1、 1 / 13 上海市英语高考模拟试卷（六）上海市英语高考模拟试卷（六） I. Listening Comprehension Section A (10%) Directions ： In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation，a question will be asked about -what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken onl
2、y 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. A waitress. B. An actress. C. A policewoman. D. A driver. 2. A. In a furniture store. B. In a restaurant. C. At
3、 a bank. D. In a factory. 3. A. The good weather tomorrow. B. The vacation plan. C. Getting up early in the morning. D. The possible heavy traffic. 4. A. 100 dollars. B. 200 dollars. C. 300 dollars. D. 400 dollars. 5. A. She works in a very nice restaurant. B. Restaurant food is dirty and has made h
4、er ill. C. Her job involves a lot of business dinners. D. She feels tired when preparing meals at home. 6. A. She is at home now. B, She is a tourist there. C. She lost her hotel card. D. She doesnt know the man. 7. A. He is asking for leave. B. He is asking for reasons. C. He is quitting his job. D
5、. He is investing time and money. 8. A. She would rather stay at home listening to CDs. B. She likes to listen to new music CDs. C. She wants the man to buy CDs for her. D. She can get new music CDs for free. 9. A. Next Tuesday. B. Next Wednesday. C. Next Thursday. D. Next Friday. 10. A. China. B. F
6、rance. C. Italy. D. Japan. Section B (15%) Directions： In Section B, you will hear several longer conversation (s) and short passage (s), and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation (s) and the passage (s). The conversation(s) and the passage (s) will be read twice，but the qu
7、estions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question，read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. A rental apartment usually has a kitchen and a bathroom.
8、2 / 13 B. Rental apartments have no more than two bedrooms. C. One-room apartments are too small to have a bathroom. D. A living room is essential for all the rental apartments. 12. A. According to the number of bedrooms. B. The prices of all houses or apartments are fixed. C. Based on the location
9、and the quality. D. The owners decide the prices themselves. 13. A. Security deposit is equal to two months rent. B. It costs you a months rent to repair the damage. C. You are required by law to pay rent for a full year. D. You can renew the agreement by reducing the rent. Questions 14 through 16 a
10、re based on the following passage. 14. A. By staying alert to see something happening in nature. B. By possessing two essential characteristics of great physicists. C. By totally understanding the tricky make-up of the world. D. By succeeding in transferring the skills into the wider social area. 15
11、. A. His contributions have advanced progress in the society. B. He suggested and created many modern power systems. C. He laid out important principles in his scientific works. D. His contributed to helping people evolve and survive. 16. A. Develop the observation of natural phenomena. B. Help huma
12、nkind to survive in the world. C. Drive important changes to the society. D. Inspire many other great physicists. Questions 17 through 18 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. Draw. B. Fold paper. C. Sing. D. Tell stories. 18. A. At the age of four. B. At the age of five. C. At the age of
13、six. D. At the age of seven. Questions 19 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 19. A. His college life is too boring. B. Some principles of science are too difficult for him to understand. C. Students cant quite follow his teaching. D. He cant concentrate when talking about some basic
14、s. 20. A. Freshmen are usually highly motivated. B. Jane White teaches chemistry in college. C. Susan is popular with her students. D. The man will try something new. 3 / 13 II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A (10%) Directions ： After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passag
15、e 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. What is an insect? Insects of all kinds have existed on earth for millions of years. Sometimes we think of
16、all insects as pests. Human life, however, would have a difficult time continuing without insects, (21) _ they pollinate plants and are a food source for many animals. Besides, insects, especially the social (22) _，are fascinating. One very interesting and useful social insect is the honey bee. Bees
17、 (23) _ (consider) social insects because they live and work together. The bee lives in a beehive with other worker bees, and with the queen, who can lay thousands of eggs a day. The worker bees make wax used (24) _ (create) new cells inside the hive. Humans use this valuable beeswax (25) _ candles，
18、cosmetics, expensive furniture polish, and other products. They also produce honey, a valuable food for humans (as well as for bees). Another fascinating social insect is (26) _ ant. Many types of ants live in colonies underground. There thousands of them build and maintain their “city”. They also c
19、ooperate to provide food, sometimes in a manner that looks like human. For example, some ants actually raise their own food. One type of ant “farmer” keeps and cares for tiny insects that suck sweet sap (汁液）from plants. Ant farmers milk them from the sap, just like actual farmers milk cows. The sap
20、is then given as food to young ants and to the queen, (27) _ main duty is to lay eggs. Another type of ant that produces its own food does so by gardening. These farmer ants take pieces of leaves into the colony and chew them up. The soft， (28) _ (chew) up leaves then sprout (涌 出）a fungus that the w
21、orker ants use to feed the queen and young ants. There are many other ways that ants cooperate to maintain and protect their colonies. There are also many other kinds of social insects. (29) _ makes them all so fascinating is their organization. (30) _ each insect has certain tasks to perform, the e
22、ntire hive or colony appears to function as one living organism. Section B (10%) Directions： Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. 4 / 13 A. imbalance B. cultivating C. motivation D. criticize E.
23、 quality F. fully G. definite H. significantly I. genetic J. lacked K. strengthen Some personal characteristics play a vital role in the development of ones intelligence. After a 30-year follow-up study of 8, 000 males, American psychologists found out that the main cause of disparities in intellige
24、nce is not intelligence itself, but non-intelligence factors. The so-called “non-intelligence factors” include ones feelings, will, (31) _, interests and habits. Though people all know that one should have (32) _ objectives, a strong will and good learning habits, quite a number of teachers and pare
25、nts dont pay much attention to (33) _ these factors. Some parents are greatly worried when their children fail to do well in their studies. They blame either (34) _ factors, malnutrition, or laziness, but they never take into consideration these non-intelligence factors. At the same time, some teach
26、ers dont inquire into these as reasons why students do poorly. They simply give them more courses and exercises, or even (35) _ or laugh at them. After all, these students lose self-confidence. Some of them just feel defeated and give themselves up as hopeless. Others may go astray because they are
27、sick of learning. An investigation of more than 1，000 middle school students in Shanghai showed that 46. 5 percent of them were afraid of learning because of examination and 36. 4 percent (36) _ persistence, initiative and conscientiousness. It is clear that the lack of cultivation of non-intelligen
28、ce factors has been a main obstacle to intelligence development in teenagers. It even causes a(n) (37) _ between physiological and psychological development among a few students. If we dont start now to (38) _ the cultivation of non-intelligence factors, it will not only obstruct the development of
29、the intelligence of teenagers, but also affect the (39) _ of a whole generation. Some experts have put forward suggestions about how to cultivate students non-intelligence factors. First, parents and teachers should (40) _ understand teenage psychology. On this basic, they can help them to pursue th
30、e objectives of learning, exciting their interests and toughening their willpower. III. Reading Comprehension Section A (15%) Directions ： 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 conte
31、xt. 5 / 13 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that over 50,000 people every year sustain some sort of winter-related back injury，and 5，800 of those are holiday decorating-(41) _. These aches and pains can (42) _ bring trouble to peoples life. It is said that peoples back could susta
32、in all sorts of strain from carrying heavy (43) _，and from the increased stress of lugging suitcases, decorations and gifts. Dr. Alanna Levine spoke to Debbye Turner Bell on “The Early Show” about how to (44) _ the back for the holiday season. The first (45) _ Dr. Levine gave was about carrying heav
33、y shopping bags. Smaller bags, she said, are better. “You dont want to load everything up into one bag and lug it around,” Dr. Levine explained. “You want to (46) _ the weight on your body. ” She also (47) _ putting heavier items towards the bottom in those bags and lighter items on top. Also, if yo
34、u can, make frequent trips to the car to drop (48) _ purchases. (49) _ can be another pain in the backfrom carrying heavy luggage. Again, Dr. Levine (50)_ not to pack everything into one bag. Even though it may cost more, she said that packing two smaller bags is safer than packing a heavy one. Also
35、, choose a lightweight bag, so that the only weight youre carrying is the (51) _ inside the suitcase. When unloading bags from an airport baggage claim, Dr. Levine suggested standing (52) _ to the carousel (圆盘传送带) and bending your knees to lift it up. “You want to avoid that reach-and-lift. It puts
36、a(n) (53) _ on your lower back,” she said. When it (54) _ holiday decorating, people take more (55) _. Dr. Levine suggested decorating in pairs, so that one person can hand the lights and ornaments to the other person to hang, thus avoiding reaching or twisting to get what you need. 41. A. kept B. s
37、tayed C. related D. connected 42. A. necessarily B. undoubtedly C. vitally D. blindly 43. A. products B. purchases C. tools D. cases 44. A. provide B. prevent C. preserve D. protect 45. A. tip B. way C. method D. step 46. A. display B. distribute C. distract D. discuss 47. A. refused B. recognized C
38、. rejected D. recommended 48. A. on B. in C. off D. out 49. A. Travel B. Housework C. Task D. Labor 50. A. considered B. thought C. wished D. stressed 51. A. contracts B. contests C. contents D. contexts 52. A. separately B. close C. apart D. far 53. A. burden B. impression C. pressure D. focus 6 /
39、13 54. A. seems to B. goes to C. speaks to D. comes to 55. A. time B. risks C. efforts D. effect Section B (22%) Directions ： 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. Choo
40、se the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. (A) One of the many interesting features of American society is the prestige granted to business institutions. Their status is arguably greater than that of any other kind of organization including, or pe
41、rhaps especially, the government. What exactly is it about Americans that makes them place business on such a high social level and admire the successful business person so openly? One possible explanation could be that Americans view business as being more firmly based on the concept of competition
42、 than other institutions in their society. Fair and open competition is an ideal long cherished, one could even say deep rooted in American political and economic life. It is seen as the source of progress, prosperity and opportunity. In fact, in the American psyche, the importance of free competiti
43、on goes even deeper than that； free competition is the means by which other defining values such as democracy and individual liberty are achieved and ensured. In American eyes, competition protects the freedom of the individual by ensuring that there is no monopoly of power, either economic or polit
44、ical. As in politics, where the government is divided into branches, each with powers that offset those of the others, businesses compete against each other for profits. The idea being that if one business tries to take unfair advantage of its customers, it will lose to competitors who treat their c
45、ustomers more fairly. In theory, where many businesses compete for the customers dollars，the interests of the consumer will be paramount. Competition in business is also believed to strengthen the American ideal of equality of opportunity. It is seen as an open and beneficial contest where success g
46、oes to the fittest； to those most deserving of it. Competitive success is commonly seen as the American alternative to social rank based on inherited status. In America, accomplishment in business and the accumulation of wealth and power thereby is viewed in the same light as an aristocratic ancestr
47、y once was in the Old World. 56. According to the passage, business achievement in America _. A. is losing the respect of the society B. has always been highly regarded C. is second only to public service in social status D. has been viewed differently over the years 7 / 13 57. .In the American view
48、, who benefits from business competition? A. The wealthy. B. The government. C. The dishonest businessman. D. The society as a whole. 58. Government and business are said to be similar for what reason? A. Both are considered untrustworthy. B. Both primarily benefit the wealthy. C. Both are based on
49、competition. D. Both have a monopoly on power. 59. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about what Americans believe? A. Competition is generally fair. B. Competition should be limited to business. C. Competition should be regulated by the government. D. Competition does not benefit the poor. (B) To： David Rodgers From： Mavis Chen Subject： getting back our old subscribers Since
