2019届上海杨浦区高考英语二模(带答案)

2019上海杨浦区英语二模试卷答案杨浦区2018学年度第二学期高三模拟质量调研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. M: Please put your bags on the scale. OK…here is your boarding pass and baggage tag.W: Thank you. The boarding time is 9:30, isn't it?Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?(B)2. W: Good morning. Altogether four items were damaged during the shipping from overseasback here to Australia. First of all my TV. It’s a large one … very expensive.M: Sorry, our insurance doesn’t cover electrical problems.Q: What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers? (B)3. W: Professor, would you please give some feedback on our group’s proposal?M: Yes, I’ve made a few notes on the proposal about things which could have been better sequenced.Q: What does the professor think of the proposal? (A)4. W: The computer course is too difficult for me to manage.I think I’m coping well withstatistics, and I’m never bored by it.M: I found computer modeling fascinating. I have no problem following what’s being taught.Q: What’s the woman’s strength? (C)5. W: Sir, I’m quite interested in the Sunshade Apartments, which are on a mountainside andprovide barbecue facilities. It’s ￡490 with two sharing. Does it mean ￡245 each?M: I’m afraid not! Each person has to pay that amount and there must be at least two in an apartment.Q: How much should be paid if the woman and her husband stay there for one night? (D) 6. M: Excuse me, do you have this red sweater in medium?W: Sorry, but our Smith Street store has one. Would you like me to have it sent here? It would take three days to get here.Q: What are the two speakers talking about? (A)7. M: I'm tired of tofu. I don't know why I decided to live witha vegetarian.W: Don't call me a vegetarian. I don't avoid all meat. I eat fish and chicken sometimes!Q: What can we learn from the conversation? (B)8. M: This is a great convenience store. You can buy so many things here!W: But you pay for the convenience. Things are expensive here. Supermarkets are cheaper.Q: What does the woman mean? (D)9. M: Mum, do you know where my primary school uniforms are?W: They are around here, but finding them will be likelooking for a needle in a haystack.Q: What can we learn from the conversation? (B)10. W: The overhead power lines are a great concern of this neighborhood. They are very old anda lot of people we spoke to asked if something could be done about them.M: Well, I’m happy to tell you that the power company has agreed to move the power lines underground. I think that will really improve the look of the area, as well as being safe.Q: Why are people worried about the overhead power lines?(C)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 passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.A scarf knitted by a German woman to document her frustrations with frequent train delays has sold for 7,550 euros on eBay.The "rail delay scarf" drew widespread attention when Sara Weber, a journalist, posted a photo of it on Twitter earlier this month. Her mother, who took a train ride to work every day in Munich area was frustrated at the company's persistent delays and decided to start detailing her daily travel troubles by translating the delays into a wool scarf. Each evening in 2018, she would knit two new lines to represent how long she was delayed.The scarf is color-coded: gray meant her delay was less than five minutes, pink signified delays of between five and thirty minutes, while red meant she was delayed for more than thirty minutes or was delayed both directions.The scarf was about 1.5 meters long and represented many Germans’ frustrations with train delays, despite their country's reputation for efficiency and punctuality.After it became a hit, Weber and her mother decided to auction the scarf off to raise money for a charity that provides assistance for the homeless.Questions:11. Why did Sara’s mother knit the scarf? (C)12. What do every two pink lines on the scarf mean? (B)13. Why did the scarf draw widespread attention in Germany?(D)Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.NASA has a new job listing, and it's no joke. The US space agency is looking for a "joker" to join their planned mission to Mars.A mission to Mars is no laughing matter. On average, Mars is 225 million kilometers away from Earth. A trip there would take around eight months in a small spacecraft. "When you're living with others in a closed space for a long period of time, such as on a mission to Mars, problems are likely to occur," Jeffrey Johnson, a scientist at the University of Florida, told the Guardian.This is probably why NASA wants an astronaut with a sense of humor. "These are people that have the ability to pull everyone together," Johnson said.In stressful situations, perhaps humor is a way to know we aren't alone. By laughing together, we share our stress. Then wecan focus on our jobs instead of just worrying.There are other examples of team "clowns". One example is the journey to the South Pole led by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen in 1911. It was a difficult journey, full of danger. Adolf Lindstrom, a cook at Amundsen's team, was a "clown". He made people laugh through the whole journey. Amundsen later wrote that Lindstrom was the most valuable member of the team.But if you're hoping that your favorite TV comedian will fly to Mars, that probably won't happen."Being funny won't be enough to land somebody the job," Johnson said. "They also need to be an excellent scientist and engineer." Besides, they must be in top physical condition. Questions:14. What is NASA's new job listing? (A)15. What can we learn about the journey to Mars? (B)16. What can be concluded from the case of Lindstrom? (C)Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.W: Hey, David! Do you want to come to lunch with me? I want pizza.M: Thanks, Sandy, but I'll pass. I brought my lunch from home.W: Really? I guess home-cooked meals can be healthier and more economical. But cooking just for myself is more work and more expensive.M: You can cook extra and bring the leftovers for lunch.W: I'm not really a fan of leftovers.M: They still taste pretty good the next day -- sometimes even better! Whatever I cook never goes to waste.W: I hate wa sting food. That’s why I always eat out and only order an amount I can finish at one sitting.M: You must be kidding. Controlling the portion size of your meal is almost impossible at a restaurant. They often give you huge amounts!W: Not where I eat. I can eat everything on my plate. And I save time and money.M: Eating out isn't cheaper than buying your own groceries. And you spend a lot of time waiting while someone prepares your meal.W: That's fine with me. I can use that waiting time to read or answer emails, so I save time. AndI don't have to do any preparation or cleanup.M: Dirty dishes are my least favorite part of cooking. So my wife and kids do the dishes.W: As a single person, I don't have that luxury. Also, it's no fun to eat at home by myself.M: Then make dinner and invite friends over. In my house, eating meals together is precious family time. We talk about our day.W: Sounds like an excellent way to spend quality time with others. That's why I like to make plans to eat out with friends.M: On occasion I enjoy going to a restaurant with my friends.I get to order something that I can't make at home. It's a nice treat.W: Well, let's have lunch another day.M: OK, and I'll invite you to eat with my family someday soon.W: Thanks, I'd love to!Questions:17. Which of the following is not the reason for the woman’s always eating out? (C)18. How does the woman avoid wasting food? (C)19. What does the woman usually do when the food is being prepared? (B)20. What can we learn about the man? (A)21. that 22. behaving 23. would read 24. without 25. how 26. calmer27. to reach 28. when 29. Having renewed 30. ourselves31-40 I K D F B G E A J H41-55 A C D B A A B B D A C D B C A56-59 D B A C60-62 B B D63-66 A C B D67-70 D F A B71. Sleep experts are trying to explain why people can nap without missing the stop. Besides fixed sleep pattern and the ability to recognize station names, people don’t become fully awake before they reach the destination. While naps relieve stress and are relaxing, experts warn of possibility of missing the stop if the nap is longer than 20 minutes.72. Out of my expectation, storage boxes make it so easy to keep things organized.73. As an adult, you should assume the responsibility of fulfilling your promise once you havesigned an agreement.74. The more engaged students are in the group discussion, the more confident they will be ofcompleting the following demanding task.75. Regardless of the intentions, praise has a positive effect on the students, enabling them tomake greater efforts and face future challenges with more confidence.。

2019-2020学年上海市杨浦实验学校高三英语二模试卷及答案解析第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AOvernight French ToastWhat You’ll Need•16-ounce loaf of French bread•5 eggs•1 1 /2 cups milk•1/2 cup half-and-half•1/3 cup maple syrup（枫糖浆）•1/2 teaspoon salt•foil（锡箔纸）•2 tablespoons melted butter（for topping）•2 tablespoons maple syrup（for topping）What to Do•With an adult’s help, cut the bread into 1-inch slices.•Place the eggs, milk, half-and-half, maple syrup, and salt into a large bowl. Stir（揽拌）the mixture until blended（混合均匀）.•Place the sliced bread into a baking dish. Pour the mixtureover the bread and press the slices into it. Cover the dish with foil and refrigerate overnight.•Remove the dish from the refrigerator at least one hour before baking. Ask an adult for help to preheat the oven to 375°F. Bake the French toast for 35 minutes or until golden brown.•For the topping, combine the melted butter and 2 tablespoons of maple syrup. Pour it over the French toast before serving.1.How much salt will you need to make a French toast?A.1/3 cup.B.1/2 teaspoon.C.2 tablespoons.D.16 ounces.2.How will you use foil?A.Place the sliced breadB.Cover the dish.C.Remove the dish.D.Eat the French toast.3.Who is the passage written for?A.Teachers.B.Parents.C.Cooks.D.Kids.BMy first week working in a restaurant, one of the servers said something that stuck with me: Everyone should work in a restaurant for at least a year. At the time, I didn't get it, but I took the advice to heart and worked in restaurants on and off for the next eight years. Before realizing it, I mastered many important skills, one of which is communication skill.When I was little, I was so shy that I used to hide behind my mom whenever someone spoke to me. And when I first started in restaurants, I had two personalities: Restaurant Lizzy and Home Lizzy. It was easier to pretend to be a different person while at work, since it was so different from who I actually was. But gradually, the skills I learned working in restaurants helped Home Lizzy come out of her shell in the real world.When you work in a restaurant, you don't have the luxury of hiding behind your parents to avoid talking to people. I'm still 110% an introvert, but restaurant work helped me communicate. Working in a restaurant not only helped me speak clearly, deliberately and directly but also taught me how to talk about almost everything. Some guests don't want their servers to interact too much with them, and that's fine. But some sit at the bar simply to chat with you. You learn how to judge your guests' level of interest in communicating with you, and how to exit a conversation at the appropriate time.My restaurant work is something that I'm most proud of and I know I wouldn't be the person I am today without those eight years of experience. If you're still on the fence about working in a restaurant for that long, start with one year. I doubt that you'll look back.4. What did the writer think of the server's words?A. Impressive.B. Ridiculous.C. Amusing.D. Logical.5. What do we infer from Paragraph 2?A. The writer tried different jobs.B. The writer became more sociable.C. The writer used an invented name.D. The writer had a hard time at work.6. Which of the following best describes the writer's restaurant work?A. Boring.B. Relaxing.C. Worthwhile.D. Unchallenging.7. What message does the writer try to convey in this passage?A. A strong-willed soul can reach his goal.B. Things are difficult before they are easy.C. Communication skills advance your career.D. Restaurantwork helps to achieve a better self.CJohn Montefiore's path to graduation from theUniversityofTorontowas a little unusual. He recently completed his bachelor's degree(学士学位) which he started in1995.Montefiore left university in 1996 and tried to tell himself that a degree wasn't necessary for personal success. But it remained unfinished businessuntil he made the decision to return in 2018 at the age 42. At that time, his job development stalled, so he made up his mind to go back to school in order to improve himself and work well in future.The second time around, Montefiore never missed a class and always sat in the front row. He found many courses invaluable and he received the Award of Excellence twice. He found support services played an important role in his successful return. He said, “I hadn't written a paper for years, so I found the college writing centre to be of great use. Before I handed in a paper, they would give me feedback, which was really great. The university has so much built in to help students succeed and I'm so thankful for that.” But he also met difficulties this time. As a student much older than others, he found it harder to make friends with classmates.However, no matter what had happened before, he finally got his bachelor's degree. He said, “After all these years, I had thought it wouldn't mean anything, but it means a lot. I totally understand the value of education now. It's not necessarily the value that other people see in it, but the value it gives me as a person, for my confidence and my self-esteem. It also helps me prepare well before I re-enter the workplace.”8. Why was Montefiore's graduation unusual?A. He had achieved personal success before.B. He understood the importance of a degree.C. He finished his degree at a much older age.D. He began his university study at a young age.9. What does the underlined word "stalled" in paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Stopped.B. Started.C. Survived.D. Succeeded.10. What can we learn about Montefiore from the third paragraph?A. He got good grades very easily.B. He took his study seriously this timeC. He was thankful for his classmates' helpD. He had difficulty using support services.11. What did Montefiore learn from his experience?A. Confidence is important in one's life.B. Others' opinions on education matter a lot.C. Higher education is a must for personal success.D. Education makes one feel better about himself.DExperts are warning about the risks of extremely picky(挑剔的)eating after a teenager living on a diet of chips and crisps developed lasting sight loss. Eye doctors inBristolcared for the 17-year-old after his sight had gone to the point of blindness. Tests showed he had serious vitamin deficiency(缺乏). Dr. Denize Atan, who treated him at the hospital, said, “His diet was basically a portion of chips from the local fish and chip shop every day. He also used to snack on crisps and sometimes white bread and ham, and not really any fruit and vegetables.”The teenager saw his doctor at the age of 14 because he had been feeling tired and unwell. At that time he suffered from vitamin B12 deficiency, but he did not stick with the treatment or improve his poor diet. Three years later, he was taken to theBristolEyeHospitalbecause of progressive sight loss.He was not overweight or underweight, but he had lost minerals from his bones, which was really quite shocking for a boy of his age. In terms of his sight loss, he met the standards of being blind. “He had blind spots right in the middle of his sight,” said Dr Denize Atan, “That means he can’t drive and would find it reallyarduousto read, watch TV or recognize faces.”Dr Denize Atan said that parents should learn about the harm that can be caused by picky eating, and turn to experts for help. For those who are concerned , she advised, “It’s best not to be anxious about picky eating , and instead calmly introduce one or two new foods with every meal.” She said multivitamin tablets can supplement(补充) a diet, but cannot take the place of eating healthily. “It’s much better to take in vitamins through a varied and balanced diet,” she said, adding that too manycertain vitamins , including vitamin A, can be harmful ,“so you don’t want to overdo it.”12. What does Dr Denize Atan imply in paragraph 1?A. The diet of the boy is not balanced.B. Fruit and vegetables are rich in vitamins.C. Picky eating is common among teenagers.D. The cause of the boy’s disease is unknown.13. Why did the boy go to see his doctor at the age of 14?A. To improve his poor diet.B. To get some help to lose weight.C. To be treated for his discomfort.D. To slow down his progressive sight loss.14. What does the underlined word “arduous” in paragraph 3 probably mean?A. Important.B. Easy.C. Necessary.D. Difficult.15. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?A. Reasons why the boy is seriously ill.B.Suggestions for the boy’s family to care for him.C. Advice for parents worried about picky eating.D. Waysof taking in enough vitamins and minerals.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

【题文】随着互联网的发展和普及，网络购物在中国也变得越来越普遍了，甚至已经成了我们日常生活的一部分了。

相信同学们身边一定有不少同络进行购物了，比如淘宝网等，但是网络购物究竟有何利弊呢? 请写一篇短文，谈谈网上购物的好处与坏处。

【答案】With the development of the Internet and the popularization of computers, shopping on the Internet has become a commonplace in our life. Here consumers can buy almost everything they need.Shopping on the Internet has a lot of advantages, of which the most important is perhaps its convenience. People don't have to waste a lot of their energy and precious time to go from one shop to another to choose the commodities they like. This is especially desirable to the old, the sick and the busy people who cannot go to the shops in person. The goods come in all shapes, sizes and colors on the Internet. All they need to do is sit in front of their computers and click the mouse. The commodities they order will be delivered to them promptly.However, shopping on the Internet also has its disadvantages. The first disadvantage is that the consumers can't see the goods or try them on personally. Sometimes, the real goods may not be the same as what they have seen on the computer. The second disadvantage is that some shops on the Internet are not registered. They will never deliver anything to you after they get the money from you. Once cheated, you will find that you have nowhere to go to complain.【解析】【分析】本文是一篇谈论“网上购物利与弊”的话题。

2019届杨浦区高考英语二模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.My head was so full of digital noise (21) _______ it felt like my brain was about to explode. I had no greater power of concentration than a goldfish and the lifeless stare of a goldfish as well. As a writer, I was ashamed to admit that my love of books had been weakened by a brain that simply could not sit still.So, at the start of this year I committed to restoring books to the place that they held in my life before the Internet broke my brain.My goal was 52 books: It seemed like an impossible task. A 400-page book will take the average person around eight hours to read. Finding the time to read was a challenge but here’s how I did it. Firstly, I decided to treat my mind like a child (22) _______ (behave) badly and lay down some ground rules. Then I decided that I (23) _______ (read) for an hour or two at a time (24) _______ distraction each day. It was something I hadn’t done in years and it was scary (25) _______ difficu lt it was.In his book, The Distracted Mind, Larry Rosen says that the more we practice spending time away from our electronic devices, the(26) _______ (calm) and more focused we become. And this is what I found. Again and again, I would gently bring myself back to the page, resisting the urge(27) _______ (reach ) for that screen. I took inspiration from Nikki Gemmell, who describes in On Quiet, how investing in a safe to lock away her family’s devices for long periods had opened up a space for deep ref lection.For me, finding that quiet time meant finding time in my day just to read. It was a date between me and my book. And it meant actively choosing to read at times (28) _______ I ordinarily would reach for my phone.I read on the tram, at the park, in red at night and on lunch breaks.(29) _______ (renew) my love affair with books, I created a sacred space where I pressed pause and found inspiration, knowledge and reflection. In our modern world, reading for the sake of reading is not selfish. It is a powerful and beneficial way to slow down and be(30) _______.III. Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. intentionsB. featureC. invitingD. conservationE. entertainingF. matchedG. confusedH. fascinationI. survive J. defining K. evaluateThe odds are high that you’ve seen a beauty pageant（选美比赛）or two in your life. They are among the most attended and viewed events in the world. Despite numerous different opinions, beauty pageants continue to not only 31 but also become more popular.Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth are known as the Big Four beauty pageants, and all of them continue to this day. These competitions 32 young women on their physical attractiveness, of course, but they also are judged on their personality, intelligence, talent, and responses to interview-based questions. The eventual winners receive prizes including cash, scholarships, clothes, beauty queen crowns, and of course, the title of the event for one year.All these awards do not come cheap for the young ladies. They have duties to fulfill while holding their titles. Beauty queens often appear at functions to raise social awareness about environmental and social issues such as nature 33 , racial or gender discrimination, and disease prevention. Byevery beauty pageant winner is seen as a role model, and not just for young girls alone.Some beauty contests 35 men rather than women. Similar to their feminine counterparts, men enter Mister Global, Mister International, and Mister World for their looks, style, and talent. These contests should not be 36 with the Mister Universe contest, which is an annual bodybuilding competition.There are other strange and 37 pageants all over the world that celebrate everything from being old to being pregnant.Beauty contests, whether organized with noble 38 or just for fun, have attracted criticism since they were first held. Some critics object to the focus on physical beauty, especially emphasis on a certain stature and body shape. Further, they point out that some participants will actually have themselves through dieting or plastic surgery to achieve the perfect appearance. Despite these complaints, beauty may be only skin deep, but 39 it and competing for the glory of being the fairest of them all holds a timeless and universal 40____.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.China and India Dominate the Greening of EarthOver the last two decades, the Earth has seen an increase in foliage（植物）around the planet, measured in average leaf area per year on plants and trees. Data from NASA satellites shows that China and India –two ___41___ economies with the world’s biggest populations – are ___42___ the increase in greening on land. The effect comes mostly from ___43___ tree-planting programs in China and intensive agriculture in both countries.Researchers from Boston University found that global green leaf area has increased by five percent since the early 2000s, an area ___44___ to the entire Amazon rainforest. The study was also published in the journal Nature Sustainability on February 11. It revealed that at least 25 percent of the global foliage ___45___ this century came in China.“China and India ___46___ one-third of the greening, but contain only nice percent of the planet’s land area covered in vegetatio n,” said lead author Chi Chen of Boston University. “That is a surprising finding, considering the general idea of land degradation（退化）in populous countries from ___47____.”China’s ____48____ contribution to the global greening trend came in large par t from programs to conserve and expand forest, accounting for about 42 percent of the greening contribution. These programs were developed in an effort to ____49____ the effects of air pollution, soil erosion and climate change.Another 32 percent of the greening change in China, and 82 percent in India, resulted from intensive ___50___ of food crops. The land area used to grow crops in China and India has not changed much since the early 2000s. Yet both countries have greatly increased annual total green leaf area and food production in order to ___51___ large populations.Rama Nemani, a research scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center, saw a(n) ___52___ message in the new findings. “ One people realize there is a problem, they tend to fix it,” he said.” In the 1970s and 80s in India and China, the situation around vegetation loss was not good. In the 1990s, people realized it, and today things have improved. Humans are ___53___ resilient（复原快的，适应力强的）. That’s what we see in the satellite data.”___54___, the researchers rang bells as well. They pointed out that the gain in global greenness did not ___55___ make up for the loss of natural vegetation in tropical regions like Brazil and Indonesia.42. A. imposing B. contributing C. leading D. creating43. A. fertile B. extreme C. harmonious D. ambitious44. A. distant B. equivalent C. relevant D. resistant45. A. expansion B. substitution C. innovation D. correction46. A. account for B. take in C. stand for D. consist of47. A. over-reaction B. over-exploitationC. over- generationD. over-explanation48. B. tremendous C. magnificent49. A. forbid B. investigate C. boost D. reduce50. A. cultivation B. demand C. destruction D. supply51. A. cut B. employ C. feed D. treat52. A. secret B. brief C. urgent D. positive53. A. continuously B. incredibly C. initially D. obviously54. A. Moreover B. Meanwhile C. However D. Therefore55. A. necessarily B. generally C. fortunately D. thoroughlySection 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)The Life-changing Antique Navajo BlanketA California man and his family went from rags to riches after discovering that the blanket given to him by his grandmother was worth a small fortune. Loren Krylzer was living in a small hut and barely getting by on his disability payments. One day, he happened to be watching Antiques Roadshow on TV when he learned that the forgotten old blanket in his closet might be valuable. The Krytzer family heirloom（传家宝）turned out to be an antique（古老的）Novajo weaving from the 19th century that fetched US $ million at auction（拍卖会）。

2019-2020学年上海市杨浦实验学校高三英语第二次联考试卷及答案第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项ASheffieldLincoln College of EnglishClasses for foreign students at all levels.3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year course.Open all year.Small class (at most 12 students).Library, language laboratory and listening center.Accommodation (住宿)with selected families.25 minutes from London.Course fees for English for one year are￡1,380 with reduction for shorter periods of study.1.This passage is probably taken from _______.A.an advertisementB.a noticeC.a posterD.a piece of news2.Who will be accepted by this college?A.Both foreign and native students.B.Only foreign beginners and the advanced.C.Foreign students from beginners to the advanced.D.Only foreign students advanced.3.While you stay there, who will take care of you?A.Your parents.B.Your classmates.C.The school where you study.D.The family you have chosen.BIf our kids don’t fall, they don’t learn to get up. I still remember the day in high school that my mom forgot to pick me up from school. I’m the oldest of four children, and no doubt she’d had a long day with the other kids and it’d slipped her mind. After waiting at school for an hour, I walked the three miles home, and when I got to myhouse, I shut our front door with anger, stormed into the kitchen and screamed in my mom’s face that she’d forgotten me.Later that night, my dad told me I no longer had a ride to school the next day. I figured my mom would still take me, but when the morning came, she refused. It was midterm, and as a straight-A student ready to start college applications, being late wasn’t an option (选择). In my mind, missing these tests would have been the end of my academic career. I begged my mom. I told her she was ruining my future and everything I’d worked for. But sheheld her ground, and that day, I walked to school. And I missed my tests.My mom didn’t rescue me from failure. She let me suffer from it. She let me figure it out. She let me learn. Now, as a mom myself, I’ve realized that I want my kids to experience failure because failure is how we grow, learn and think outside of ourselves. It’s how we self-educate to learn what’s right and respectable, and what’s not. It’s how we become responsible and enthusiastic. Falling down makes us better because we learn how to get up.4. What is one of the reasons that the author got angry that day?A. She was tired.B. She failed in a test.C. She was late for school.D. She had to walk home by herself.5. How does the author feel about her childhood experience?A. Terrible.B. Meaningful.C. Embarrassing.D. Colorful.6. The underlined phrase “held her ground” in Paragraph 2 probably means “________”.A. gave in to meB. said yes to meC. stayed in the placeD. kept to her idea7. What is the best title for the text?A. My Way of GrowingB. The Value of FailureC. My Love for MotherD. Failure in My LifeCJack was 11 months old in the spring of 2015 when his parents, Erika and Christopher, recognized his development was not progressing as it should. The feeling was familiar to the couple. Just a few months earlier, Jack’s brother Chase, who is 16 months older, had been diagnosed with autism(自闭症) after he did not reach motion and language standards as expected.Jack’s behaviors were similarly delayed, and his parents moved quickly to seek help. Today, Jack is 5 — he celebrated his birthday on May 13 — and he can speak in full sentences and read. After two years at a preschool that specializes in services for children with developmental disabilities, he will start kindergarten intheSmithtownschool district in September. “Our family’s experience is a good example of the power and effectiveness of early intervention. The services our boys have received made all the difference,” the parents said.According to scientists, autism can be detected at 18 months or younger, and by age 2 a diagnosis can be considered “very reliable.” The parents said they were happy with Chase’s success at the learning center, but still had concerns for Jack because he was not speaking. Developing social and communication skills can be among the greatest challenge for individuals with autism, even if they are able to say a few words early on. “We didn’t know if he was ever going to talk,” Erika said. “That was my biggest fear. We just didn’t know.”Looking ahead, the parents are cautiously optimistic about Jack’s next educational move. He doesn’t handle change well, they said, and he likes to know his routine. Still, they expressed confidence that his time at the learning center has given him the skills he needs to be successful.8. How did Jack’s parents know he suffered from autism?A. They found the baby clever.B. They judged by their experience.C. They found he didn’t develop.D. They checked on him in the hospital.9. What did the parents think of the early intervention?A. It made no difference to the babies.B. It benefitted the babies greatly.C. It got their babies more disabled.D. It helped their babies speak fluently.10. What can we learn from the third paragraph?A. Autism can be confirmed at 18 months old.B. Jack’s parents were confident about his motor skills.C. Chase’s parents were doubtful about his developmentD. Jack’s parents worried about his language skills most.11. What is the text mainly talking about?A. Autism can be curedif parents take actions early.B. Parents should be confident about their children’s future.C. Early intervention in autism could improve children’s life.D. Communication skills should be developed as early as possible.DWhen I was 9, we packed up our home in Los Angeles and arrived atHeathrow, London on a gray January morning. Everyone in the family settled quickly into the city except me. Without my beloved beaches and endless blue—sky days, I felt at a loss and out of place. Until I made a discovery.Southbank, at an eastern bend in the Thames, is the center of British skateboarding, where the continuous crashing of skateboards left your head ringing .I loved it. I soon made friends with the local skaters. We spoke our own language. And my favorite: Safe. Safe meant cool. It meant hello. It meant don't worry about it. Once, when trying a certain trick on the beam（横杆）, I fell onto the stones, damaging a nerve in my hand, and Toby came over, helping me up: Safe, man. Safe. A few minutes later, when I landed the trick, my friends beat their boards loud, shouting: “Safe! Safe! Safe!” And that's what mattered—landing tricks, being a good skater.When I was 15, my family moved to Washington. I tried skateboarding there, but the locals were far less welcoming. Within a couple of years, I'd given it up.When I returned to London in 2004, I found myself wandering down to Southbank, spending hours there. I've traveled back several times since, most recently this past spring. The day was cold but clear: tourists and Londoners stopped to watch theskaters. Weaving（穿梭）among the kids who rushed by on their boards, I found my way to the beam. Then a rail—thin teenager, in a baggy white T—shirt, skidded（滑）up to the beam. He sat next to me. He seemed not to notice the man next to him. But soon I caughta few of his glances. “I was a local here 20 years ago,” I told him. Then, slowly, he began to nod his head. “Safe, man. Safe.”“Yeah,” I said. “Safe.”12. What can we learn about the author soon after he moved to London?A. He felt disappointed.B. He gave up his hobby.C. He liked the weather there.D. He had disagreements with his family.13. What do the underlined words “Safe! Safe! Safe!” probably mean?A. Be careful!B. Well done!C. No way!D. Don't worry!14. Why did the author like to spend time in Southbank when he returned to London?A. To join the skateboarding.B. To make new friends.C. To learn more tricks.D. To relive his childhood days15. What message does the author seem to convey in the text?A. Children should learn a second language.B. Sport is necessary for children's health.C. Children need a sense of belongingD. Seeing the world is a must for children.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

2019-2020学年上海民办杨浦实验学校高三英语第二次联考试题及参考答案第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项ACovid-19 has brought a great deal of trouble for all of us since March 2020. During this time, mobile phones have been the solution for the boredom and restlessness caused from staying indoors. The most downloaded apps on play store 2020 are;TikTokTikTok was the most downloaded app. With over 111.9 million downloads, TikTok has seen a huge growth in 2020, twice more than what it got in 2019. 20% of its total downloads were fromIndiaand around 9. 3% of the total downloads were in theUS.ZoomZoom was the second most installed app in the overall downloads category. With nearly 94. 6 million installs, Zoom is the most used app for online meetings and virtual classrooms. 17% of its downloads were in theUSandIndia. Offices and educational institutes were shut down and to continue working and studying from home, people relied heavily on Zoom for video conferencing and calling.WhatsAppWhatsApp ranked third in overall downloads with more than 100 million downloads. It is one of the most popular and widely used chat applications; WhatsApp also supports communication between international phone networks.FacebookIt ranked fourth in the overall downloaded list. Facebook is the world’s most popular social networking application. Facebook builds technologies that give people the power to connect with friends and family, find communities and grow businesses.1. What do we know about TikTok?A. It is an India-based app.B. It has most users inAmerica.C. It is used for growing business.D. It has doubled its download than in 2019.2. Which app is the best to turn to for online education?A. TikTok.B. Zoom.C. WhatsApp.D. Facebook.3. What function does Facebook probably serve?A. Communication.B. Training.C. Teaching.D. PaymentBThe idea of growing food in a desert would make most people laugh but this is quickly becoming a reality. There are currently two desert farms in the world where quality vegetables are being planted cheaply and easily.Sundrop Farms, based in South Australia, uses experimental greenhouses to grow tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. The biggest challenge of growing food in a desert, obviously, is the lack of available water. The researchers at Sundrop Farms have gotten aroundthis problemby using the sun to desalinate (淡化) sea water. It can also be used to control the temperature of the greenhouses.Without depending on limited resources such as land and fresh water Sundrop Farms has made farming a practice. This can increase the world’s food supplies. Another benefit ofthis kind of farming is that it can be done anywhere, thus reducing the costs of transporting food to distant locations. Yet another benefit is that it reduces the need for pesticides (杀虫剂).Another experimental desert farm is the Sahara Forest Project, which began in Qatar in December 2012. Greenhouses in the farm are cooled by saltwater. Solar power and other technologies are used together to help make vegetation (植被) grow in the desert environment. As deserts have expanded over recent years around the world due to global warming, this project could solve the problem.The result form the Qatar project were better than expected and in June of 2014, Jordan agreed to host another one. This will be much bigger than the Qatar project and the project members will have even more opportunities to test their experiments on a much larger scale. It is not clear yet that desert farming resents the future of farming but these projects have shown some success in the field.4. What does “this problem” in paragraph 2 refer to?A. Sea water is bard to purify.B. The desert is short of water.C. The temperature is high in the desert.D. Desert farms aren’t fit to plant vegetables.5. What is one of the characters of desert farming?A. It needs more pesticides.B. It saves delivery costs.C. It has a location limit.D. It solves food waste problems6. What can we know about the Sabara Forest Project?A. It lives up to expectationsB. It can help produce more foodC. It is started to prevent global warmingD. It uses technology to produce saltwater7. What can be inferred about desert farming from the last paragraph?A. It still has problems to solve.B. It represents the future of farming.C. Its early success has aroused interest in it.D. Its aim is to create more job opportunities.CHappiness is not a warm phone, according to anew study exploring the link between young life satisfaction and screen time. The study was led by professor of psychology Jean M. Twenge at San Diego State University (SDSU).To research this link, Twenge, along with colleagues Gabrielle Martin at SDSU and W. Keith Campbell at the University of Georgia, dealt with data from the Monitoring the Future (MtF) study, a nationally representative survey of more than a million U. S. 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-graders. The survey asked students questions about how often they spent time on their Phones, tablets and computers, as well as questions about their face-to-face social interactions and their overall happiness.On average found that teens who spent more time in front of screen devices — playing computer games, using social media, texting and video chatting — were less happy than those who invested more time in non-screen activities like sports, reading newspapers and magazines, and face-to-face social interactions."The key to digital media use and happiness is limited use," Twenge said. "Aim to spend no more than two hours a day on digital media, and try to increase the amount of time you spend seeing friends face-to-face and exercising — two activities reliably linked to greater happiness."Looking at historical trends from the same age groups since the 1990s, it's easy to find that the increase of screen devices over time happened at the same time as a general drop-off in reported happiness inU. S.teens.Specifically, young peopled life satisfaction and happiness declined sharply after 2012. That's the year when the percentage of Americans who owned a smartphone rose above 50 percent. By far the largest change in teens' lives between 2012 and 2016 was the increase in the amount of time they spent on digital media, and the following decline in in-person social activities and sleep.8. Which method did Twenge's team use for the study?A. Calculating students' happiness.B. Asking students certain questions.C. Analyzing data from a survey.D. Doing experiments on screen time.9. How does the author develop the finding of the study in paragraph 3?A. By making a comparison.B. By giving an example.C. By making an argument.D. By introducing a concept.10. What is the purpose of the last paragraph?A. To draw a conclusion from the study.B. To offer some advice to the readers.C. To prove social activities' importance.D. To support the researchers' finding.11. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. Quitting Phones Equals HappinessB. Screen Time Should Be BannedC. Teens' Lives Have Changed SharplyD. Screen-addicted Teens Are UnhappierDWhen you walk on a sandy beach, it takes more energy than striding down a sidewalk — because the weight of your body pushes into the sand. Turns out, the same thing is true for vehicles driving on roads. The weight of the vehicles creates a very shallow indentation (凹陷) in the pavement (路面) — and it makes it such that it’s continuously driving up a very shallow hill.Jeremy Gregory, a sustainability scientist at M.I.T. and histeam modeled how much energy could be saved —and green-house gases avoided — by simply stiffening (硬化) the nation’s roads and highways. And they found that stiffening 10 percent of the nation’s roads every year could prevent 440 megatons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions over the next five decades — enough to offset half a percent of projected transportation sector emissions over that time period. To put those emissions savings into context — that amount is equivalent to how much CO2 you’d spare the planet by keeping a billion barrels of oil in the ground — or by growing seven billion trees — for a decade.The results are in the Transportation Research Record.As for how to stiffen roads? Gregory says you could mix small amounts of synthetic fibers orcarbon nanotubes into paving materials. Or you could pave with cement-based concrete, which is stiffer than asphalt (沥青).This system could also be a way to shave carbon emissions without some of the usual hurdles. Usually, when it comes to reducing emissions in the transportation sector, you’re talking about changing policies related to vehicles and also driver behavior, which involves millions and millions of people — as opposed to changing the way we design and maintain our pavements. That’s just on the order of thousands of people who are working in transportation agencies. And when it comes to retrofitting (翻新) our streets and highways —those agencies are where the rubber meets the road.12. Why does the author mention “walk on a sandy beach” in paragraph 1?A. To present a fact.B. To make a contrast.C. To explain a rule.D. To share an experience.13. What suggestion does the author give to reduce CO2 emissions?A. Hardening the road.B. Keeping oil in the ground.C. Growing trees for decades.D. Improving the transportation.14. What is the advantage of this suggestion?A. Gaining more support.B. Consuming less money.C. Involving more people.D. Facing fewer usual obstacles.15. What does the underlined part mean in the last paragraph?A.Those agencies are likely to make more rules.B. Those agencies will change some related policies.C. Those agenciesmight put more rubber tires on the roads.D. Those agencies will play a key role in making this happen.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

2019年杨浦区二模英语解析English:The 2019 Yangpu District English second mock exam is designed to test students' overall English language proficiency. The exam consists of listening, reading, writing, and translation sections, which evaluate students' listening comprehension, reading comprehension, writing skills, and translation ability. The listening section includes various types of spoken content, such as conversations, interviews, and announcements, to assess students' ability to understand English in a real-life context. The reading section assesses students' ability to comprehend and analyze different types of written text, including articles, news reports, and literary passages. The writing section requires students to write essays, reports, or letters to demonstrate their ability to express opinions and ideas coherently and effectively. Lastly, the translation section tests students' proficiency in translating between English and Chinese, requiring them to accurately convey the meaning and nuances of the original text. Overall, the 2019 Yangpu District English second mock exam aims to comprehensively assess students' English language proficiency across various skills,providing valuable feedback for their language learning and development.中文翻译:2019年杨浦区英语第二次模拟考试旨在测试学生的整体英语语言能力。

2019-2020学年上海市杨浦高级中学高三英语二模试题及答案解析第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AWashingtonDCBusToursDC Highlights TourThis is their base tour. It begins at 10 am daily and lasts for 5 hours. This part-bus, part-walking tour includes guided stops in theUS. All of their tours include a driver as well as a tour guide, and yourtour guide will get off the bus and give you walking tours of each stop, while your bus and driver wait for you. Capitol Building, the White House, Washington Monument as well as the Lincoln and MLK Memorials and the Vietnam War and Korean War Veterans Memorials.$54—Adult I $44—Child (3—12)Discover DC TourIf you want pretty much to explore every famous monument and landmark in DC and take a 1 -hour cruise on thePotomac River, then consider the Discover DC Tour. This 6-hour tour will take you to all locations (景点) listed on their DC Highlights Tour as well as the World WarⅡMemorial, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, and the Thomas Jefferson Memorial.TIP: If you are planning on visiting NYC, you will get 30% off the Discover NYC Tour (normally $100) if you buy it at the same time as your Discover DC Tour.$74—Adult I $54—Child (3—12)VIP ExclusiveWashingtonDCCity TourThis 8-hour tour is actually the Discover DC Tour above with a VIP add-on at the beginning and the end. You * 11 meet your guide early for reserved (预留)tickets to tour inside the US Capitol Building. The 45 -minute tour and film have reserved tickets so you don't have to worry about it being sold out. After your day of sightseeing, you 'll be dropped off at the National Archives, again with reserved time tickets so you don't have to worry about waiting in line.$125 for Adults and ChildrenSkyview Changeable Bus TourOn this changeable mini bus, you get to experience a guided tour with panoramic views (全景)without theglare of a window in the photos! A guided bus tour takes you not only through all locations listed on the DC Highlights Tour, but also Old Town Alexandria andNationalHarbor.$69—Adult I $59—Child (3—12)Time: 9 am—4 pm1. What's special about the DC Highlights Tour?A. It uses mini buses.B. It has the fewest locations.C. It has the most tour guides.D. It provides reserved tickets.2. How much should a man pay if he buys the Discover DC Tour and the Discover NYC Tour at the same time?A. $128.B. $174.C. $104.D. $144.3. Which tour lasts the longest?A. DC Highlights Tour.B. Discover DC Tour.C. VIP ExclusiveWashingtonDCCity Tour.D. Skyview Changeable Bus Tour.BUntil quarantine (隔离期) ends, we are left picturing what sport we might do: working out at the gym, playing on a competitive sports team, swimming, biking, or rock climbing. However, we don’t often think of martial arts as possible activities; instead, we rule it out because we think it’s dangerous, uncommon, and even, impossible. Martial arts aren’t considered a sport, right?Well, here’s some good news: you’re wrong! Martial arts aren’t much more common than people think, and you can start learning at any age. Practicing martial arts is a great way to keep in shape, both physically and mentally. They’re much less boring and much lessarduoussport than they’re usually described as in movies, so do not worry that they need a lot of effort.Martial arts generally require you to focus on the position and movement of every one of your legs and arms, sometimes even your breathing too. Think about it: when you leave the gym, your mental state has improved and you are much calmer. This is because you’ve only paid attention to one activity. It is a great way to clear your head. Andpracticing it can help you learn to stay more focused, which is the greatest advantage of martial arts training.Martial arts also improve your coordination (协调性), and greatly improve your posture (姿势). I have personally seen students go from slouching (没精打采) to walking tall with their shoulders back in just a couple of months.There are many styles and countless kinds of martial arts. Whichever one you like better, know that all of them are good choices.4. What can we know about martial arts from the first two paragraphs?A. They often have people hurt.B. They are difficult to practice.C. People have a wrong view on it.D. People practice them more often.5. What does the underlined word “arduous” in paragraph 2 mean?A. Interesting.B. Difficult.C. Friendly.D. Exciting.6. What is the biggest benefit of practicing martial arts?A. Adjusting the breath.B. Enjoying one’s free time.C. Correcting the movement.D. Keeping one’s attention.7. What does the writer think of martial arts?A. They are notsports.B. They attracted many teenagers.C. They are beneficial and helpful.D. They were invented to protect others.CByteDance（字节跳动）Group’s TikTok, an overseas version of Chinese short video sharing app Douyin, faces an existential crisis in the United States, as murmurs of a “crackdown”（强制取缔）from the White House forced the Chinese company toengage in talks on selling its US business to Microsoft.TikTok is the fastest-growing registered global mobile internet app, with more than 100 million users, and its rapid growth, especially in the US, is seen as a threat to Facebook. The US government has long viewed globally competitive Chinese high-tech companies including Huawei as a threat and done whatever it could to crack down on（打击）them in the name of “national security”.The US government has not introduced any specific policy against TikTok only threatened it through a number of unclear statements.According to the latest media reports, Microsoft is prepared to press ahead withthe negotiations to take over TikTok’s US operations and complete the negotiations by Sept 15, following talks between Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and US President Donald Trump.This means that TikTok will have to hand its fate over to some unpredictable power, and even have to sell its assets without the option of setting a price.The US government has failed to find a reasonable legal excuse to deal with TikTok. All private data of TikTok’s US users are stored in the US and are unlikely to be transferred. Considering the US government is trying to dealwith TikTok in a political way, TikTok should consider incorporating（合并）the dispute into the US legal process to assert（坚持）its legal rights and interests.TiKTok’s core value lies in its unique algorithms,a product of artificial intelligence that represents the expertise of Chinese engineers and programmers with high-value intellectual property.The US government’s move, which has forced ByteDance to sell TikTok to a US company, is similar to a forced technology transfer and an example of the US’ openseizureof Chinese intellectual property.If ByteDance sells TikTok to a US company for “security reasons", that would set a dangerous precedent, motivating other countries where TikTok operates to follow the US administration's example and cause a chain reaction.ByteDance is a young Chinese private company that cannot deal with a political game played by the US. But as a Chinese company that has gone global, ByteDance has reasons to take up legal means to defend its legal rights. The Chinese government can also consider examining whether the technology transfer in the deal violates China’s law and harms the country’s national interests.8. What is the most valuable as for TikTok?A. Its global popularity.B. Its artificial intelligence.C. Its registered global mobile internet app.D. Its private data of TikTok’s worldwide users.9. Why does the American government force the Chinese company to hand over TikTok’s US operations to a US company?A. Out of so-called political reasons.B. Out of so-called debt reasons.C. Out of so-called technical reasons.D. Out of so-called security reasons.10. What does the underlined word “seizure”probably mean in Para. 8?A. An untrue spoken statement about someone.B. The use of legal authority to take sth from sb.C. The crime of stealing sth from a person or place.D. The act of trying to hurt somebody using physical violence.11. What can be the best title for the news report?A. TikTok must defend its rights legallyB. TikTok is seen as a threat to FacebookC. ByteDance has to sell TikTok to a US companyD. ByteDance agrees to transfer technologyDSam, I say to myself as I start across the bridge, you must stop these thoughts and start thinking about what to do now that you have lost your falcon, Frightful.Life, my friend Ban do once said, is meeting problems and solving them whether you are an amoeba or a space traveller. I have a problem. I have to provide my younger sister Alice and myself with meat. Fish, nuts, and vegetables are good and necessary, but they don't provide enough fuel for the hard physical work we do. Although we have venison now, I can't always count on getting it. So far this year, our venison has been only road kill from in front of Mrs Strawberry's farm.I decide to take the longest way home, down the flood plain of the West Branch of Delaware to Spillkill, my own name for a fast stream that cascades down the south face of the mountain range I'm on. I need time to think. Perhaps Alice and I should be like the early Eskimos. We should walk, camp and hunt, and when the seasons change, walk on to new food sources. But I love my tree and my mountaintop.Another solution would be to become farmers, like the people of the Iroquois Confederacy who once lived here. They settled in villages and planted corm and squash, bush beans and berries. We already grow groundnuts in the damp soil and squash in the poor land. But the Iroquois also hunted game. I can't do that anymore.I'm back where I started from.Slowly I climb the Spillkill. As I hop from rock to rock beneath shady basswoods and hemlocks, I hear the cry of the red-tailed hawk who nests on the mountain crest. I am reminded of Frightful and my heart aches. I can almost hear her call my name, Cree, Cree, Cree, Car-ree.Maybe I can get her back if I beg the man who is in charge of the peregrines at the university. “But it's the law,” he would say. I could write to the president of the United States and ask him to make an exception of Alice and me. That won't work. The president swore to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States when he took office.I climb on. I must stop thinking about the impossible and solve the problem of what to do now. I must find a new way to provide for us. Frightful is going to be in good hands at the university, and she will have young.I smile at the thought of little Frightfuls and lift my reluctant feet.When I am far above the river, I take off my clothes and moccasins and bathe in a deep, clear pool until I am refreshed and thinking more clearly. Climbing up the bank, I dress and sit down. I breathe deeply of the mountainair and try to solve my problem more realistically.12. What does this excerpt main describe?A. Delicate mental activities.B. Unique story environment.C. Everchanging story events.D. Complicated character relationship.13. What is Sam's first worry?A. How to get back quicklyB. How to get enough venison.C. How to ensure the safety of Frightful.D. How to provide meat for Alice and himself.14. What do we know about Frightful?A. He left Sam and Alice due to lack of food.B. He helped Sam hunt before being taken away.C. He is living with the red-tailed hawk happily.D. He has given birth to babies in the university.15. Which of the following can best describe Sam?A. Humorous.B. Aggressive.C. Responsible.D. Unrealistic.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

杨浦区2018学年第二学期期中髙三英语学科教学质量监控试卷(时间120分钟，分值140分）2019.4.9 考生注意：1. 考试时间120分钟，试卷满分140分。

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第1卷（共100分）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. At the department store. B. At the airport.C. At the hospital.D. At the hotel.2. A. Tourist guide and traveler. B. Insurance agent and applicant.C. Electrician and customer.D. Receptionist and guest.3. A. It should be re-ordered in some parts.B. It ought to include more information.C. It needs a content page to make it complete.D. It should add some notes to introduce the background.4. A. Computer modeling. B. Business management.C. Statistics.D. Board design.5. A. £24$. B. £490C. £735.D. £9806. A. The way to buy a sweater out of stock.B. The delayed delivery of a parcel.C. The refund policy of the store.D. The proper size of a sweater.7. A. The man doesn't know why the woman likes tofu so much.B. The man's eating habit is quite different from the woman's.C. The woman has decided not to be a vegetarian.D. The woman usually avoids any kind of animal meat.8. A. It's more convenient to pay in the supermarkets.B. Convenience stores do not bring convenience at all.C. Many goods are not available in the convenience stores.D. Customers pay more for the same goods in convenience stores.9. A. The man is looking for a needle in his uniform.B. The woman thinks it difficult to find the uniforms.C. The woman doesn't know the location of the school.D. The man implies his uniforms are hidden in a haystack(干草垛).10. A. They used to be buried underground.B. They can't represent the look of the area.C. They are hidden danger in the neighborhood.D. They have historical values and should be protected.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 passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. To raise money for a local charity.B. To kill time when waiting for the train.C. To record the details of theD. To prove her knitting skills and efficiency.12. A. A less than five minutes' delay,B. A delay of five to thirty minutes.C. A delay for more than thirty minutes.D. Two delays to and from work.13. A. The Germany Woman was too unlucky and deserved Sympathy.B. A hand-made scarf could be sold at such a high price on eBay.C. Its owner donated so much money to help the homeless people.D. It was a creative idea and represented many people's frustration.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. A funny engineer.B. A skillful cook.C. A popular comedian.D. A talented clown.15. A. It takes about 225 days to reach the destination.B. Astronauts feel stressed and worried in a small space.C. Astronauts have to pull each other to keep their balance.D. Mechanical problems are more likely to occur in a spacecraft.16. A. What explorers eat on their journey is of crucial importance.B. An amateur can play a more important role than a professional.C. Humorous people can keep the group together in difficult situations.D. A mission to Mars is more difficult than a journey to the South Pole.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following Conversation.17. A. Cooking involves too much work.B. Cooking a small amount costs more.C. Eating leftovers is unhealthy.D. She doesn't like wasting food.18. A. Leave extra food in the fridge. B. Share foodC. Order a small amount of meal.D. Control her appetite.19. A. Wash dishes. B. Answer e-mails.C. Chat with friends.D. Buy the groceries.20. A. He enjoys the precious time of eating meals together at home.B. He considers eating delicious leftovers in the office as a luxury.C. He doesn't like washing dishes and leaves it to the last minute.D. He never goes to the restaurant as he's very good at cooking.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.My head was so full of digital noise (21) _______ it felt like my brain was about to explode. I had no greater power of concentration than a goldfish and the lifeless stare of a goldfish as well. As a writer, I was ashamed to admit that my love of books had been weakened by a brain that simply could not sit still.So, at the start of this year I committed to restoring books to the place that they held in my life before the Internet broke my brain.My goal was 52 books: It seemed like an impossible task. A 400-page book will take the average person around eight hours to read. Finding the time to read was a challenge but here’s how I did it. Firstly, I decided to treat my mind like a child (22) _______ (behave) badly and lay down some ground rules. Then I decided that I (23) _______ (read) for an hour or two at a time (24) _______ distraction each day. It was something I h adn’t done in years and it was scary (25) _______ difficult it was.In his book, The Distracted Mind, Larry Rosen says that the more we practice spending time away from our electronic devices, the(26) _______ (calm) and more focused we become. And this is what I found. Again and again, I would gently bring myself back to the page, resisting the urge(27) _______ (reach ) for that screen. I took inspiration from Nikki Gemmell, who describes in On Quiet, how investing in a safe to lock away her family’s de vices for long periods had opened up a space for deep reflection.For me, finding that quiet time meant finding time in my day just to read. It was a date between me and my book. And it meant actively choosing to read at times (28) _______ I ordinarily would reach for my phone.I read on the tram, at the park, in red at night and on lunch breaks.(29) _______ (renew) my love affair with books, I created a sacred space where I pressed pause and found inspiration, knowledge and reflection. In our modern world, reading for the sake of reading is not selfish. It is a powerful and beneficial way to slow down and be(30) _______.Section BIII. Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. intentionsB. featureC. invitingD. conservationE. entertainingF. matchedG. confusedH. fascinationI. survive J. defining K. evaluateThe odds are high that you’ve seen a beauty pageant（选美比赛）or two in your life. They are among the most attended and viewed events in the world. Despite numerous different opinions, beauty pageants continue to not only 31 but also become more popular.Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth are known as the Big Four beauty pageants, and all of them continue to this day. These competitions 32 young women on their physical attractiveness, of course, but they also are judged on their personality, intelligence, talent, and responses to interview-based questions. The eventual winners receive prizes including cash, scholarships, clothes, beauty queen crowns, and of course, the title of the event for one year.All these awards do not come cheap for the young ladies. They have duties to fulfill while holdingtheir titles. Beauty queens often appear at functions to raise social awareness about environmental and social issues such as nature 33 , racial or gender discrimination, and disease prevention. By projecting the image of a well-educated, respectable character 34 with a successful personality, every beauty pageant winner is seen as a role model, and not just for young girls alone.Some beauty contests 35 men rather than women. Similar to their feminine counterparts, men enter Mister Global, Mister International, and Mister World for their looks, style, and talent. These contests should not be 36 with the Mister Universe contest, which is an annual bodybuilding competition.There are other strange and 37 pageants all over the world that celebrate everything from being old to being pregnant.Beauty contests, whether organized with noble 38 or just for fun, have attracted criticism since they were first held. Some critics object to the focus on physical beauty, especially emphasis on a certain stature and body shape. Further, they point out that some participants will actually have themselves through dieting or plastic surgery to achieve the perfect appearance. Despite these complaints, beauty may be only skin deep, but 39 it and competing for the glory of being the fairest of them all holds a timeless and universal 40____.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.China and India Dominate the Greening of EarthOver the last two decades, the Earth has seen an increase in foliage（植物）around the planet, measured in average leaf area per year on plants and trees. Data from NASA satellites shows that China and India –two ___41___ economies with the world’s biggest populations – are ___42___ the increase in greening on land. The effect comes mostly from ___43___ tree-planting programs in China and intensive agriculture in both countries.Researchers from Boston University found that global green leaf area has increased by five percent since the early 2000s, an area ___44___ to the entire Amazon rainforest. The study was also published in the journal Nature Sustainability on February 11. It revealed that at least 25 percent of the global foliage ___45___ this century came in China.“China and India ___46___ one-third o f the greening, but contain only nice percent of the planet’s land area covered in vegetation,” said lead author Chi Chen of Boston University. “That is a surprising finding, considering the general idea of land degradation（退化）in populous countries from ___47____.”China’s ____48____ contribution to the global greening trend came in large part from programs to conserve and expand forest, accounting for about 42 percent of the greening contribution. These programs were developed in an effort to ____49____ the effects of air pollution, soil erosion and climate change.Another 32 percent of the greening change in China, and 82 percent in India, resulted from intensive ___50___ of food crops. The land area used to grow crops in China and India has not changed much since the early 2000s. Yet both countries have greatly increased annual total green leaf area and food production in order to ___51___ large populations.Rama Nemani, a research scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center, saw a(n) ___52___ mess age in the new findings. “ One people realize there is a problem, they tend to fix it,” he said.” In the 1970s and 80s in India and China, the situation around vegetation loss was not good. In the 1990s, people realized it, and today things have improved. Humans are ___53___ resilient（复原快的，适应力强的）. That’s what we see in the satellite data.”___54___, the researchers rang bells as well. They pointed out that the gain in global greenness did not___55___ make up for the loss of natural vegetation in tropical regions like Brazil and Indonesia.41. A. emerging B. declining C. stimulating D. intruding42. A. imposing B. contributing C. leading D. creating43. A. fertile B. extreme C. harmonious D. ambitious44. A. distant B. equivalent C. relevant D. resistant45. A. expansion B. substitution C. innovation D. correction46. A. account for B. take in C. stand for D. consist of47. A. over-reaction B. over-exploitationC. over- generationD. over-explanation48. A.considerate B. tremendous C. magnificent D.irregular49. A. forbid B. investigate C. boost D. reduce50. A. cultivation B. demand C. destruction D. supply51. A. cut B. employ C. feed D. treat52. A. secret B. brief C. urgent D. positive53. A. continuously B. incredibly C. initially D. obviously54. A. Moreover B. Meanwhile C. However D. Therefore55. A. necessarily B. generally C. fortunately D. thoroughlySection 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)The Life-changing Antique Navajo BlanketA California man and his family went from rags to riches after discovering that the blanket given to him by his grandmother was worth a small fortune. Loren Krylzer was living in a small hut and barely getting by on his disability payments. One day, he happened to be watching Antiques Roadshow on TV when he learned that the forgotten old blanket in his closet might be valuable. The Krytzer family heirloom（传家宝）turned out to be an antique（古老的）Novajo weaving from the 19th century that fetched US $1.5 million at auction（拍卖会）。

杨浦区2018学年度第二学期高三模拟质量调研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. M: Please put your bags on the scale. OK…here is your boarding pass and baggage tag.W: Thank you. The boarding time is 9:30, isn't it?Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place? (B)2. W: Good morning. Altogether four items were damaged during the shipping from overseasback here to Australia. First of all my TV. It’s a large one … very expensive.M: Sorry, our insurance doesn’t cover electrical problems.Q: What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers? (B)3. W: Professor, would you please give some feedback on our group’s proposal?M: Yes, I’ve made a few notes on the proposal about things which could have been better sequenced.Q: What does the professor think of the proposal? (A)4. W: The computer course is too difficult for me to manage. I think I’m coping well withstatistics, and I’m never bored by it.M: I found computer modeling fascinating. I have no problem following what’s being taught.Q: What’s the woman’s strength? (C)5. W: Sir, I’m quite interested in the Sunshade Apartments, which are on a mountainside andprovide barbecue facilities. It’s £490 with two sharing. Does it mean £245 each?M: I’m afraid not! Each person has to pay that amount and there must be at least two in an apartment.Q: How much should be paid if the woman and her husband stay there for one night? (D) 6. M: Excuse me, do you have this red sweater in medium?W: Sorry, but our Smith Street store has one. Would you like me to have it sent here? It would take three days to get here.Q: What are the two speakers talking about? (A)7. M: I'm tired of tofu. I don't know why I decided to live with a vegetarian.W: Don't call me a vegetarian. I don't avoid all meat. I eat fish and chicken sometimes!Q: What can we learn from the conversation? (B)8. M: This is a great convenience store. You can buy so many things here!W: But you pay for the convenience. Things are expensive here. Supermarkets are cheaper.Q: What does the woman mean? (D)9. M: Mum, do you know where my primary school uniforms are?W: They are around here, but finding them will be like looking for a needle in a haystack.Q: What can we learn from the conversation? (B)10. W: The overhead power lines are a great concern of this neighborhood. They are very old anda lot of people we spoke to asked if something could be done about them.M: Well, I’m happy to tell you that the power company has agreed to move the power lines underground. I think that will really improve the look of the area, as well as being safe.Q: Why are people worried about the overhead power lines? (C)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 passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.A scarf knitted by a German woman to document her frustrations with frequent train delays has sold for 7,550 euros on eBay.The "rail delay scarf" drew widespread attention when Sara Weber, a journalist, posted a photo of it on Twitter earlier this month. Her mother, who took a train ride to work every day in Munich area was frustrated at the company's persistent delays and decided to start detailing her daily travel troubles by translating the delays into a wool scarf. Each evening in 2018, she would knit two new lines to represent how long she was delayed. The scarf is color-coded: gray meant her delay was less than five minutes, pink signified delays of between five and thirty minutes, while red meant she was delayed for more than thirty minutes or was delayed both directions.The scarf was about 1.5 meters long and represented many Germans’ frustrations with train delays, despite their country's reputation for efficiency and punctuality.After it became a hit, Weber and her mother decided to auction the scarf off to raise money for a charity that provides assistance for the homeless.Questions:11. Why did Sara’s mother knit the scarf? (C)12. What do every two pink lines on the scarf mean? (B)13. Why did the scarf draw widespread attention in Germany? (D)Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.NASA has a new job listing, and it's no joke. The US space agency is looking for a "joker" to join their planned mission to Mars.A mission to Mars is no laughing matter. On average, Mars is 225 million kilometers away from Earth. A trip there would take around eight months in a small spacecraft. "When you're living with others in a closed space for a long period of time, such as on a mission to Mars, problems are likely to occur," Jeffrey Johnson, a scientist at the University of Florida, told the Guardian.This is probably why NASA wants an astronaut with a sense of humor. "These are people that have the ability to pull everyone together," Johnson said.In stressful situations, perhaps humor is a way to know we aren't alone. By laughing together, we share our stress. Then we can focus on our jobs instead of just worrying.There are other examples of team "clowns". One example is the journey to the South Pole led by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen in 1911. It was a difficult journey, full of danger. Adolf Lindstrom, a cook at Amundsen's team, was a "clown". He made people laugh through the whole journey. Amundsen later wrote that Lindstrom was the most valuable member of the team.But if you're hoping that your favorite TV comedian will fly to Mars, that probably won't happen."Being funny won't be enough to land somebody the job," Johnson said. "They also need to be an excellent scientist and engineer." Besides, they must be in top physical condition. Questions:14. What is NASA's new job listing? (A)15. What can we learn about the journey to Mars? (B)16. What can be concluded from the case of Lindstrom? (C)Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.W: Hey, David! Do you want to come to lunch with me? I want pizza.M: Thanks, Sandy, but I'll pass. I brought my lunch from home.W: Really? I guess home-cooked meals can be healthier and more economical. But cooking just for myself is more work and more expensive.M: You can cook extra and bring the leftovers for lunch.W: I'm not really a fan of leftovers.M: They still taste pretty good the next day -- sometimes even better! Whatever I cook never goes to waste.W: I hate wasting food. That’s why I always eat out and only order an amount I can finish at one sitting.M: You must be kidding. Controlling the portion size of your meal is almost impossible at a restaurant. They often give you huge amounts!W: Not where I eat. I can eat everything on my plate. And I save time and money.M: Eating out isn't cheaper than buying your own groceries. And you spend a lot of time waiting while someone prepares your meal.W: That's fine with me. I can use that waiting time to read or answer emails, so I save time. AndI don't have to do any preparation or cleanup.M: Dirty dishes are my least favorite part of cooking. So my wife and kids do the dishes.W: As a single person, I don't have that luxury. Also, it's no fun to eat at home by myself.M: Then make dinner and invite friends over. In my house, eating meals together is precious family time. We talk about our day.W: Sounds like an excellent way to spend quality time with others. That's why I like to make plans to eat out with friends.M: On occasion I enjoy going to a restaurant with my friends. I get to order something that I can't make at home. It's a nice treat.W: Well, let's have lunch another day.M: OK, and I'll invite you to eat with my family someday soon.W: Thanks, I'd love to!Questions:17. Which of the following is not the reason for the woman’s always eating out? (C)18. How does the woman avoid wasting food? (C)19. What does the woman usually do when the food is being prepared? (B)20. What can we learn about the man? (A)21. that 22. behaving 23. would read 24. without 25. how 26. calmer27. to reach 28. when 29. 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2019-2020学年上海市杨浦高级中学高三英语第二次联考试题及答案第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项ALocated besideLake Geneva, the Olympic Museum houses more than 10,000 artificial objects and hours of interactive contents highlighting some of the best moments during the Olympics. Here are some of the museum’s most moving moments.The Olympic ParkThe journey through the Olympic Museum begins in the Olympic Park, an 8,000-square-meter outdoor area in front of the museum overlooking Lake Geneva and theAlps. The park contains artwork and sculptures that show respect to the world of sport.The first Olympic SymbolThe “Olympic Rings” flag was designed by Coubertin in 1913. The rings represent the five continents that participate in the Olympics: Africa, Asia,America,AustraliaandEurope. The six color1 s include at least one color1 that is represented on the flag of every country.The StadiumsThe stadiums that host the Olympic Games are as much of a celebration of design as the games are a celebration of sportsmanship. Guests can explore plans and models of Olympic stadiums’ past and present, including one of the games’ most attractive stadiums, the Bird’s Nest from Beijing 2008 Olympics.The Olympic MedalsHave you ever wondered what an Olympic medal looks like? The Olympic Museum has a room that houses every bronze, silver, and gold medal from every Olympic Games dating back to the first modern Olympics of 1896. Each medal design is a unique representation of the year and location in which the games were held.1.Which moment do you see first when exploring the Olympic Museum?A.The Olympic Park.B.The first Olympic Symbol.C.The Stadiums.D.The Olympic Medals.2.What can you do in the section of The Stadiums?A.Celebrate the glory of a sportsman.B.Meet the designers of the stadiums.C.Explore the future stadiums.D.Enjoy the model of the Bird’s Nest.3.In which column of a newspaper may this text appear?A.Entertainment.B.Science.C.Travel.D.Business.BWhy do you check social media? Is it to keep up with everything that your friends and family are doing? Is it to find new trendy spots to eat?Regardless of the reason, you may find yourself with different degrees of envy or discomfort after a quick look at your phone. Then you might be suffering from a phenomenon known as “Fear of Missing Out (FOMO). ”While the phenomenon of FOMO can be traced back for centuries, it had never been the issue as it is today, causing widespread discussion and research. This rise in checking social media is naturally connected to the increasing leading position that social media holds over our lives. Every time someone opens their WeChat Moments, Facebook, Twitter... etc. , they are bombarded with the highlight reels of other peoples' lives. A sunny beach, delicious-looking food, a super cute kitten-they are all uplifting photos, yet they're very likely to bring about more unhappiness than joy. You see, the first thought to come out of your mind may be “Wow, that's so cool/delicious/cute”, but then it takes a hard U-turn. You're thinking: “I wish I were there” or “my life is so boring compared to his/hers.” The more you see, the more likely you are to have these negative feelings.What's worse is the habit many people have of turning to social media in search of happiness when they are feeling down, not realizing that they are just going to end up in a negative cycle of endless disappointment. Montesquieu once said: “If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.”FOMO will go hand in hand with dissatisfaction and envy. Appreciate what you already have, because someone else out there in the world would gladly give everything to be you.4. What is the purpose of the questions in paragraph 1?A. To introduce the topic of the passage.B. To explain the function of FOMO.C. To describe the features of FOMO.D. To give the reasons for checking social media.5. How might people feel seeing other's perfect life through social media?A. Joyful.B. Admiring.C. Comfortable.D. Envious.6. What can we conclude from Montesquieu's words in paragraph 3?A. We could turn to social media for happiness.B. We couldn't realise our dream without hard work.C. We couldn't harvest happiness through comparison.D. We could live better than others by showing ourselves online.7. What is the author's attitude towards FOMO?A. Indifferent.B. Objective.C. Doubtful.D. Hopeful.CSelf-esteem is an abstract concept, which refers to people’s beliefs about their own worth and value. American psychologist Abraham Maslow thought self-esteem was a basic human need and included self-esteem in his hierarchy of human needs. He described two different forms of “esteem”: the need for respect from others in the form of recognition, success, and admiration, and the need for self-respect in the form of self-love, self-confidence, and skill. Respect from others was believed to be more fragile and easily lost than inner self-esteem. According to Maslow, without the fulfillment of the self-esteem need, individuals will be driven to seek it and unable to grow and obtain self-realization.Basically, high self-esteem is achieved through a series of real accomplishments, which is good for people. However, the excessive high self-esteem, based more on a sense of entitlement than on any accomplishment, is considered to be less psychologically healthy. And just as self-esteem can be too high, it can also be “under-inflated”. Those having poor self-esteem do have a basis for feeling good about themselves but they may not recognize their accomplishments and actions as meaningful.To appreciate what it would be like to have high self-esteem, one can consider how they may feel about things in their lives that they value. For instance, some people really like cars. They take good care of their cars. They may even decorate the car and then show it off to other people with pride. Similarly, people with high self-esteem love, care for and feel proud of themselves. Take children for example. When they have high self-esteem, they believe they are valuable and important. They enjoy different activities and can handle criticism easily without taking it personally.People need to develop positive self-esteem. This can convince them they deserve happiness. Besides, the development of positive self-esteem increases the capacity to treat other people with respect, thus favoring a variety of interpersonal relationships and avoiding destructive ones.8. What can we infer from Abraham Maslow’s theory about self-esteem?A. Self-esteem ensures us a successful life.B. Self-esteem is essential to self-realization.C. Self-esteem means little to psychological health.D. Others’ respect is more important than self-respect.9. What does the underlined word “under-inflated” in paragraph 2 mean?A. Adequate.B. Insufficient.C. Moderate.D. Lifelong.10. How does the author explain the feelings of having high self-esteem?A. By giving examples.B. By analyzing causes.C. By providing figures.D. By making contrasts.11. Which of the following does the author support?A. Self-esteem ultimately leads to happiness.B. Self-esteem earns you respect from others.C. Positive self-esteem benefits people’s social lives.D. Positive self-esteem helps people out of difficulties.DImprovements to energy efficiency, such as LED lights, are seen by many authorities as a top priority for cutting carbon emissions. Yet a growing body of research suggests that arebound effect could wipe out more than half of the savings from energy efficiency improvements, making the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change even harder to hit.A team led by Paul Brockway at the University of Leeds, UK, looked at the existing 33 studies on the impact of the rebound effect. First comes the direct rebound: for instance,when someone buys a more efficient car, they may take advantage of that by driving it further. Then comes the indirect rebound: fuel savings leave the owner with more money to spend elsewhere in the economy, consuming energy.Although the 33 studies used different methods to model the rebound effect, they produced very consistent estimates of its impact, leading the team to conclude that the effect wipes out, on average, 63 percent of the anticipated energy savings.“We're not saying energy efficiency doesn't work. What we're saying is rebound needs to be taken more seriously,” says Brockway.The idea that increased efficiency may not deliver the hoped­for savingsdates back to the Jevons paradox(悖论), named after the economist William Stanley Jevons, who, in 1865,observed that more efficient coal use led to more demand for coal.If the rebound effect does prove to be as big as suggested, it means future global energy demand will be higher than expected and the world will need far more wind and solar power and carbon­capture technology thanis currently being planned for.But that doesn't mean nothing can be done to limit the rebound effect. One answer is to double down on energy efficiency and do twice as much to achieve the same effect.12. Which of the following is a rebound effect?A. A man uses LED lights to cut carbon emissions.B. A company uses coal more efficiently to reduce waste.C. A family saves money by using energy­saving devices.D. A lady spends savings from her fuel efficient car on more clothes.13. How did Paul Brockway's team carry out their research?A. By interviewing economists.B. By analyzing former studies.C. By modeling the rebound effect.D. By debating about the Jevons paradox.14. What would Paul Brockway probably agree with?A. Authorities should dismiss energy efficiency.B. Worldwide efforts to preserve energy are in vain.C. The rebound effect helps protect the environment.D. More attention should be paid to the rebound effect.15. What's the author's attitude towards limiting the rebound effect?A. Positive.B. Pessimistic.C. Doubtful.D. Disapproving.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

2019-2020学年上海市杨浦实验学校高三英语二模试题及参考答案第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AExperts say that if food were a country, it would rank second behind theUSas one of the biggest greenhouse gas polluters. The reason is the rising demand for meat. Animal farming is responsible for 14.5 percent of global methane emissions. While cowsare the worst contributors, pigs, sheep, donkeys and other animals play a part as well.Animal agriculture also causes land to become damaged, water to be polluted and forests to get destroyed. With the world population forecast to rise to 9.8 billion by 2050, things are only looking worse for our already decreasing natural resources. While going vegetarian would help, meat consumption is too deep-rooted in most Western diets to allow for such a sharp, permanent change. That is why experts are advocating substituting some of the beef, chicken, or pork with ordinary insects!Insects, which grow into adults within a matter of months, if not weeks, are ready for consumption much faster than domestic animals. They also require much less room, use less water and food, and produce far less greenhouse gas than animals.Of the 1.1 million insect species worldwide, scientists have identified 1,700 as eatable. Among them are ants, grasshoppers, grubs, and earthworms. Just like animals, each insect has a different taste. Tree worms taste just like pork, and grubs are similar to smoked meat.While eating insects might be a new concept for Western people, over 2 billion people worldwide consume insects as a regular part of their diet. Besides being delicious, insects are high in protein, have very few calories, and are free of the saturated fat found in animal meat. Insects can be prepared in many ways. Creative cooks can use them to cook protein-rich soup, make baked treats, and even fry a few with vegetables. So eat insects--- both your body and Mother Earth will thank you for it!1. Which of the following animals contribute the most to global methane emissions?A. Sheep.B. Donkeys.C. Cows.D. Pigs.2. How is the third paragraph developed?A. By making comparisons.B. By providing examples.C. By listing data.D. By asking questions.3. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A.Few people eat insects regularly.B. Ordinary insects are high in fat.C. Insects contain various vitamins.D. Saturated fat is harmful to health.BI had very good parents. My mother came toAmericafromScotlandby herself when she was 11, and she didn’t have much education. My dad was kind of a street kid, and he eventually went into the insurance business, selling nickel policies door to door.One day, my dad asked his boss, “What's the toughest market to sell?” and the insurance guy replied “Well, black people. They don’t buy insurance.” My dad thought, but they have kids; they have families. Why wouldn’t they buy insurance? So he said, “Give meHarlem.”When my dad died in 1994, I talked about him onThe Tonight Show. I told the story of how he worked in Harlem and how he always taught us to be open-minded and not to say or think things of racism (种族主义). Then one day, I got a letter from a woman who was about 75 years old.She wrote that when she was a little girl, a man used to come to her house to collect policies. She said this man was the only white person who had ever come to dinner at their house. The man was very kind to her, she said, and his name was Angelo—was this my father?The letter made me cry. I called her up and said yes, that was in fact my dad, and she told me how kind he had been to her family. Her whole attitude toward white people was based on that one nice man she met in her childhood, who always treated her with kindness and respect and always gave her a piece of candy. From this experience, I learned a valuable life lesson: never judge people and be open-minded and kind to others.4. What did my father do after knowing what was the toughest market to sell?A. He asked his boss to give him some insurance.B. He went toScotlandto improve his education.C. He specially went to white families with kids.D. He choseHarlemto face the toughest challenge.5. What can we learn from the third paragraph?A. It was rare that a businessman had dinner in his customer's house.B. Angelo was the only white person to sell insurance inHarlem.C. The little girl admired Angelo very much.D. Racism was a serious problem inAmericaat that time.6. Which of the following can best describe the author’s father?A. Stubborn and generous.B. Patient and intelligent.C. Determined and open-minded.D. Confident and romantic.7. What can be the best title of the passage?A. Memories from a TV Show.B. A Letter from an Old Lady.C. Life Lessons from My Father.D. My Father's Experience inHarlem.CDolores Huerta has worked hard most of her life to help other people. She has helped change things so that others can have a better life.Dolores grew up in California. She was a good student and liked school. After she finished high school, she went to college and studied to be a teacher. After college, she became a teacher. Dolores noticed that many of her students were not getting enough food to eat. Some of them wore very old clothes. Dolores wondered how she could help them.Dolores liked teaching but she decided to quit her job so that she could spend more time helping her students and their families. One thing she wanted to do was to get more pay for their parents, farm workers. Thus they could buy their children what they needed.Dolores knew that many farm workers moved often from one place to another to help pick different kinds of fruits and vegetables, like grapes and tomatoes. She began talking and writing about these workers. Even people who lived far from California read what Dolores wrote. Getting higher pay for the farm workers was not easy. Dolores worked hard to make sure that farm workers got fair pay for their work. She knew that nothing would change unless new laws were made to help the workers. Through all her hard work, new laws were passed that gave farm workers fair pay.Dolores Huerta has worked for more than 30 years in many different ways to make life better for working people. She has shown how much one person can change things.8. What did Dolores find about her students?A. They worked hard to make a living.B. They lived far away from schools.C. They had little time to play.D. They were hungry sometimes.9. Why did Dolores stop teaching?A. She wished to be a lawyer.B. She moved to another place.C. She wanted to help her students more.D. She got little money by teaching.10. Thanks to Dolores’ great effort, the farm workers ________.A. got better jobsB. got fair payC. had more time offD. had a settled way of life11. What is the main idea of the passage?A. One person can make big changes.B. One can change their jobs often.C. One person can work hard for others.D. One can make life better by themselves.DGray wolves have lived inNorth Americafor at least half a million years. Their living areas once included most of the continentalUnited States. But during the 1800s and early 1900s, wolves were hunted to near extinction(灭绝).By the 1960s, theU. S.wolf population was limited to a handful of creatures in small comers of the northernMidwest.Then, in 1973, a law, the ESA, was passed to protect animals from becoming extinct. Gray wolves were one of the first animals placed on the endangered-species(濒危物种)list. Killing them wasillicit. And theU. ernment worked to promote their protection. In a famous example of this effort, starting in 1995, 31 wolves were moved fromCanadatoYellowstoneNational Park. By 2015, more than 500 gray wolves were living in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem(生态系统).Today, the continentalU. S.is home to more than 6,000 gray wolves. On January 4, 2021, theU. ernment removed gray wolves from the endangered-species list.Usually, an animal's removal would be cause for celebration. But some environmental protectors say the wolves still need protection. In some parts of the country, wolves are increasing in numbers. More than a thousand of them can be found just inMichiganandWisconsin. But overall, their range is still a small part of what it was. Wolves used to live across most of the U. S. Now they , are found in fewer than a dozen states. Others argue that as long as a species is not in danger of extinction, it doesn't belong on the endangered-species list. And farmers with land near wolf living areas say that if the wolf's population continues to grow, more of their farm animals will be killed by wolves.But some protection groups worry that without protection, the wolf population will crash again. They hope that no matter what, people and wolves can get along peacefully with each other. They are promoting ways to make that happen.12. What caused gray wolves to be almost extinct?A. Losing their living areas.B. Too many natural enemies.C. The extreme climate changes.D. Being hunted in great numbers.13. What does the underlined word "illicit" in paragraph 2 mean?A. Rather difficult.B. Against the law.C. Totally normal.D. Conditionally allowable.14. Why was the gray wolf removed from the endangered-species list?A. They have a much larger population already.B. They have all been put into the safe natural parks.C. They have been feeding on farmers, farm animals.D. They have grown too strong to be protected by humans.15. What do farmers living near gray wolves' living areas think of the animals?A. The wolves are trouble for them.B. The wolves must be better protected.C. The wolves get along peacefully with them.D. The wolves should live where they belong.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

2019 届杨浦区高考英语二模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 thegiven word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.My head was so full of digital noise (21) _______ it felt like my brain was about to explode. I hadno greater power of concentration than a goldfish and the lifeless stare of a goldfish as well. As a writer, Iwas ashamed to admit that my love of books had been weakened by a brain that simply could not sit still.So, at the start of this year I committed to restoring books to the place that they held in my life beforethe Internet broke my brain.My goal was 52 books: It seemed like an impossible task. A 400-page book will take the averageperson around eight hours to read. Finding the time to read was a challenge but here ’s howI decided to treat my mind like a child (22) _______ (behave) badly and lay down some ground rules.Then I decided that I (23) _______ (read) for an hour or two at a time (24) _______ distraction each day.It was something I hadn ’t done in years and it was scary (25) _______lt d i t i f w f i c a u s.In his book, The Distracted Mind, Larry Rosen says that the more we practice spending time awayfrom our electronic devices, the(26) _______ (calm) and more focused we become. And this is what Ifound. Again and again, I would gently bring myself back to the page, resisting the urge(27) _______(reach ) for that screen. I took inspiration from Nikki Gemmell, who describes in On Quiet, how investingin a safe to lock away her family ’s devices for long periods had opened up a s p a c l e e c f o t i r o d n e.ep ref For me, finding that quiet time meant finding time in my day just to read. It was a date between meand my book. And it meant actively choosing to read at times (28) _______ I ordinarily would reach formy phone.I read on the tram, at the park, in red at night and on lunch breaks.(29) _______ (renew) my love affair with books, I created a sacred space where I pressed pause andfound inspiration, knowledge and reflection. In our modern world, reading for the sake of reading is notselfish. It is a powerful and beneficial way to slow down and be(30) _______.III. Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used onlyonce. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. intentionsB. featureC. invitingD. conservationE. entertainingF. matchedG.confusedH. fascinationI. survive J. defining K. evaluateThe odds are high that you ’ve seen a bea（u ty选p美a g比ea赛n t）or two in your life. They are amongthe most attended and viewed events in the world. Despite numerous different opinions, beauty pageantscontinue to not only 31 but also become more popular.Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth are known as the Big Four beauty pageants, and all of them continue to this day. These competitions 32 young women on theirphysical attractiveness, of course, but they also are judged on their personality, intelligence, talent, andresponses to interview-based questions. The eventual winners receive prizes including cash, scholarships,clothes, beauty queen crowns, and of course, the title of the event for one year.All these awards do not come cheap for the young ladies. They have duties to fulfill while holdingtheir titles. Beauty queens often appear at functions to raise social awareness about environmental andsocial issues such as nature 33 , racial or gender discrimination, and disease prevention. By projecting the image of a well-educated, respectable character 34 with a successful personality,every beauty pageant winner is seen as a role model, and not just for young girls alone.Some beauty contests 35 men rather than women. Similar to their feminine counterparts, menenter Mister Global, Mister International, and Mister World for their looks, style, and talent. Thesecontests should not be 36 with the Mister Universe contest, which is an annual bodybuilding competition.There are other strange and 37 pageants all over the world that celebrate everything from beingold to being pregnant.Beauty contests, whether organized with noble 38 or just for fun, have attracted criticism sincethey were first held. Some critics object to the focus on physical beauty, especially emphasis on a certainstature and body shape. Further, they point out that some participants will actually have themselvesthrough dieting or plastic surgery to achieve the perfect appearance. Despite these complaints, beauty maybe only skin deep, but 39 it and competing for the glory of being the fairest of them all holds atimeless and universal 40____.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.China and India Dominate the Greening of EarthOver the last two decades, the Earth has seen an increase in foliage （植物）around the planet,measured in average leaf area per year on plants and trees. Data from NASA satellites shows that Chinaand India –two ___41___ economies with the world ’s biggest p o p u a l r a e t i_o_n_s42___the–increase ingreening on land. The effect comes mostly from ___43___ tree-planting programs in China and intensiveagriculture in both countries.Researchers from Boston University found that global green leaf area has increased by five percentsince the early 2000s, an area ___44___ to the entire Amazon rainforest. The study was also published inthe journal Nature Sustainability on February 11. It revealed that at least 25 percent of the global foliage___45___ this century came in China.“China and India ___46___ one-third of the greening, but contain only nice percent of the planetland area covered in vegetatio n, ”said lead author Chi Chen of Boston University. “That is a surprisfinding, considering the general idea of land degradation （退化）in populous countries from ___47____. ”China ’s ____48____ contribution to the global greening trend came in large par t from programs toconserve and expand forest, accounting for about 42 percent of the greening contribution. These programswere developed in an effort to ____49____ the effects of air pollution, soil erosion and climate change.Another 32 percent of the greening change in China, and 82 percent in India, resulted from intensive___50___ of food crops. The land area used to grow crops in China and India has not changed much sincethe early 2000s. Yet both countries have greatly increased annual total green leaf area and food productionin order to ___51___ large populations.Rama Nemani, a research scientist at NASA ’s Ames Research Center, saw a(n) ___52___ message in the new findings. “One people realize there is a problem, they tend to fix it, ”he said. 80s in India and China, the situation around vegetation loss was not good. In the 1990s, people realized it,and today things have improved. Humans are ___53___ resilient （复原快的，适应力强的）. That ’s whatwe see in the satellite data. ”___54___, the researchers rang bells as well. They pointed out that the gain in global greenness did not___55___ make up for the loss of natural vegetation in tropical regions like Brazil and Indonesia.41. A. emerging B. declining C. stimulating D. intruding42. A. imposing B. contributing C. leading D. creating43. A. fertile B. extreme C. harmonious D. ambitious44. A. distant B. equivalent C. relevant D. resistant45. A. expansion B. substitution C. innovation D. correction46. A. account for B. take in C. stand for D. consist of47. A. over-reaction B. over-exploitationC. over- generationD. over-explanation48. A.considerate B. tremendous C. magnificent D.irregular49. A. forbid B. investigate C. boost D. reduce50. A. cultivation B. demand C. destruction D. supply51. A. cut B. employ C. feed D. treat52. A. secret B. brief C. urgent D. positive53. A. continuously B. incredibly C. initially D. obviously54. A. Moreover B. Meanwhile C. However D. Therefore55. A. necessarily B. generally C. fortunately D. thoroughlySection 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)The Life-changing Antique Navajo BlanketA California man and his family went from rags to riches after discovering that the blanket given tohim by his grandmother was worth a small fortune. Loren Krylzer was living in a small hut and barelygetting by on his disability payments. One day, he happened to be watching Antiques Roadshow on TVwhen he learned that the forgotten old blanket in his closet might be valuable. The Krytzer familyth century that heirloom （传家宝）turned out to be an antique （古老的）Novajo weaving from the 19fetched US $1.5 million at auction （拍卖会）。

2019黄浦二模DesertificationDesertification is one of the world’s most alarming processes of environmental degradation （退化）. The issue is often unclear, however, by a common misperception: that it’s a “natural” problem of advancing deserts in faraway developing countries. In fact, desertification is about land degradation: the loss of the land’s biological productivity, caused by man-made factors and climate change.Each year, desertification and drought cause an estimated $42 billion in lost agricultural production. The risks of desertification are sufficient and clear. It contributes to food insecurity, hunger and poverty, and can give rise to social, economic and political tensions that can cause conflicts, further poverty and land degradation. The great urgency of this challenge led the United Nations General Assembly to state 2006 to be the International Year of Deserts and Desertification (IYDD). It is a strong reminder of the urgent need to address the far-reaching implications of this problem. United Nations General Secretary recently summarizes in this way: “I look forward to working with Governments, civil sociery, the private section, international organizations and others to focus attention on this crucial issue, and to reverse the trend of desertification and set the world on a safer, more sustainable path of development.The IYDD also presents a golden opportunity to get the message across strongly and effectively that desertification is a global problem which we ignore at our risk. It is important to recognize that dry-lands are home to some of the most magnificent ecosystems of this world. These unique natural habitats have been home to some of the world’s oldest civilizations. They stand like open-air museums, bearing witness to bygone eras. The Year will therefore also celebrate the delicate beauty and unique inheritance of the world’s deserts.暂时无答案2019嘉定二模An international team of researchers found employees who endure what is known as “abusive supervision” are more likely to behave po orly on purpose by messing up tasks, arriving late, taking long breaks and putting in minimal effort.The authors of the study, published in the Journal of Management, sought to answer why horrible bosses make employees less willing to show what is known as organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), or commitment to the company outside of their contractual obligations. That could include helping colleagues or volunteering for unusual work hours. They also assessed its effect on a worker’s tendency to harm the organization, by displaying counterproductive（反作用的）work behavior (CWB)To find out more, and uncover which negative outcome bullying （欺凌）behavior is more likely to cause, researchers from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in China, Renmin University of China and Swinburne University of Technology in Australia cooperated and analyzed 427 existing studies. They found workers acted out either because they felt they were being treated unfairly in the workplace, or felt stressed and this affected their ability to perform as expected. An employee who felt they were a victim of injustice tender more towards reluctance to show OCB. Stressed workers, meanwhile, were more associated with CWB.Employers who worried supervisors are affecting productivity can take steps to ease issues by regularly training managers, introducing policies which cope with workplace injustices and helping workers to deal with stress.This is not the first study to suggest unkind practices can affect the well-being of workers. The paper follows a study published in the European Heart Journal last year, which showed employees who suffer bullying are more likely to develop heart diseases than those who aren’t.Bullying and violence are common at workplaces and those exposed to these stressors are at higher risk.2019长宁二模Holding Parents Responsible—An Unfair PunishmentThe rise in teen crime suggests that some parents are failing at their parental tasks. To correct the problem, lawmakers in some states require parents to serve jail time. They hope that this punishment will motivate parents to take their responsibilities seriously.Despite public support for parental responsibility laws, many people think that the laws are unfair. They suggest that parents should not be punished for the criminal acts of their children, unless it can be show n there is a related fault on the parents’ part. For example, if young teenagers are arrested for drinking alcohol supplied by parents, then parents should be held responsible because they helped the teenagers break the law. People who oppose parental responsibility laws also believe that punishing parents is unlikely to create a change in the kids’ behavior. These people argue that parents may not be at fault. The children of good parents can fall in with the wrong kids and get into trouble, they say. Worse yet, if mom is in jail, there may be no one at all tocontrol her kid. That lack of control may then lead to more crime.The unfortunate fact is that jailing a mom or dad punishes the rest of the family. The jailed parent cannot work to help feed the family or pay the rent. A parent who is sent to jail for the crimes of a teenager may also be fired from a job for missing too much work. Furthermore, little evidence exists to support the idea that the threat of punishment improves a parents' ability to control a teenager. The problem is that some teens cannot be controlled by their parents, even if the parents try hard to control them. These struggling parents are not ignoring their parental responsibilities. Opponents of parental responsibility laws say that parents who are in this situation need help, not a jail sentence.2019-杨浦二模After you have a long day at school or work, getting a bit of shut-eye on the way home is sometimes just what the doctor ordered. But sleeping too long and ending up way past your destination is a real possibility. According to research from sleep specialists in the US, there are several possible explanations for being able to nap during a train or bus ride and still get off at the right stop.One theory states that some people have established sleep pattern that allow them to sleep and wake up at precisely the same time each day. That means their body knows when to wake up and get off the train. Another theory is that people are more likely to recognize the name of their stop, so their brain wakes them up when they hear it announced. Alternatively, those who can effectively sleep on the train might actually be waking up at every stop, but not long enough to become conscious until they know they've reached the right place.These short naps might work for those who are really exhausted, for even a brief rest has the benefit of reducing stress and helping you relax a little. But if you are travelling really far each day, chances are that you will reach rapid eye movement (REM) sleep cycles. According to Dr. Marc Leavey, who has studied this skill, "You're more likely to be tired or disoriented when you wake up from these dreams, so if you're sleeping for longer than 20 minutes, you may find it harder to wake up out of this dream state. If you're in a deep REM sleep, you're more likely to miss your stop or sleep through it.” Not everyone can do it, but some people can run their sleep cycle like clockwork and take a nap on public transportation.Sleep experts are trying to explain why people can nap without missing the stop. Besides fixed sleep pattern and the ability to recognize station names, people don’t become fully awake before they reach the destination. While naps relieve stress and are relaxing, experts warn of possibility of missing the stop if the nap is longer than 20 minutes.Should some books be banned from school libraries?Are there Harry Potter books in your school library? Many kids all over the world are reading J. K. Rowling's books in school. But some parents think their children shouldn't be able to find those and other books in school libraries. Should school libraries keep books that some parents don't approve of? Should they take those books off the shelves? All over the country, schools are wrestling with those questions.2019-徐汇二模It’s true that some hold their argument that some books should be banned from school libraries! "We need certain limits," said one student in Denver, Colorado. He said some books have no place in school libraries. Many people believe that books that contain violence or bad words shouldn't be in schools. Some people want the Harry Potter books removed because they contain talk about wizards and magic.Most parents know what's good for kids. They have a right to decide which books should or should not be in school libraries.Books should meet certain standards before they are put in schools. Is this a good book for kids to read? Is it full of violence? Does it contain bad words or ideas kids shouldn't learn about?If a book is not good for all kids, it should not be in a school library. Most parents don't have time to find out everything their kids read. They should be able to trust schools to do that for them.On the other hand, some believe that books should not be banned from school libraries! "Parents should decide what their own kids read," said Natalie Nicol, of Denver, Colorado. But other parents shouldn't make that choice for them. Many experts say that it's the parents' job, not the school's job, to check out what their kids are reading. If they don't like a book, they should not let their kids read it.Why should a few parents stop kids from reading stories like the Harry Potter series? Kids should be able to check out books their parents think are OK to read. Many schools let kids borrow certain books if they have a signed paper from a parent. That works fine. A parent doesn't sign the paper if he or she doesn't want the child to read the book. Other kids can read the books if they have permission.Some books are not OK for all kids to read. But if more adults were careful about what their own kids read, they wouldn't have to ban books from the library.Schools are troubled by the problem whether certain books should be banned from their libraries. Some argue that those books with violence or bad words in should be banned and certain standards in judging books is essential. Others believe that it is paren ts’ responsibility, instead of schools’, to decide whether their kids are permitted to read certain books or not.2019-青浦二模Could you be flexitarian?What kind of food do you eat? Are you conscious of the types of food you consume? Although there is research on the right diet to follow to help us maintain a healthy lifestyle — but it’s hard to know which one to pick and, once chosen, it’s harder still to stick to it. And now there’s another choice for you.A flexitarian diet involves eating plant-based foods and only occasionally eating meat and fish. This is a lovely alternative to being a vegetarian by not completely resisting meat.This eating style allows you to supplement some ingredients that you wouldn’t get in a stricter vegan (纯素) diet. An d like veganism, flexitarianism isn’t about eating carefully to help you lose a few pounds —it’s something people choose for ethical reasons, to help the planet. And a study into the global food system and how it affects the climate, has found that eating mainly plant-based foods is one of three key steps towards a sustainable future for all.This research found that food waste will need to be halved and farming practices will also have to improve to achieve this. But without a single solution, a combined approach is needed. Dr. Marco Springmann, one of the lead authors of the report argued “We really found that a combination of measures would be needed to stay within environmental limits and those include changes towards healthier more plant-based diets.”While vegans think it’s wrong for animals to be killed for food, flexitarians believe eating meat once in a while is acceptable. And Dr. Springmann agrees —as long as we “treat it as a luxury, it’s probably acceptable but you shouldn’t have more than one serving of red meat, which includes beef and pork, per week.” And here’s another fact to digest: If we moved to this type of diet, the study found that greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture would be cut by more than half.To help maintain a healthy lifestyle, we need to keep a right diet, but choosing food is really hard. Unlike vegan diets, a flexitarian one, eating mainly plant-based foods and occasionally having meat, can be beneficial to the environment as well as our health. Of course, the amount of meat one takes should be limited. (55words)Version 2Eating mainly plant-based foods is one measure taken to help the environment develop sustainably as well as help us keep a healthy lifestyle. Eating plant-based foods and only having meat occasionally is called a flexitarian diet. Compared with a vegan diet without anymeat, a flexitarian one gives supplementary nutrition to vegetarians and helps addressagricultural greenhouse gas emissions. (59 words)2019-普陀二模China’s National TreasurePandas are in danger of extinction at present, with only 1,900 remaining in the world. The scientific name of the giant panda is actually called the cat bear, the number of which is very scarce. It is one of the most precious animals in the world and belongs to the protected animals at the national level. Its body color is black and white. Giant pandas are unique to China, very cute. The existing major habitats are in the surrounding mountainous areas such as Sichuan and Shanxi in China. The giant panda has a very powerful function: digesting bamboo. We all know that bamboo is mainly cellulose (纤维素), and most animals can’t digest it except giant pandas. The giant panda’s hometown is in the mountains southwest of China, green bamboos and springs everywhere. Therefore, the giant panda’s main food consists of bamboo and spring water.Giant pandas are often referred to as living fossils. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, it was the peak period of giant pandas. This is of great scientific value for studying and protecting biodiversity and environmental changes on the earth. Long, long ago, the climate of the earth became colder and colder, many ice cubes formed on the earth; plants could not grow, and many animals were frozen or starved to death. The giant panda alone survived in the deep valleys of the mountains and became a treasure of the animal world. The giant panda still retains the characteristics of ancient animals. Therefore, the giant panda is not only popular with adults and children in terms of appearance, but also becomes a living fossil for biologists to study ancientcreatures.The status of giant pandas has been politicized. Giant pandas can be seen in almost all the major countries in the world. The giant panda has become a witness of friendship between China and foreign countries. For decades, wherever the giant panda goes, a panda whirlwind will blow. With its charmed figure and natural cuteness, the Chinese giant panda attracts numerous fans around the world, and at the same time plays the role of friendship ambassador in China’s foreign exchanges, becoming one of the most famous symbols in China.The reasons why giant pandas become national treasures are as follows. First, giant pandas are scarce, becoming the most valuable animals in the world. Second, giant pandas are living fossils, having important scientific value in studying and protecting biodiversity and environmental changes on the earth. Finally, giant pandas have become a symbol of friendship between China and foreign people. (59 words)2019虹口二模What comes first: the optimism or the good health?Optimism, defined as the general expectation that the future will be favorable, could provide ways to improve health, some researchers believe. But scientists remain unsure if optimism goes ahead of health improvements, or vice versa.A recent study suggests that most people can’t help but to think optimistically. This study was conducted by Ed O’Brien, a social psychologist at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The findings suggest that people have a natural tendency to think positively about their future.Participants were asked to create a list of imaginary personal experiences that would make them happy or unhappy over the course of the next year. They then ranked how difficult it was to plan that list and how happy they believed they would be in the future overall. The easier it was for people to think of positive future experiences, the happier they imagined they would be. However, there was no relationship between easily developing negative future experiences and expecting to be unhappy as a result.O’Brien concluded that people seem to discount the possibility that future negative events will make them happy overall, suggesting that optimism might come more naturally. “We’re not as used to thinking about the future in terms of things that are going to go wrong.” O’Brien’s study is one of many to find that people are consistently optimistic about their future, predicting pleasant experiences and discounting unpleasant ones. If optimism may lead to better health and people generally tend to think optimistically, what does this mean for the connection between mental and physical health? “If we can make sure that optimism comes before healthy states, we might be able to involve and improve people’s optimism,”Boehm explained. However, it’s difficult to determine what comes first: the optimism or the good health.Despite the claim that optimism benefits fitness, scientists are uncertain. (要点1&2) O’Brien’s study indicates it’s human nature to expect a promising future. (要点3) For instance, those with positive future plans were more likely to achieve happiness, yet those having/with negative ones didn’t expect unhappiness. (要点4) Above all, optimism may not necessarily precede good health. (要点5)2019崇明二模Fujian Puppetry (木偶剧) in Need of Urgent SafeguardingAs one of the contributions of Chinese performing art to the world’s cultural heritage (遗产), Fujian puppetry has a long history. It has developed a set of characteristic techniques of performance and puppet making, as well as plays and music.No final conclusions have yet been reached on the origins and evolution of Chinese puppetry. Dating from Shang dynasty, pottery figurines (陶俑) used as burial objects have been discovered at the Yin Ruins. In a Western Han tomb at Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan Province, a number of wooden figurines have been unearthed. These were a great improvement on those from previous dynasties in terms of craftsmanship, variety and modeling. Over time, figurines as burial objects evolved into puppets for entertainment on festive occasions.Chinese puppetry further developed during the Ming and Qing dynasties, with a bunch of schools spreading across the country. Puppet shows from various places had their own characteristics in terms of figure modeling.In the past few decades, many traditional forms of art have seen a decline in popularity. In particular, Fujian puppetry finds itself in hot water. The number of young people learning puppetry has decreased due to socioeconomic changes to their lifestyles. The long period of training required to master the complicated performing techniques has also been a factor in the fall.In response, concerned communities, groups and bearers laid down the 2008-2020 Strategy for the Training of Coming Generations of Fujian Puppetry Practitioners. The key objectives are to safeguard the promotion of Fujian Puppetry and to increase its sustainability through professional training to cultivate a new generation of puppetry practitioners; creation of teaching materials; construction of training institutes and exhibition halls; regional and international cooperation; and artistic exchange.In 2012, the strategy was added to the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices by the UNESCO. With great efforts made by practitioners, local people and education institutions, Fujian Puppetry can expect a brighter future.Fujian puppetry, a performing art, is a cultural heritage with a long history that may have originated from burial objects. However, it has become less popular these decades because of fewer young learners and the difficulty in mastering its techniques. Luckily, some people and organizations have realized its value and are making joint efforts to save it, including UNESCO.(59 words)Small businesses hold the key to employee happiness. As the calendar flips to another year, many employees will consider starting the new year on the hunt for a new job.In today's changing workforce, it is more important than ever for companies to realize that a salary alone is no longer enough to attract or retain strong employees.According to a survey by Aflac, small businesses deserve a round of applause for their ability to keep employees happy. The report found that 85 percent of small-business employees are happy in their current job, and more than half (51 percent) agree that most of or all of their happiness in their current job is a result of working for a small business.Nearly a quarter of participants (23 percent) stated that the feeling of importance was the best part of working for a small business. Small businesses have the unique ability to make employees feel appreciated, respected and valued on a personal and professional level.In a small-business environment, there are typically fewer layers between newcomers and leadership. This tight-knit structure can create a family-like atmosphere that allows employees to feel that their opinions matter and that they play a significant role in the business's mission.Flexibility is also vital in creating employee happiness. According to the report, 30 percent of respondents noted that flexible scheduling was the best part of working for a small business. A workplace that promotes healthy work-life balance can create happier, less stressed employees and can also increase productivity.Although small businesses excel at keeping employees happy, there is always room for improvement. In a small-business community, money does not seem to be the only motivator. In fact, 65 percent of small-business employees indicate that an improvement in their benefits offerings would make them happier.By offering a great benefits plan that includes voluntary benefits, small businesses can ensure that their employees are able to find the right benefits to meet their individual needs.。

Word 文档可以编辑专业资料完美整理2019 届杨浦区高考英语二模Ⅱ. Grammar and vocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage below, passage below, fill fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent passage coherent and 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. My head was so full of digital noise (21) _______ it felt like my brain was about to explode. I had no greater power of concentration than a goldfish and the lifeless stare of a goldfish as well. As a writer, I was ashamed to admit that my love of books had been weakened by a brain that simply could not sit still. So, at the start of this year I committed to restoring books to the place that they held in my life before the Internet broke my brain. My goal was 52 books: It seemed like an impossible task. A 400-page book will take the average person around eight hours to read. Finding the time to read was a challenge but here ’s how I decided to treat my I decided to treat my mind mind mind like a child (22) _______ (behave) badly and lay down some ground rules. like a child (22) _______ (behave) badly and lay down some ground rules. Then I decided that I (23) _______ (read) for an hour or two at a time (24) _______ distraction each day. It was something I hadn ’t done in years and it was scary (25) _______lt d i t i f w f i c a u s .In his book, The Distracted Mind, Larry Rosen says that the more we practice spending time away from our our electronic electronic electronic devices, devices, devices, the(26) the(26) the(26) _______ _______ _______ (calm) (calm) (calm) and and and more focused more focused we we become. become. become. And And And this this this is is is what what what I I found. Again and and again, again, again, I I I would would would gently gently gently bring bring myself myself back back back to to to the the the page, resisting page, resisting the the urge(27) urge(27) urge(27) _______ _______ (reach ) for that screen. I took inspiration from Nikki Gemmell, who describes in On Quiet, how investing in a safe to lock away her family ’s devices for long periods had opened up a s p a c l e e c f o t i r o d n e .ep ref For me, finding that quiet time meant finding time in my day just to read. It was a date between me and my book. And it meant actively choosing to read at times (28) _______ I ordinarily would reach for my phone. I read on the tram, at the park, in red at night and on lunch breaks. (29) _______ (renew) my love affair with books, I created a sacred space where I pressed pause and found inspiration, knowledge and reflection. In our modern world, reading for the sake of reading is not selfish. It is a powerful and beneficial way to slow down and be(30) _______. III. III. Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. intentions B. feature C. inviting D. conservation E. entertaining F. matched G .confused H. fascination I. survive J. defining K. evaluate The odds are high that you ’ve seen a bea （u ty 选p 美a g 比ea 赛nt ）or two in your life. They are among the most attended and viewed events in the world. Despite numerous different opinions, beauty pageants continue to not only 31 but also become more popular. Miss Miss World, Miss World, Miss Universe, Universe, Miss Miss International and and Miss Miss Earth Earth are known as the are known as the B ig Big Four Four beauty beauty pageants, pageants, and and and all all of them them continue continue to this this day. day. day. These These These competitions competitions 32 young women women on on their physical attractiveness, of course, but they also are j udged on their personality, intelligence, talent, and judged on their personality, intelligence, talent, and responses to interview-based questions. The eventual winners receive prizes including cash, scholarships, clothes, beauty queen crowns, and of course, the title of the event for one year. All these awards do not come cheap for the young ladies. They have duties to fulfill while holding their their titles. titles. titles. Beauty Beauty Beauty queens often queens often appear at functions functions to to to raise social raise social awareness about environmental and social issues issues such such such as as as nature nature 33 , racial or gender gender discrimination, discrimination, and and disease disease disease prevention. prevention. By projecting the the image image image of of a a well-educated, well-educated, respectable character 34 with a a successful successful successful personality, personality, 第1 页/ 共9 页every beauty pageant winner is seen as a role model, and not just for young girls alone. Some beauty contests 35 men rather than women. Similar to their feminine counterparts, men enter enter Mister Mister Global, Mister International, and and Mister Mister World for their looks, style, style, and and and talent. talent. These contests contests should should should not not be 36 with the Mister Universe contest, contest, which which is an an annual annual annual bodybuilding bodybuilding competition. There are other strange and 37 pageants all over the world that celebrate everything from being old to being pregnant. Beauty contests, whether organized with noble 38 or just for fun, have attracted criticism since they were first held. Some critics object to the focus on physical beauty, especially emphasis on a certain stature stature and and and body body shape. Further, shape. Further, they they they point point out out that that that some some some participants participants will actually have have themselves themselves through dieting or plastic surgery to achieve the perfect appearance. Despite these complaints, beauty may be be only only only skin skin deep, but 39 it it and and and competing competing competing for for the the glory glory of of being being being the the the fairest fairest fairest of of them all holds holds a a timeless and universal 40____. 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. China and India Dominate the Greening of Earth Over Over the the the last last last two two decades, the Earth Earth has has has seen an seen an increase increase in in foliage （植物）（植物） around around the the the planet, planet, measured in average leaf area per year on plants and trees. Data from NASA satellites shows that China and India –two ___41___ economies with the world ’s biggest p o p u a l r a e t i _o _n _s 42___ the –increase in greening on land. The effect comes mostly from ___43___ tree-planting programs in China and intensive agriculture in both countries. Researchers from Boston University found that global green leaf area has increased by five percent since the early 2000s, an area ___44___ to the entire Amazon rainforest. The study was also published in the journal Nature Sustainability on February 11. It revealed that at least 25 percent of the global foliage ___45___ this century came in China. “China and India ___46___ one-third of the greening, but contain only nice percent of the planet land area covered in vegetatio n, ” said lead author Chi Chen of Boston University. “That is a surpris finding, considering the general idea of land degradation （退化）（退化） in populous countries from ___47____. ” China ’s ____48____ contribution to the global greening trend came in large par t from programs to conserve and expand forest, accounting for about 42 percent of the greening contribution. These programs were developed in an effort to ____49____ the effects of air pollution, soil erosion and climate change. Another 32 percent of the greening change in China, and 82 percent in India, resulted from intensive ___50___ of food crops. The land area used to grow crops in China and India has not changed much since the early 2000s. Yet both countries have greatly increased annual total green leaf area and food production in order to ___51___ large populations. Rama Nemani, a research scientist at NASA ’s Ames Research Center, saw a(n) ___52___ message in the new findings. “ One people realize there is a problem, they tend to fix it, ” he said. 80s in India and China, the situation around vegetation loss was not good. In the 1990s, people realized it, and today things have improved. Humans are ___53___ resilient （复原快的，适应力强的）（复原快的，适应力强的） . That ’s what we see in the satellite data. ”___54___, the researchers rang bells as well. They pointed out that the gain in global greenness did not ___55___ make up for the loss of natural vegetation in tropical regions like Brazil and Indonesia. 41. A. emerging B. declining C. stimulating D. intruding 42. A. imposing B. contributing C. leading D. creating 第2 页/ 共9 页43. A. fertileB. extremeC. harmoniousD. ambitious 44. A. distantB. equivalentC. relevantD. resistant 45. A. expansionB. substitutionC. innovationD. correction 46. A. account forB. take inC. stand forD. consist of 47. A. over-reaction B. over-exploitationC. over- generationD. over-explanation48. A.considerate B. tremendous C. magnificentD.irregular 49. A. forbid B. investigate C. boostD. reduce 50. A. cultivation B. demand C. destructionD. supply 51. A. cut B. employ C. feedD. treat 52. A. secret B. brief C. urgentD. positive 53. A. continuously B. incredibly C. initiallyD. obviously 54. A. Moreover B. Meanwhile C. HoweverD. Therefore 55. A. necessarilyB. generallyC. fortunatelyD. thoroughly Section B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions orunfinished 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)The Life-changing Antique Navajo BlanketA California man and his family went from rags to riches after discovering that the blanket given tohim by his grandmother was worth a small fortune. Loren Krylzer was living in a small hut and barelygetting by on his disability payments. One day, he happened to be watching Antiques Roadshow on TV when he learned that the forgotten old blanket in his closet might be valuable. The Krytzer family heirloom （传家宝）（传家宝）turned out to be an antique （古老的）（古老的） Novajo weaving from the 19 fetched US $1.5 million at auction（拍卖会）。

一、听力部分（一）Section A：短对话1. A: Excuse me, where can I find the nearest subway station? B: It's just around the corner. You can't miss it. Question: What is the man looking for?A. A subway stationB. A taxiC. A restaurantD. A hotel答案：A2. A: Have you finished your homework yet?B: Not yet. I'm still working on it.Question: What does the girl mean?A. She has finished her homework.B. She hasn't finished her homework yet.C. She doesn't have any homework.D. She doesn't know how to do her homework.答案：B（二）Section B：长对话对话内容：一位游客在询问如何到达博物馆。

3. What is the man's purpose for asking the woman?A. To find a restaurantB. To get directions to the museumC. To find a hotelD. To find a subway station答案：B4. How far is the museum from the woman's house?A. 1 kilometerB. 2 kilometersC. 3 kilometersD. 4 kilometers答案：A（三）Section C：短文理解短文内容：关于环保的讲座。