1、2020 年上海市黄浦区高考英语一模试卷年上海市黄浦区高考英语一模试卷 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. Af
2、ter you hear a conversation and the question about it， read the four possible answers onyour paper， and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1 （1 分）A In a cosmetics shop B In a hospital C In a nutrition department D In a supermarket 2 （1 分）A Boss and secretary B Editor
3、 and publisher C Student and professor D Writer and reader 3 （1 分）A Open a wedding company B Try a new restaurant C Run his own bakery D Buy some insurance 4 （1 分）A The package is too big to deliver B The delivery can be made automatically C The woman will have lunch with the man D The man can make
4、the delivery tomorrow morning 5 （1 分）A He was most difficult to satisfy B He set many special requirements C He inspected the project regularly D He was as common as other customers 6 （1 分）A An amazing book B A great woman C A scientific field D A strong voice 7 （1 分）A He himself is a big fan of Hep
5、burn B He does not think the girl is like Hepburn C He felt puzzled by girls love for Hepburn D He does not know anything about Hepburn 8 （1 分）A When to do mindwandering B Where to have physical activities C How to keep attentive in a lecture D How to take notes in a lecture 9 （1 分）A Ordinary B Prac
6、tical C Disturbing D Unrealistic 10 （1 分）A Decorating the company B Finishing a painting C Preparing a presentation D Restructuring the budget Section BDirections： In Section B， you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation. After each passage or conversation， you will be asked severa
7、l questions. The passages and the conversation will be read twice， but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question， read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard. 11 （4.5 分） （1）A 2 B 11 C 21 D 30 （2）A A
8、horse B A dog C A pig D A cat （3）A More annoyed B Less anxious C More frightened D Less shocked 12 （4.5 分） （1）A Its clear aim B Its evaluation process C Its numerous applications D Its solid foundation （2）A In 1954 B In 2013 C In 2018 D In 2000 （3）A Its location and area B The categories of its coll
9、ections C Its official WeChat account D The visiting experience it offers 13 （6 分） （1）A Consumer and gender B Age groups and activities C Sports and facilities D Training time and trend （2）A Cycling B Jogging C Skiing D Swimming （3）A 1826 B 2735 C 3645 D 4655 （4）A To determine which item deserves pr
10、iority B To get ideas for a more appealing slogan design C To know about teenagers leisure sporting activities D To see which age group is at the top of consumption capability II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections： After reading the passage below， fill in the blanks to make the passages cohe
11、rent 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. 14 （10 分） Asleep on a plane： a case for window seats I love to sleep on planes， and I have an unusual ability to
12、sleep well on them There have even been one or two occasions （1） I have fallen asleep before takeoff and awakened upon the impact of landing， not having realized we had even left the ground So when （2） （book） my flights， I always choose the window seat whenever possible This allows me to lean my sle
13、epy head against the wall of the plane for a bit （3） （much） comfort Some （4） argue that the aisle （走廊） seat is superior for the leg space and the ability to get off swiftly and eye the snack cart But in reality， were all getting our drinks and snacks （5） seconds Also， I find that if a person knows h
14、es in a window seat， hell choose to use the bathroom before boarding so that he （6） （not need） to disturb his neighbor， which is just considerate And hell seize the opportunity to get up when another seatmate gets up so that the seatmate neednt （7） （bother） more than once As a photographer and visua
15、lly oriented person， the window seat gives me the best views of cottony clouds， or a great sunset， or golden sunrise， etc Most of all， （8） Ive been flying for years， I still get pleasure of seeing my departing city or country （9） （shrink） into the distance， and the butterflies in my stomach when I s
16、ee the horizon of my destination come into view And those feelings of adventure and excitement are （10） keep me coming back， flight after flight， to my window seat Section BDirections： Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is o
17、ne word more than you need. 15 （10 分） A access B arise C attachment D definitely E partner F potential G shape H stimulated Isubconsciously Jtraditional K unbanked Beyond Mobile Money： The Future of Asias FinTech Mobile money has been the hottest part in financial technology for the last few years B
18、ut FinTech is more than just how people store money and transact（交易） the space is much more horizontal， shortcutting how we create， share， and protect value The latest product of FinTech companies to （1） in Asia Pacific illustrates the many ways the space can help consumers beyond just their mobile
19、wallet It is important for all businesspersons to be aware of these trends， as their success opens up all sorts of possibilities for companies to （2） with them And， on a much deeper level， new FinTechs may （3） consumer expectations in even other tech industries The Smartphone Emerges as a CreditScor
20、ing Standard With close to half a billion （4） consumers in Southeast Asia alone， there is an entire industry of FinTechs devoted to finding ways to accurately determine their credit worthiness to give them （5） to finance Unfortunately， since they dont have bank accounts， such FinTechs cannot rely on
21、 （6） financial information or credit card payments One credit scoring source emerging as a new standard in the field is smartphonebased credit scoring It has （7） broad global support， including from the likes of the World Bank In one of its reports， the Asian Development Bank even stated that mobile
22、 data was a key to financial （8） ， as it could improve customer recording， and， in turn， get an access to credit AI Combines with the Wisdom of the Crowd The most common slogan in todays tech headlines is the “artificial intelligence“ Readers are fascinated with how AI has the （9） to transform every
23、 consumer and enterprise （企业） industry While such focus is appropriate that AI will （10） change the world， it leaves out a crucial element that will go handinhand with its rise： the wisdom of the crowd III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections： For each blank in the following passag， there are f
24、our words or phrases marked A， B， C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. 16（15 分） Endangered languages can be found throughout the world Many languages now have fewer than 100 or even fewer than 10 speakers The crisis is not limited to remote regions of the w
25、orld When Europeans first arrived in North America，312 different languages were （1） ， of which 123 are now known to be extinct Of the （2） languages， most speakers are grandparents and greatgrandparents Different researchers offer different definitions of “endangered“ The system of （3） used by the Ca
26、talogue of Endangered Languages evaluates languages in four areas： the （4） of all the speakers， how often the language is conveyed to the next （5） ， the rate at which it is losing speakers and the（6） in which it is used Based on this data， languages are ranked on a sixpoint scale from “safe“ to “sev
27、erely endangered“ The midpoint， “endangered“ refers to a language with between 100 and 1，000 speakers who represent about half of the languages community or ethnic group The language is spoken only by some parents， of whom very few teach it to their children It is （7） used at home and is not taught
28、in schools or used for government business Languages become endangered due to a number of （8） factors including globalization， economics， technology， education policy， and changes in （9） attitudes As the forces of globalization make the world more interconnected， previously （10） language communities
29、 come under pressure to participate in a larger economy， which means learning the areas majority language （11） ， local schools often begin to teach the majority language instead of the local tongueLocal languages also （12） as communities adopt mobile phones and computers， most of which run on softwa
30、re that has been translated into only a handful of languages This trend （13） as these devices connect users to the Internet At this point， many communities undergo a cultural （14） in which parents no longer value the language enough to teach it to their children Initiatives to （15） endangered langua
31、ges have become more numerous in recent years These efforts tend to focus on two main areas： the documentation of endangered languages， and efforts to increase the use of endangered languages among younger speakers and in the community at large （1）A at hand B at risk C in use D in view （2）A ancient
32、B evolving C local D surviving （3）A assessment B classification C description D research （4）A age B background C number D religion （5）A committee B century C generation D government （6）A content B occupations C situations D themes （7）A advisedly B efficiently C primarily D rarely （8）A balancing B co
33、mplicating C historical D interrelated （9）A cultural B mental C moral D religious （10）A foreign B informal C isolated D national （11）A For example B In contrast C In response D Vice versa （12）A boom B develop C disappear D suffer （13）A ceases B changes C increases D starts （14）A difference B influen
34、ce C shift D variety （15）A enrich B purify C refresh D standardize Section 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
35、the information given in the passage you have read. 17 （8 分）Many of Chinas ancient architectural treasures smashed to dust before Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng began documenting them in the 1930s The husband and wife team were among the first preservationists to operate in China， and by far the best
36、known Their efforts have since inspired generations of people to speak out for architecture threatened by the rush toward development Becoming Chinas best architectural historians was no easy accomplishment The buildings they wanted to save were centuries old， located in distant parts of the country
37、 In many cases， they had to journey through dangerous conditions in the Chinese countryside to reach them Exploring Chinas remote areas during the 1930s meant traveling muddy， poorly maintained roads by mule （骡子） or on foot Inns were often dirty， food could be polluted， and there was always risk of
38、violence from rebels， soldiers and robbers Their greatest discovery was the Temple of Buddhas Light， in Wutai County， Shanxi Province The breathtaking wooden temple was built in 857 AD ， making it the oldest building known in China at the time Liang and Lin crawled into the temples most forbidding，
39、forgotten areas to determine its age， including one hideaway inhabited by thousands of bats and millions of bedbugs， covered in dust and littered with dead bats “In complete darkness and among the awful smell， hardly breathing， with thick masks covering our noses and mouths， we measured， drew， and p
40、hotographed with flashlights for several hours When at last we came out to take a breath of fresh air， we found hundreds of bedbugs in our bag We ourselves had been badly bitten Yet the importance and unexpectedness of our find made those the happiest hours of my years hunting for ancient architectu
41、re“ Liang wrote of the experience in an account included in “Liang and Lin： Partners in Exploring Chinas Architectural Past“ （1）On their way to the ancient buildings in 1930s， Liang and Lin faced following risks EXCEPT A accommodations B personal security C road conditions D vehicles （2）Liang and Li
42、n raised public awareness of A documenting smashed historical buildings B rebuilding historically valuable buildings C saving the oldest temples in China D protecting historical buildings （3）While exploring the Temple of Buddhas Light， A Liang and Lin caught insects with awful smell B Liang and Lin
43、were forbidden to breathe inside C Liang and Lin were pleased at something unhoped for D Liang and Lin determined its age by studying bedbugs hideaway （4）Which of the following is the best title for the passage？ A Creativeness results in discovery B Difficulty produces achievement C Efforts contribu
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