1、 2019 届高三英语一模汇编届高三英语一模汇编六选四六选四 1、2019 黄浦一模黄浦一模 Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. Nowhere To Hide: What Machines Can Tell From Your Face The hum
2、an face is a remarkable piece of work. 67 So is the faces ability to send emotional signals, whether through the unconscious shame or the trick of a false smile. People spend much of their waking lives, in the office and the courtroom as well as the bar and the bedroom, reading faces, for signs of a
3、ttraction, hostility, trust and deceit. They also spend plenty of time trying to hide their feelings, intentions or nature. 68 In America facial recognition is used by churches to track worshippers attendance; in Britain, by retailers to spot past shoplifters. This year Welsh police used it to arres
4、t a suspect outside a football game. In China it confirms the identities of ride-hailing drivers, permits tourists to enter attractions and lets people pay for things with a smile. Apples new iPhone is expected to use it to unlock the homescreen. Set against human skills, such applications might see
5、m enhancive. Some breakthroughs, such as flight or the internet, obviously transform human abilities. 69 Although faces are peculiar to individuals, they are also public, so technology does not, at first sight, intrude on something that is private. And yet the ability to record, store and analyse im
6、ages of faces cheaply, quickly and on a vast scale promises one day to bring about fundamental changes to notions of privacy, fairness and trust. 70 Masking true feelings helps fix the wheels of daily life. If your partner can spot every prohibited yawn, and your boss every hint of annoyance, marria
7、ges and working relationships will be more truthful, but less harmonious. The basis of social interactions might change, too, from a set of commitments founded on trust to calculations of risk and reward derived from the information a computer attaches to someones face. Relationships might become mo
8、re reasonable, but also transactional. 答案：答案：67-70 FDAE 难度：偏难难度：偏难 A. However, facial recognition seems merely to encode them. B. Research show that artificial intelligence can reconstruct the facial structures of people. C. Anyone with a phone can take a picture for facial-recognition programs to u
9、se. D. Technology is rapidly catching up with the human ability to read faces. E. Continuous facial recording that paints computerized data onto the real world might change the texture of social interactions. F. The astonishing variety of facial features helps people recognize each other and is cruc
10、ial to the formation of complex societies. 2、2019 普陀一模普陀一模 A. There are five reasons for the accident and you are guilty. B. Every year thousands of people are horribly killed, and we sit still and let it happen. C. Surprisingly, society should smile at the driver and forgive him. D. Someone has rig
11、htly said that when a person is sitting behind the steering wheel, his car becomes an extension of his personality. E. All advertisements that emphasize power and performance should be banned. F. It is time to develop a universal norm to reduce this senseless waste of human life. Traffic Regulations
12、 and Accident Prevention We live in a remarkable time, and many of the once fatal diseases can now be cured with modern medicine and surgery. It is almost certain that one day a cure will be found for the rest of the diseases. Expectations of life have greatly increased. But though the possibility o
13、f living a long and happy life is greater than ever before, every day we witness the incredible killing of men, women and children on the roads. Man fights against the motor-car! It is a never-ending battle which man is losing. (67) _ Nothing can seriously increase your risk of potentially fatal car
14、 accidents other than speeding and failing to pay due attention to weather conditions. (68) _ There is no doubt that the motor-car often brings out a mans very worst qualities. Usually quiet and pleasant people, when they are behind the steering wheel, will become unrecognizable. They are impolite,
15、aggressive, self-willed like two-year-olds, completely selfish. All their hidden frustrations, disappointments, and jealousy seem to be caused by driving. (69) _ Its all for his own convenience. Due to a serious tragedy, the city is almost uninhabitable and the huge parking lot makes the town ugly.
16、The destruction of rural areas and the annual mass killings are just a statistic, easily forgotten. With regard to driving, the laws of some countries are not strict and even the strictest are not strict enough. Traffic rules are for everyone to follow under any circumstances, and no one can make an
17、 exception unless you make a joke of your own life. Universally accepted standards can only have a significant beneficial effect on the incidence of accidents. Governments should develop safety codes for manufacturers. (70) _ These measures may sound cruel. However, if these measures result in a red
18、uction in the loss of life every year, they should certainly not be considered serious. After all, the world belongs to humans, not cars. 答案：答案：67-70 B D C E 难度：中等难度：中等 3、2019 徐汇一模徐汇一模 A. These questions may well get clearer and clearer during the process of academic writing. B. The introduction sho
19、uld function as the hook which draws the reader in and holds his attention. C. It is a formal skill, which requires precision and accuracy, and is perfected by continuous and dedicated practice. D. If one is hesitant to answer even one of the aforementioned questions, one had better not write at all
20、! E. It may take one a considerable period of time to know the skills of academic writing, even long after his/her college graduation. F. It is a time-consuming activity and demands patience and perseverance. The art of academic writing is not easy to master. (67) _ Academic writing is the skilful e
21、xposition and explanation of an argument, which the writer has carefully researched and developed over a sustained period of time. (68) _ But the joy of reading and sharing with others, ones succinctly composed piece of argument, is incomparable. Before beginning to write, the writer must ask himsel
22、f a few questions Why am I writing? What is it that I intend to share with others? What purpose will my writing serve? Have I read enough about the topic or theme about which I am going to write? (69) _ Because academic writing is a serious activity it makes one part of a shared community of readers
23、 and writers who wish to disseminate and learn from well-argued pieces of writing. The structure of an argumentative essay should take the form of Introduction (which should be around ten percent of the entire essay), Body (it should constitute eighty percent of the piece) and the Conclusion (again,
24、 ten per cent of the essay). (70) _ The body should include cogent and coherently linked paragraphs and the conclusion should re-state the argument and offer a substantial ending to the piece. 答案：答案：CFDB 难度：中等难度：中等 4、2019 杨浦一模杨浦一模 A. Pronouns offer an insight into whether people see themselves as in
25、dividuals or as part of a whole. B. If you are speaking in a person context, youre speaking about something thats of relevance to you. C. Their research also found that we-talk is helpful for resolving conflicts. D. Self-centered people are found to be indifferent to many things in society and other
26、 people because all their concentration is only on themselves and their needs. E. This analysis of we-talk suggested that the frequent use of we and us is linked to happier and healthier relationships. F. They found that too much I-talk was an accurate linguistic marker for the likelihood that someo
27、ne is feeling stressed or experiencing negative emotions. Building a lasting social relationship We all know that friends are special people who we share our lives with, and who share their lives with us in return. But seeking friends and keeping the friendship going are never easy. According to res
28、earch recently published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, the key is to use we-talk. Led by University of California psychologist Megan Robbins and her colleagues, the researchers reviewed and analyzed 30 different studies involving over 5,000 participants. _67_ The word we moves
29、 people from an individual position into a partnership, which makes us more interdependent. _68_ Word use is a window into what people are thinking and feeling without asking them, Robbins told Science Daily. _69_ The primary point is that interdependence may bring about supportive and relationship-
30、centered behaviors and positive perceptions of the partner especially important in times of stress and disagreement. Contrary to we-talk, there is I-talk, which refers to the frequent use of first-person singular pronouns, such as I, me and mine, when writing or speaking. Earlier this year, research
31、ers analyzed a set of data that came from 4,700 people in Germany and the US. _70_ As you can see from the two studies, too much I-talk can make you feel depressed. But we-talk can encourage you to become more positive and create a chain effect of healthy interdependence with others. So next time yo
32、ure talking to a friend, try using more we-talk. You may find yourself feeling more positive and the effect it will have on your friend will be positive as well. 答案：答案：EACF 难度：中等难度：中等 5、2019 崇明一模崇明一模 A. Its that long-term exposure that experts find most worrisome. B. Car manufacturers are unaware of
33、 standards regulating air quality inside new cars. C. This is when components are still unstable and tend towards what is called off-gassing. D. Just reading a list of the substances is scary enough, and the danger of exposure is scarier still. E. The source of the smell so many buyers find appealin
34、g is in the various substances used in car construction. F. Fortunately, high concentrations of these compounds gradually disappear just a few months after manufacture. Is New-car Smell Bad for Your Health? The smell of a new car can be appealing in showrooms, for which theres a good reason. That ne
35、w car smell comes from a mixture of chemicals, some of which can be highly poisonous. 67 Many of these contain volatile (挥发性的) organic compounds (VOCs), some of which can be deadly in sufficient quantities. Others are just bad for you. Its a chemical cocktail made up of lots of poisonous substances,
36、 said Jeff Gearhart, Research Director of the Ecology Center in the US state of Michigan. The Ecology Center has been monitoring and testing chemical levels in the inside of the car for years, and has noted some improvement. But Gearhart says there is still work to be done. There are over 200 chemic
37、al compounds found in vehicles, he said. Since these chemicals are not regulated, consumers have no way of knowing the dangers they face. 68 Immediate symptoms can range from a sore throat to headaches, dizziness, etc., depending on the sensitivity of an individual. According to the US Environmental
38、 Protection Agency, continued exposure to some of these can lead to reproductive impacts and damage to some organs and central nervous systemor even cancer. 69 The danger is the greatest when the car is new, and that new car smell is most noticeable. 70 It is the release of chemical vapours, which l
39、eads to the smell. Heat from a vehicle left in the sun can make matters worse, and speed up the chemical reaction. The danger is reduced over time, and experts say the worst is usually over within about six months. Experts advise the best thing that buyers can do to limit exposure is to keep the ins
40、ide of the car well ventilated (通 风的), especially during the first six months of ownership. Park in the shade with the windows open when its safe to do so, or at least try to air it out before getting insideespecially on hot days. 答案：答案：EDAC 难度：中等难度：中等 6、2019 长宁一模长宁一模 Why I stopped worrying about my
41、 credit score? If you believed everything you read about your credit score, youd think it was the most important component of your financial health. Without a good credit score and history, the experts say, its more difficult qualify for a mortgage (按揭) or a car loanand more expensive if youre appro
42、ved for a loan, too, because you wont get the best interest rates. In many states, bad credit can even raise your insurance payments, cost you a rental apartment, or make it harder to get hired. _67_ First off, there are several credit scores out there. While its important to cultivate your credit s
43、cores by using credit responsibly, your FICO credit score may not be the same as what VantageScore reports, and lenders may use a different one entirely, so focusing on one score can be a fruitless exercise. More important as financial reporter Dave Ramsey notes on his blog, your credit score is not
44、 a measure of your overall financial health. He writes: _68_ FICO, the most popular credit-scoring agency, users several weighted factors to determine your credit score, including payment history (35 percent), amounts owed (30 percent), length of credit history (15 percent), new credit (10 percent),
45、 and credit mix (10 percent). 69 My husband and I enjoyed steady credit scores above 820 for a while. But when we paid off one of our rental properties in 2017, we both saw our credit scores fall by 20 or more points. The sudden drop took place because we completed a 15-year loan and reduced the ave
46、rage length of our credit history tremendously. 70 Thats blackmail. I would rather be debt-free than have a perfect credit score. Your credit score is certainly important when youre starting out and likely to borrow money for a down payment (首付) on a home or some other big purchase. But once youre f
47、airly established financially, its much easier to see it for what it really is: a measure of how well you borrow money. 答案：答案：FCDA 难度：中等难度：中等 A. In other words, because we paid off and closed a line of credit, our scores took a hit. B. It is always more important to know how much you are able to ear
48、n than to borrow. C. All it tells you is whether you are good at borrowing money and paying it back. D. Believe it or not, these standards allow you to be punished for becoming debt-free! E. These are the reasons why I have stopped worrying about my credit score. F. While all of that is true, it doesnt tell the whole story. 7、2019 松江一模松江一模 A. Bike t
