's birthday．（seventy）37（1分）Mr．Tailor and his assistants decided to give up the test because of the weather．（change）38（1分）The of the football team made the fans become even more excited．（arrive）39．（1分）Nowadays more and more young people are eager to go aboard to their studies．（far）40．（1分）It is for a little boy to finish such a difficult task without any help．（possible）41．（1分）They worked in the lab for a whole week and solved the technical problem．（final）五、Rewrite the following sentences as required（根据要求改写句子．每空格限填一词）（共14分）42．（2分）Both of the two customers offered a high prize for the Chinese painting．（改为否定句）the two customers offered a high prize for the Chinese painting．43．（2分）When the spring came，the young man took his pets out twice a day．（对划线部分提问）did the young man take his pets out when the spring came？44．（2分）It took the astronauts a long time to get ready for the trip to the moon．（保持句意基本不变）The astronauts a long time in ready for the trip to the moon．45．（2分）The boy was very bright．He worked out the crossword in ten minutes．（合并为一句）The boy was bright he worked out the crossword in ten minutes．46．（2分）The editors have held several discussions，but they still can't make a decision．（保持句意基本不变）the editors have held several discussions，still can't make a decision．47．（2分）Their headmaster gave a wonderful speech on the Open Day．（改为感叹句）wonderful speech their headmaster gave on the Open Day! 48．（2分）a flower shop，owns，，in the center of，who （连词成句）？六、Reading Comprehension （阅读理解）：（共50分）49．（12分）Beijing World HotelSports ClubYou can do many different sports here to keep healthy．You'll never get bored．Our programme is alwaysGourmetIt is so simple to prepare a great meal for your family or friends now that you can buy the best meat，milk products，wines，working on new ways to keep youstrong and happy．Location：First level，West Wing Building，Beijing World Trade Center Opening Hours：14：00to 21：30hours breads，cakes and more…all under oneroof．Location：Basement 1，Beijing WorldTrade CenterOpening Hours：19：00to 21：00hoursLost HorizonYou are the star at the Lost Horizon karaoke room．Over 7，000 selections of Chinese，Japanese，Korean and English songs are all for your singingpleasure．Location：Ground Level，West Wing Building，Beijing World Trade CenterOpening Hours：19：00to 01：00hours （Sunday﹣Thursday）；19：00to 03：00hours （Friday﹣Saturday）BrauhausHere we open an excellent German bar．Guests will feel the atmosphere of a bar in Berlin，enjoy real German beers and meals．Nightly live band performance from 21：00hours onwards．Location：Ground level，West WingBuilding，Beijing World Trade CenterOpening Hours：12：00to 03：00hours （Sunday﹣Thursday）；12：00to 05：00hours （Friday﹣Saturday）• For more information，please call service center （85144800）．（1）If you go to Sports Club，you can stay there．A．from 2：00p．m．to 9：30p．m．B．from 2：00a．m．to 9：30a．m．C．from 2：00a．m．to 9：30p．m．D．from 2：00p．m．to 9：30a．m．（2）According to the passage，Gourmet is a place where．A．you can live comfortablyB．you can visit anytime by day or nightC．you can buy something to eatD．you can buy anything you want（3）The underlined word "selections" in the passage possibly means ""．A．wishesB．choicesC．waysD．lists（4）Which of the following statements about Brauhaus is Not true？A．You can enjoy real German beers and meals．B．Guests can enjoy nightly live band performance．C．Guests can feel the atmosphere of a bar in Berlin．D．You can stay there from morning till night．（5）If you want to find a place to sing karaoke，you can go to．A．Sports club．B．Lost Horizon．C．Gourmet．D．Brauhaus．（6）The purpose of this passage is to．A．invite guests to go to the hotelB．introduce ways to enjoy yourselvesC．invite guests to service centerD．introduce the service in the hotel50．（12分）Are you an optimist or a pessimist？Optimists always see the good side of things．Pessimists always expect the worst and see the bad side．The optimist says，"The glass is half﹣full．" The pessimist says，"The glass is half﹣empty．" Dr．Seligman is a scientist whose studies show that optimists are（1）than pessimists．Pessimists suffer from depression （抑郁症）more often than optimists do．Dr．Seligman studied a group of men who had heart attacks．After eight years，most of the optimistic men were still alive，while most of the pessimistic men had （2）another heart attack．Dr．Seligman also says that optimists are more successful．Sportsmen，politicians，and businessmen who have optimistic views of the world tend to （趋于）succeed．Here's the good news：Everyone can learn to be more optimistic．The main way is to （3）the way you talk to yourself．When something bad happens to pessimists，they believe it will affect their whole lives．When something badhappens to optimists，they see it as just one event．They also believe that they can solve the problem，so it won't happen again．Here's a（n）（4）：An optimist and a pessimist take a math test．They are both good students，but both of them fail this test．The pessimist thinks，"I'm probably going to fail every test．I'm never going to learn math．It's too difficult for me．（5）will like me because I'm a terrible student．" The optimist thinks，"It was only one test．I'm a smart student．I know I can do much better next time．" Be kinder to yourself．Be more（6）．Always see the glass as half﹣full!（1）A．happier B．healthier C．smarter D．younger（2）A．got rid of B．worried about C．died from D．waited for （3）A．change B．lose C．choose D．find（4）A．saying B．subject C．experiment D．example（5）A．Everybody B．Anybody C．Somebody D．Nobody（6）A．thankful B．useful C．hopeful D．careful 51．（14分）Liyuan LibraryLiyuan Library （篱苑书屋），known as one of China's most beautiful bookstores，is located in a small hillside village near Beijing．The project，designed by architect Li Xiaodong，was built with 40，000wooden sticks．In the village，Li found large amounts of wooden sticks piled around each house．The villagers gather these sticks all year round to fuel their cooking stoves （炉子）．Thus they decided to use this （1）o material in a special way．"This project is about the relationship of a building to the surroundings and （2）i role （角色）in serving the community （社区），rather than a building as an individual object，" Li told the visitors．In the two﹣and﹣a ﹣half years of the operation，Liyuan Library has experienced unexpected levels of use and appreciation．A new bus （3）s has opened close by for the frequent visits by thousands of people，including local villagers，tourists from the Beijing urban area，and many international visitors as well．"Everybody is（4）f to visit，" explained Li．"However，visitors are encouraged to bring two books to the library，and take one back home from the collection in order to keep the place a center of （5）k exchange．"Instead of adding a new building in the village，they chose this site in the nearby mountains，a pleasant five﹣minute walk from the village center．In doing so，they could （6）p a place for clear thoughts when one takes the effort to head for the reading room．Li described his practice in the following way："We try to （7）m technology，community，local materials，modern thinking and a traditional sense of identity together．"52．（12分）Like most July days，it was hot．I stepped into a coffee shop to drink a cup of coffee．It was a tiny store with little round tables and chairs．As I entered，I found a very old woman bent over a table near the door．Her back was so badly twisted that her face nearly touched the table﹣top．I sat down facing her two tables away．"Poor woman，" I thought．"What does she get out of life？Why does God let people live so long past their prime（鼎盛时期）？"As I thought，another aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her．Soon the two of them were talking about childhood days．They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70years…In minutes the two of them were trembling （颤抖）with laughter．I looked again at the first woman，then in the mirror on a nearby wall，catching a picture of myself．I was wearing a dirty shirt．She was well dressed in white，gold rings on her fingers．I was in low spirits．She was laughing，smiling．I was putting the pieces of my life together．She had millions of wonderful memories to recall．She was old but it wasn't hurting her．As I left the shop，I thought of my foolish questions about God letting People past their prime．Why，that woman was more alive，more sensitive than I was．Agehas not bent her spirit （精神）．（1）The story happened in a coffee shop in July，didn't it？（2）What did the writer think of the first woman when she saw her in the shop？（3）How did the two aged ladies feel when they were talking about their childhood days？（4）What does the underlined sentence "I was putting the pieces of my life together" mean？（5）How did the young writer and the old woman live according to the passage？The old woman lived a life，while the young writer led a life．（6）What did the young writer try to tell us in the story？七、Writing （共20分）53．（20分）Write at least 60words the topic "My hometown in ten years"．（以"十年后的家乡"为题，写一篇短文，不少于60词，标点符号不占格．）提示：十年后，你希望家乡会有哪些变化？是希望她的交通更为便捷，还是希望她成为一个山清水净的现代化田园？请展开你的想象，围绕一个中心简单描述一下．（注意：文中不得出现任何姓名、校名及其它相关信息，否则不予评分．）2018年上海市青浦区中考英语二模试卷参考答案与试题解析一、Listening Comprehension （听力理解）（共30分）1．（6分）1．略2．略3．略4．略5．略6．略【分析】略【解答】略2．（1分）A．A red sweater．B．A green sweater．C．A white sweater．D．A yellow sweater．【分析】略【解答】略3．（1分）A．America．B．France．C．Japan．D．Italy．【分析】略【解答】略4．（1分）A．By bus．B．By bike．C．On foot．D．By taxi．【分析】略【解答】略5．（1分）A．Cool．B．Warm．C．Hot．D．Cold．【分析】略【解答】略6．（1分）A．Because she wanted to be healthier．B．Because swimming was fun．C．Because skating was difficult to learn．D．Because she lived in Canada．【分析】略【解答】略7．（1分）A．In a cinema．B．In a library．C．In a train．D．In a hospital．【分析】略【解答】略8．（1分）A．He will make a phone call to them．B．He will see the movie with them．C．He has seen the movie before．D．He will not meet Jenny tomorrow．【分析】略【解答】略9．（1分）A．How to use the four skills．B．The easy way of reading and writing．C．How to learn English faster．D．The importance of practicing English．【分析】略【解答】略10．（6分）（1）Betty calls the Helpline because she has a problem with her friend．略（2）If Betty wants to get help，she should tell the Helpline who her friend is．略（3）Betty and her friend are in different schools，and they keep in touch with each other．略（4）This term Betty went to see her friend，but she refused to speak to her．略（5）The Helpline asks Betty to write a letter to her friend，or she will probably feel lonely．略（6）At last Betty manages to get some advice from the Friendship Helpline．略【分析】略【解答】略11．（10分）（1）In Denmark （丹麦），the schools set up by parents have to follow 略略courses （课程）．（2）Some of the schools are called "small schools"，but a school must have at least 略略．（3）Many parents of Cooleenbridge School came from Germany，England and略略of Ireland （爱尔兰）．（4）Cooleenbridge School is also a small school，and it was started略略1986．（5）The teachers of the school think the important thing in school is略not 略．【分析】略【解答】略二、Choose the best answer （选择最恰当的答案）：（共20分）12．（1分）When it rains，it pours．Which is correct for the underlined part？（）A．[e]B．[i：]C．[aɪ] D．[eɪ]【分析】哪一个是划线部分的发音？【解答】划线单词是rain，rain的音标是[reɪn]，因此可知划线部分的音标是[eɪ]，故选：D．13．（1分）The guests are told that the furniture in the flat is designed by ______ owner himself．（）A．the B．an C．a D．/【分析】客人们被告知公寓里的家具是由主人自己设计的．【解答】根据The guests are told that the furniture in the flat is designed by ______ owner himself可知这里特指公寓的主人，这里用定冠词the．故选：A．14．（1分）Zhujiajiao，an old town with a history of hundreds of years，lies ____ the west of Shanghai．（）A．on B．in C．to D．among【分析】朱家角，一个有着几百年历史的古城，位于上海西部．【解答】on在..上面；in在…里面；to 紧挨着，不属于范围内；among在..之中；此题根据语境在上海西部，朱佳娇属于上海的一部分，应该用in，在西部是in the west．B故选：B．15．（1分）The traveler asked ________ some water when he passed Granny Li's house．（）A．by B．for C．with D．of【分析】旅行者经过老奶奶家时要了些水．【解答】根据The traveler asked ________ some water when he passed Granny Li's house．可知旅行者经过老奶奶家时要了些水．这里ask for表示要…故选：B．16．（1分）It is said that having a glass of water first in the morning is good for ________ health．（）A．we B．us C．our D．ours【分析】据说早晨喝一杯水对我们的健康有好处．【解答】根据语境推测句意是"据说早晨喝一杯水对我们的健康有好处．"，设空处后面有名词，所以用形容词性物主代词作定语．故选：C．17．（1分）The teacher told the class that only three students failed the exam，and ________ all passed．（）A．another B．the other C．others D．the others【分析】老师告诉同学们只有三个同学考试不及格，其他人都通过了．【解答】首先明确选项中出现的单词的意思和用法：another"另一个"（三者或三者以上中的另一个）；the other"其他的/两者中的另一个"；others"其他人"（是一个代词）；the others其他人（固定范围之内的其他人）．根据题干结合推测设空处句子的句意是"老师告诉同学们只有三个同学考试不及格，其他人都通过了．"，此处指的是固定范围内的其他人．故选：D．18．（1分）Mrs．Black wants to make some pizza，so she asks her husband to buy some ________．（）A．apple B．butter C．egg D．potato【分析】布莱克太太想做一些披萨，所以她要求他的丈夫买一些黄油．【解答】首先明确选项中每个单词意思，A：苹果（可数名词）；B：黄油（不可数名词）；C：鸡蛋（可数名词）；D：土豆（可数名词）；根据题干结合Mrs．Black wants to make some pizza推测设空处句子的句意是"布莱克太太想做一些披萨，所以她要求他的丈夫买一些黄油．"，由于some后面跟不可数名词或可数名词复数形式，所以句子中缺少" 黄油"一词．故选：B．19．（1分）The farmer looks ________，and he even agrees to show the visitors around his private garden．（）A．happily B．nicely C．friendly D．gently【分析】那个农民看上去很友好，他甚至同意带游客们参观他的私人花园．【解答】首先明确选项中每个单词意思，A：高兴地（副词）；B：漂亮地（副词）；C：友好的（形容词）；D：温柔地（形容词）；根据题干结合推测设空处句子的句意是"那个农民看上去很友好，他甚至同意带游客们参观他的私人花园．"，由此判断句子中缺少" 友好的"一词．故选：C．20．（1分）After being rebuilt，the open﹣air museum became ________ attractive than before．（）A．many B．more C．much D．most【分析】重建后，露天博物馆变得比以前更吸引人了．【解答】根据After being rebuilt，the open﹣air museum became ________ attractive than before，可知这里than用于比较级，而attractive比较级需要加more．故选：B．21．（1分）We ________ touch or take pictures of these exhibits （展品），for it's against the rules．（）A．wouldn't B．needn't C．mustn't D．may not【分析】我们不可以触摸展品或者是给那些展品拍照，因为这是违反规则的．【解答】结合选项可知本题考查情态动词，首先明确选项中每个单词的意思：A 将不会；B：不必；C：不可以；D：可能不；结合题干推测句意是"我们不可以触摸展品或者是给那些展品拍照，因为这是违反规则的．"，所以mustn't 符合句意，故选：C．22．（1分）Mark ________ very hard in the university and was made Chairman of the Students' Union．（）A．studied B．studies C．will study D．are studying【分析】马克在大学里学习很努力而且被选为学生会的主席．【解答】根据句意"马克在大学里学习很努力而且被选为学生会的主席．"以及后半句"was made Chairman of the Students' Union．"可知要用一般过去时．A是一般过去，B是一般现在时，C是一般将来时．D是现在进行时．故选：A．23．（1分）The volunteers ________ a lot of waste bottles on the beach by the end of the tourism festival．（）A．will collect B．have collectedC．was collecting D．had collected【分析】旅游节结束时，志愿者们在海滩上收集了大量的废瓶子．【解答】根据句意"旅游节结束时，志愿者们在海滩上收集了大量的废瓶子．"以及句中的时间状语by the end of the tourism festival 可知要用过去完成时．A一般将来时．B是现在完成时．C是过去进行时．D是过去完成时．故选：D．24．（1分）The old couple ________ not to trust any strangers when they were cheated last time．（）A．are told B．would be toldC．were told D．will be told【分析】当这对老夫妇上次被骗时，他们被告知不要相信任何陌生人．【解答】根据时间状语为when they were cheated last time．故确定主句的时态为一般过去时态，主语the old couple是谓语动词tell的承受者二者形成被动关系，故确定为被动语态，故主句的谓语动词为一般过去时态的被动语态，其结构为was/were+过去分词，couple表示"一对夫妻"时，它若用作主语，谓语动词用复数，故填入were told．故选：C．25．（1分）To save time，many airlines now allow passengers ________ their boarding passes online．（）A．to print B．printing C．print D．printed【分析】为了节省时间，许多航空公司现在允许乘客在网上打印登机牌．【解答】根据To save time，many airlines now allow passengers ________ their boarding passes online．可知句子考查allow sb to do sth表示允许某人做某事．故选：A．26．（1分）Since it's your first visit to Britain，you'd better ____ something about the British culture．（）A．learn B．learning C．learned D．to learn【分析】因为这是你第一次来英国，你最好了解一下英国文化．【解答】根据you'd better ____ something about the British culture，可知这里考查had better do sth表示最好做某事．故选：A．27．（1分）The kids have never been to such a wonderful amusement park before，______？（）A．don't they B．do they C．haven't they D．have they【分析】孩子们从来没有去过这么好的游乐园，是吗？【解答】根据句意"孩子们从来没有去过这么好的游乐园，是吗？"可知，要用一般现在时，需要添加助动词have，前面有never，是否定句，后面要用肯定形式．故选：D．28．（1分）Your mother will be happier ________ you can help with the houseworkwhen you have time．（）A．if B．until C．where D．unless【分析】如果你有时间的话帮助做家务，你的母亲会更高兴的．【解答】if如果；until直到；where在哪里；unless除非；此题根据句意"如果你有时间的话帮助做家务，你的母亲会更高兴的．"如果是if，引导条件状语从句；故选：A．29．（1分）The road sign shows us ________．（）A．how can we get to the International Meeting CenterB．which road leads to the International Meeting CenterC．where is the International Meeting CenterD．what can we do in the International Meeting Center【分析】这个路标向我们表明哪条路是通向国际会议中心的．【解答】根据问句，可知是含有宾语从句的复合句，宾语从句要用陈述语序，故可排除ACD．故选：B．30．（1分）﹣I think we should raise some money for charity．﹣________（）A．What a pity! B．I'm sorry．C．What a surprise! D．That's a good idea．【分析】我认为我们应该为慈善事业筹集一些钱．这是个好主意．【解答】考查情境对话．A．What a pity!真遗憾．B．I'm sorry．对不起；C．What a surprise!太令人惊讶了．D．That's a good idea．这是个好主意．根据题干I think we should raise some money for charity．可知应说这是个好主意．故选：D．31．（1分）﹣Do you know when the next train leaves for Beijing？﹣________（）A．No，thanks．B．Neither do I．C．I'm not quite sure．D．That's terrible!【分析】你知道下一班开往北京的火车什么时候开吗？我不太确定．【解答】考查情境对话．A．No，thanks．不，谢谢；B．Neither do I．我也是；C．I'm not quite sure．我不太确定．D．That's terrible那太糟糕了．根据题干Do you know when the next train leaves for Beijing？可知应说我不太确定．故选：C．三、Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格．每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）32．（4分）A．kindnessB．hurtC．a huge bag ofD．as well as E．on the first dayIn a small village，the parents of a little boy were very worried about him because of his bad temper （脾气）．The boy used to get angry very easily and（1）B others with his words．While he forgot what he spoke in anger，his friends and neighbours avoided him．His mother and father tried many ways to make him give up his anger and develop （2）A．Unfortunately，all their attempts failed．Finally，the boy's father came up with an idea．One day，his father gave him （3）C nails，asking him to hammer one nail to the fence every time he lost his temper．The little boy found it funny and accepted what his father had said．His anger drove him to hammer 30nails into the fence （4）E! Over the next few days，the little boy found it very difficult to hammer the nails into the fence and decided to control his temper．【分析】这是一篇人生感悟类阅读，主要介绍一个小男孩的父母很担心他的坏脾气，尝试各种方法让他改变．但是都失败了．后来他父亲让他每发一次脾气就在篱笆上定个钉子．后来小男孩发现很难把钉子钉进篱笆，于是决定控制他的脾气．【解答】1．B．考查动词．句意"这个男孩过去很容易生气，用他的话_别人．"．根据下一句While he forgot what he spoke in anger，his friends and neighbours avoided him．当他忘记了他愤怒的话语时，他的朋友和邻居避开了他．及所给单词，可知，应该是"伤害"．used to do sth过去常常做某事．用动词原形hurt．选B．2．A．考查名词．句意"他的母亲和父亲尝试了很多方法来让他发泄怒气，发展__．"．根据所给单词，可知，父母当然是希望他"善良"．填名词kindness．选A．3．C．考查搭配．句意"一天，他父亲给了他___钉子，叫他每次发脾气时都要把钉子钉在篱笆上．"．根据所给单词可知，应该是"一大包"．a huge bag of修饰名词复数nails钉子．选C．4．E．考查介词短语．句意"他的怒火驱使他第__在篱笆上钉了30颗钉子．"．根据下一句Over the next few days在接下来的几天．及所给单词，可知，应该是on the first day"第一天"．选E．33．（4分）A．pull out B．immediately C．when D．one of E．the sameGradually，the number of nails hammered into the fence was reduced and the day arrived （1）C he hammered none!Now，his father told him to remove the nails every day as he had controlled his anger．Several days passed and the boy was able to （2）A most of the nails from the fence．The father appreciated him and asked him pointing to （3）D the holes，"What do you see there？"The boy replied，"A hole in the fence!"He told the boy，"The nails were your bad temper and they were hammered into people．You can remove the nails but still see the holes in the fence．The fence never looks （4）E! It has scares all over! Your bad temper and anger were like that! Use words for good．Use them to show your heart!"【分析】这是一篇人生感悟类阅读，主要介绍父亲让儿子每次能控制自己的脾气时，就从篱笆上拔下一个钉子．并告诉他，钉子就是坏脾气，篱笆就是别人．你的坏脾气会伤害到别人．因此我们应该用好的语言进行表达．【解答】1．C．考查连词．句意"渐渐地，敲进栅栏的钉子的数量减少了，并且没有钉子被敲进栅栏的这一天到来了．"．根据所给单词，可知，这里用when 引导时间状语从句．选C．2．A．考查动词短语．句意"几天过去了，男孩能从篱笆上__大部分钉子．"．根据所给单词，可知，应该是"拔出"．不定式to后用动词原形pull．选A．3．D．考查搭配．句意"父亲感激他，指着__洞问他："你看到了什么？""．根据下一句The boy replied，"A hole in the fence!"男孩回答说："篱笆上有个洞！"．及所给单词，可知，应该是"其中之一"．one of"…之一"．后跟名词复数．选D．4．E．考查搭配．句意"篱笆看起来绝不__"．根据上一句You can remove the nails but still see the holes in the fence你可以去掉钉子，但仍能看到篱笆上的洞．可知，受过伤，肯定与之前不相同，应该是the same相同．选E．四、Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms （用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子．每空格限填一词）：（共8分）34．（1分）Aunt Petty could hardly believe her good luck when the lost necklace was found．（lucky）【分析】当丢失的项链被发现时，佩蒂姨妈简直不敢相信她的好运．【解答】根据该空处在句中作宾语，故填入名词，所给词lucky为形容词意为"幸运的"，其对应的名词为luck"运气"，为不可数名词只有单数形式．故答案为：luck．35．（1分）If you are interested in French history，you may read these books．（France）【分析】如果你对法国历史感兴趣，你可以读这些书．【解答】根据该空处在句中作定语修饰名词history，故填入形容词，所给词France 为名词意为"法国"，其对应的形容词为French"法国的"．故答案为：French．36．（1分）My brother and I decided to buy a special gift for grandma's seventieth birthday．（seventy）【分析】我和哥哥决定为奶奶的第七十岁生日买一件特别的礼物．【解答】根据所给词seventy为基数词后跟可数名词复数，结合空格后为birthday，可知表达七十岁的生日，即第七十个生日，故填入seventy对应的序数词seventieth"第七十"．故答案为：seventieth．。