1、上海市浦东新区2021届高三英语二模试题一、短对话1 AIn a supermarket.BIn a drug store.CIn a department store.DIn a car repair shop.2 A20 minutes.B45 minutes.C25 minutes.D65 minutes.3 AProfessor and student.BDirector and actor.CWriter and advertiser.DHostess and guest.4 AShe picked up the book from the bus stop.BShe can hel
2、p the man outCShes also in need of a chemistry textbook.DShe will help the man to find the right person.5 ATake the test in three weeks.BCall to make inquiries about the test results.CBe patient and wait for the test results.DInquire about the date when the results will be released.6AHe set fire to
3、the building.BHe parked his car beside the building.CHe was trying to clear the road with the help of some other people.DHe found out what was going on.7AHes going to the theatre.BHes just returned from a job interview.CHes just visited his tailor.DHes dressed up to have his photo taken.8ARegisterin
4、g for courses.BStudying engineering and art history.CBuying literature books.DGoing to the registry office.9 AThe Jenkins made a wise investment.BIt is not sensible to make such an investment.CThe Jenkins should buy the stocks later.DIt is essential that the Jenkins should move out.10 AIt is not a g
5、ood timing to build it.BIt should have been built earlier.CShe is curious about this plan.DShe doubts how long the plan will take.二、短文听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。11ASouth Korean Women.BAmerican citizens.CPeople in industrialized countries.DPeople with economic improvements.12AHigh premature deaths.BOverweight ci
6、tizens.CA lack of public health care.DA shortage in new medical technologies.13AMore facilities should be established.BAdditional pressure should be put on pensions.CPeople should retire at an earlier age.DPeople should be provided with more payments.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。14 ABecause of the security of the
7、 job.BFor a promotion to the Executive Director.CTo inspire the folks in the community.DTo enrich others and her own lives.15 AThe speaker graduated in law and used to earn generous salaries.BSpelman is a non-profit institute which turns out social workers.CThe audiences are regarded as beautiful be
8、cause they all belong to Spelman.DPublic service is rewarding both in a spiritual and material sense.16 AUrging classmates to get involved in public service.BExpressing gratitude to the audience for their volunteer work.CDelivering a speech to the graduates from Spelman College.DIllustrating how to
9、help others as one climbs his career ladder.三、长对话听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。17 AMay 19th.BMay 20th.CMay 23.DMay 16th.18 AThree meals a day.BTrain fare.CCompetition entrance fee.DFloor space.19 AThe entrance fee is 16 euros this year.BCollege basket teams abroad can enter for the game by phone.CIt is the 80th
10、anniversary of the Tampere Student Game.DThe game will end with a ceremony in the last evening.20 AStudents can enjoy a reduced rate during that period.BAll the basketball teams live in that hotel.CIt will provide three meals to the players living there.DIt is close to where all the matches are held
11、.四、用单词的适当形式完成短文Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct.For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Over the pas
12、t sixteen years of my life, I have grown to be a very independent person.This can be both good and bad in the sense that I am able to do things _21_ my own, yet at times struggle with taking advice from others.Sometimes, hearing what other people have to say can be one of the hardest things to do.Ho
13、wever, getting advice from_22_cares about you can impact your life in great ways.Because of this, I began realizing that my moms guidance throughout my life has never steered me wrong.This is why I believe you _23_ always listen to your mother.This belief has not been easy _24_ (realize).It has take
14、n endless amounts of time in which I decided to go against what my mom had to say, and later discovered that she was right.I think we can all agree that_25_ (admit) your mom was right is always a hard thing to do.But what else are you supposed to say _26_ you are standing outside in the freezing col
15、d, shaking because you did not wear that extra jacket you_27_ (tell) to wear?When I was twelve years old, I had the experience of a lifetime.However, I would have missed out if it hadnt been for my mom.She had been planning a trip to Turkey for work, _28_ (offer) to bring my sister and me along with
16、 her.When I first heard about this opportunity, I was terrified.Never had I been out of the country before.I thought to _29_, “Is she crazy?” My mom then began to say, “_30_ is known to all, one needs to step out of his comfort zone and try something new in order to encounter larger-than-life ideas.
17、” After going back and forth with my own thoughts, I decided to go on the trip.And boy, she was right.Going to Turkey will forever be one of my greatest memories and I am thankful I got to visit that amazing country.五、选用适当的单词或短语补全短文Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the
18、 box.Each word can only be used once.Note that there is one word more than you need.AflexibilityBshiftChungryDimprovementE.dominatedF.releasedG.secureH.adaptingI.familiarJ.buryingK.distinguishThe New York Times has changed a lot in the past 10 years, embracing digital subscriptions and growing into
19、online video and specialty areas like cooking. It has not been enough to prepare the company for the future, according to the papers own 2020 report _31_ on Tuesday.“While the past two years have been a time of significant innovation, the pace must speed up,” the authors wrote in the opening of the
20、report. “Too often, digital progress has been accomplished through workarounds; now we must tear apart the barriers. We must _32_ between mission and tradition: what we do because its essential to our values and what we do because weve always done it.”The report indicates how far the paper has come
21、in _33_ itself to the digital age while also pointing out what needs to be done.The areas that need _34_ are focused on the newsroom, particularly in the tools and internal structures that journalists must deal with to produce their work.Many of the reports recommendations are _35_ to anyone who clo
22、sely follows the Times or newspapers in general: A(n) _36_ away from prints, outsized importance on the newsrooms operations, better ways to include multimedia in stories and a renewed effort at creating a more diverse newsroom with a variety of skills.The paper has an ongoing goal that started in 2
23、016 of doubling digital revenue to $800 million by 2020.“To _37_ our future, we need to expand considerably our number of subscribers by 2020.”The report also calls into question the formats on which the Times and most other newspapers rely, namely a mix of news stories and features that are text he
24、avy. “Too much of our daily report remains _38_ by long texts.” the report states.The report stresses that the Times should do more to educate readers. “Our readers are _39_ for advice from The Times. Too often, we dont offer it, or offer it only in print-centric forms.” the report states. Perhaps t
25、he most interesting part of the report comes at the very bottom in the form of comments from the papers own journalists. Reporters said they would like to see _40_ in choice of how to tell certain stories, and some disagreement about what kind of tone the Times should embrace going forward.六、完形填空Hav
26、e We Reached Peak Trade?Globalization is usually defined as the free movement of people, goods and capital. Its been the most important _41_ force of modernity. Until the financial crisis of 2008, global trade grew twice as fast as the global economy itself._42_, thanks to both economics and politic
27、s, globalization as we have known it is developing fast.The question is: Have we reached peak trade? If you think of it in terms of the flow of digital data and ideas, no its actually _43_.” Indeed, the cross-border flow of digital data e-commerce, web searches, online video, machine-to-machine inte
28、ractions has grown 45 times larger since 2005 and is _44_ to grow much faster than the global economy over the next few years.Theres no doubt globalization has increased wealth at both global and national levels. But free trade can also widen the _45_ gap within countries, in part by creating concen
29、trated groups of economic losers. Free trade has made goods and services cheaper for Americans think of all the inexpensive Chinese-made goods at Walmart but it hasnt always _46_ their job prospects. From l990 to 2008, the areas most _47_ to foreign competition saw almost no net new jobs created. Th
30、ats one reason the new generation of Americans is on track to be _48_than their parents.The gains of free trade do not always _49_ the losses. This realization that the tide of _50_ doesnt raise all boats has fed into the anti-free trade movement. And companies themselves are _51_ globalization.Neve
31、rtheless, there is one reason to be _52_ about the future of globalization at least, the new information-based kind. McKinsey data estimate that the companies responsible for the jump in flows of digital goods, services and information will include a much higher proportion of small businesses than i
32、n the past. An estimated 86% of tech-based startups surveyed by McKinsey now do some cross-border business _53_ before the arrival of the Internet, when globalization was dominated by super powers. That means that more of the wealth generated by globalization could flow down to the 80% of the popula
33、tion that hasnt _54_ as much as it should have.If those individuals feel they are being empowered by open borders and freer trade, it could help swing the political pendulum (钟摆) back toward globalization in some form. Despite its laws, it has been an economic force that has lifted more people out o
34、f _55_ than anything else the world has ever known.41ApoliticalBculturalCeconomicDnatural42AOtherwiseBHenceCMoreoverDYet43AdepressingBincreasingCapprovingDoperating44AprojectedBtrackedCsignaledDneeded45ApriceBwelfareCpensionDwealth46AruinedBhelpedCforeseenDreversed47AresistantBsuitedCexposedDinacces
35、sible48AhappierBhealthierCwealthierDpoorer49AoutweighBbalanceCsufferDsubstitute50AmaterialismBmodernizationCglobalizationDconsumption51Awithdrawing fromBcounting onCprofiting fromDinsisting on52AconfusedBconcernedCoptimisticDcurious53AadaptableBaccessibleCaffordableDimpossible54AstrivenBconsumedCben
36、efitedDdigested55AfearBpovertyCfrustrationDembarrassment七、阅读理解Dear Cutie-Pie,Recently, your mother and I were searching for an answer on Google. Halfway through entering the question, Google returned a list of the most popular searches in the world. At the top of the list was “How to keep him intere
37、sted.”It surprised me a lot. I scanned several of the countless articles about how to be sexy and sexual, when to bring him a beer versus a sandwich, and the ways to make him feel smart and superior.And I got angry.Little One, it is not, has never been, and never will be your job to “keep him intere
38、sted.”Little One, your only task is to know deeply in your soul in that unshakeable place that isnt upset by rejection and loss - that you are worthy of interest.If you can trust your worth in this way, you will be attractive in the most important sense of the world: you will attract a boy who is bo
39、th capable of interest and who wants to spend his one life investing all of his interest in you.Little One, I want to tell you about the boy who doesnt need to be kept interested, because he knows you are interesting.I dont care if he cant play a bit of golf with me as long as he can play with the c
40、hildren you give him and revel in all the glorious and frustrating ways they are just like you. I dont care if he doesnt follow his wallet as long as he follows his heart and it always leads him back to you. I dont care if he is strong as long as he gives you the space to exercise the strength that
41、is in your heart. I couldnt care less how he votes as long as he wakes up every morning and daily elects you to a place of honor in your home and a place of respect in his heart. I dont care about the color of his skin. I dont care if he was raised in this religion or that religion or no religionLit
42、tle One, if you come across a man like that and he and I have nothing else in common, we will have the most important thing in common: You.Because in the end, Little One, the only thing you should have to do to “keep him interested” is to be you.Your eternally interested guy, Daddy56What shocked Dad
43、dy when he was surfing on the Internet?AGirls knowing nothing about trusting themselves.BGirls giving priority to finding ways to please boys.CGirls bringing foods and drinks to boys from time to time.DGirls being upset by being rejected constantly.57Father thinks what is of primary importance to hi
44、s daughter is to _.Akeep the boy interested.Bknow she deserves a boy interest.Cattract a boy willing to invest all in her.Dfind a boy who can please her.58According to the passage, what does the underlined word “revel” mean?Afeel depressed.Bbecome puzzled.Clook around.Denjoy himself.59Whats the main
45、 purpose of this letter?ATo advise his daughter to trust her worth.BTo inform his daughter how to keep others interested.CTo show his daughter how to find her true love.DTo help his daughter find someone with common interests.Self-driving CapabilitiesSensor and camera-equipped models from Audi and V
46、olkswagen, among others, dont just automatically brake to prevent minor accidents; they can actually navigate（行驶）around highway traffic and into garages without a human at the wheel.Attractive DashboardsIn addition to Fords new Sync system, which better understands voice commands, Apple and Google have partnered with automakers to create interfaces（界面）as user-friendly as the ones on your smartphone.Smarter HeadlightsAudis and BMWs ultra-bright laser headlights can detect oncoming cars and dim slightly to avo
