2020年上海市崇明区高考英语一模试卷

2021年1月26日发(作者：version是什么意思)


2020
年上海市崇明区高考英语一模试卷

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.

1.
A 14
﹣
year
﹣
old Girl Built an App to Help Alzheimer’s patients
（老年痴呆症患者）

For many teenagers
，
their lives typically might circle around schoolwork and spending time with friends
．
Not so
for Emma Yang
．
Though the Hong Kong
﹣
born girl is only 14
，
she
（
1
）
________
（
create
）
her own mobile app
for Alzheimer’s patients already
．

The Timeless app
，
which Yang spent two years
（
2
）
____ ____
（
develop
）
，
comes with several important
features
．
It is an artificial intelligence
﹣
powered facial recognition system in the app
（
3
）
________helps
Alzheimer’s patients identify people in photos and remember who they are
．
It also allows photos
（< br>4
）
________
（
group
）
by individuals as well as provides a picture
﹣
based phone book
，
which enables a user to tap on photos
to call or text a person
．

The inspiration to develop an app that would help Alzheimer’s patients connect with their loved ones came to Yang
at the age of 12
，
when her grandmother started forgetting things like
（
5
）
________she lived
and Yang’s birthday
．


（
6
）
__ ______
（
connect
）
with her family
，

．
It was a task she was well
﹣
prepared to undertake
，
（
7
）
________venture capitalists didn’t take her
work seriously
．
Yang started a crowd finding campaign in March last year to support her 37/we/es^ app
project
．
That effort raised more than
＄
10
，
000
．

At present Yang works with an international team that includes a designer in California and a developer in Cologne
，

Germany
．
The chief technology officer of Kairos
，
the AI company
（
8
）
________ technology is used in the
Timeless app
，

is now Yang’s adviser
．

Yang urged other young
，
ambitious people to believe in
（
9
）
________because the teenagers of today will be
tomorrow’s leaders
．

“T
echnology has been able to make kids put their ideas into action
，
’’ she said ”
（
10
）
________yon get out there and put yourself out there
，

tell people about your idea and find out who’s onboard and
can get behind it
，
you’ll eventually find that team of people
．

Section BDirections
：
After reading the passage below
，
fill in each blank with a proper word given in
the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.



A
．
drew B
．
allowed C
．
result D
．
transformed E
．
physical
F
．
discovered G
．
effort H
．
figure I
．
respect J
．
fundamental K
．
mutual

Stephen Hawking
：

The Extraordinary Scientist Who Changed Our Understanding of Physics
There aren’t very many scientists who achieved rock star status
．
Stephen Hawking was definitely one of them
．

Hawking was a theoretical physicist whose early work on black holes
（
1
）
_______ how scientists think about the
nature of the universe
．
Lawrence Krauss
，
a theoretical physicist from Arizona State University and a friend and
colleague of Hawking’s
，
says that at a young age
．
Hawking
（
2
）
_______ something “truly remarkable”
．
Krauss
says before Hawking
，
physicists thought that the large gravity of a black hole
（
3
）
_______ everything in and
nothing could escape
．
But by combining quantum mechanics
（量子力学）
and the theory of relativity
，
Hawking
showed something and changed everything about the way we think about gravity
．
Krauss says Hawking pointed
out a
（
n
）
（
4
）
_______ problem in the way physicists understand our world
一
a problem that Krauss says has yet
to be resolved
．

But his fame wasn’t just a
（
n
）

（
5
）
_______ of his research
．
Hawking
，
who had a rare disease that made it
impossible for him to move or speak
，
was also a popularpublic
（
6
）
_______ and best
﹣
selling author
．
When he
came to scientific conferences
，
the audience focused their attention on him
．

And it wasn’t just the scientists but
the general public as well who showed great
（
7
）
_______ for him
．
His popular book about his work
，
A Brief
History of Time
，
was a best
﹣
seller
．
But he agreed that that book was probably the least
﹣
read
，
most
﹣
bought
book ever
．

This showed Hawking’s sense of humor
．

That sense of humor
，
along with his fame
，

（
8
）
_______ Hawking to appear on The Simpsons several times as
well as on a number of other popular shows
．

Toward the end of his life
，
Haw
king’s disease left him almost
（瘫痪的）
．
It look an enormous
（
9
）
_______ for
Hawking to communicate
，
using the tiny movements he could make to control a computer
．

It’s tempting to say
that Hawking achieved his fame in spite of his
（
10
）
_______ challenges
．

Ⅲ. Readi
ng 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.

What did we do to deserve cats and dogs? Not only are they super cute and make us smile on a daily
basis, scientists from Washington State University have now proved that touching our favourite
（
1
）
_______
friends gently for just ten minutes is an effective way to reduce stress levels
．

In findings published in AERA Open
﹣
an open access journal published by the American Educational Research
Association
﹣
last month, scientists showed that the general
（
2
）
_______ of students improves quickly, with
even those who are highly
﹣
stressed showing ’’signifi
cant
﹣
a chemical produced by
our bodies in times of stress
．

Many
universities have adopted “Pet Your Stress Away” programs where students can
（
3
）
_______ cats or dogs
and it appears to be showing both psychological and physiological benefits now
．

The research, conducted by Washington State University
（
WSU
）
,
shows that pets improve students’
moods, and their
（
4
）
_______ as stress
﹣
relieving physiological benefits
．

（
5
）
_______,
an associate professor in WSU’s Department of Human Development
．

This
is the first study that has demonstrated reductions in students’ cortisol levels during a
（
6
）
_______
intervention
（介入）
．

The team chose 249 college students and put them into tour random groups and compared the effects of different
（
7
）
_______ to animals
．
The first group were provided 10 minutes of actual interaction with dogs and cats
．
The
second group waited in line while
（
8
）
_______ others petting the animals
．
The third group watched a slide
﹣
show of the same animals, while the fourth group had to
（
9
）
_______and was told they would be allowed to sec
the animals after 10 minutes
．

Salivary cortisol
（
10
）
_______ were collected from each participant starting from the moment they woke up in
the morning
．
There was significantly less cortisol in the saliva of students who had
（
11
）
_______ interaction with
the pets
．

Many universities have started these
（
12
）
_______ where students can interact with cats or dogs to help relieve
the pressures of higher education
．

helps them experience more
（
13
）
_______ emotions,
．
Pendry said
．

whether this exposure would help students reduce their stress in a less
（
14
）
_______ way
．
And it did, which is
（
15
）
_______because the reduction of stress chemicals may, over time, have significant benefits for physical and
mental health
．

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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 the information given in the passage you have just read.

Every year, the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre in San Francisco fills up with dance lovers
．
They come to take in
experimental works of art that all have one thing in common
﹣
hip hop
．
This weekend the San
﹣
Francisco
International Hip Hop Dance
﹣
Fest celebrates 20 years of presenting electrifying hip hop performances
．

Each Dance
﹣
Fest has diversity
（多样化）
of style and group size, and a balance of local and out
﹣
of
﹣
town
companies
．
From Vietnam to Brazil to Uganda to the Czech Republic, the festival has drawn impressive
international talent
．

After a long process, only the most exceptional companies are flown in for Dance
﹣
Fest
．
In fact, outstanding
technical dance skills are only a basic standard that the festival organizers are looking for
．
They look for much more
﹣
groups or artists that think outside the box
．
Artists that use hip hop in a theatrical way or to address social issues
are sure to stand out
．
For instance,
the 2010 performance “Tables and Chairs” served to un
derline the negative
effects of alcoholism on society
．

It would be terribly irresponsible not to mention the founder, Micaya, in any introduction to Dance
﹣
Fest
．
A
popular hip hop dance instructor, Micaya began producing high energy dance shows in the heart of San Francisco in
1993
．
Students of all ages and backgrounds love her classes so much that a San
﹣
Francisco newspaper once
described her as “Best Dance Instructor”
．

However, Micaya was concerned about the then dubious reputation of hip hop
．
She made it her goal to get hip
hop the same recognition and respect as other dance forms
．
In 1999 she started Dance
﹣
Fest
．
It was the first
festival of its kind to honor the creativity of hip hop dance in a non
﹣
competitive atmosphere
．
To
Micaya, competitive Riles leave little room for the magic that comes from true expression
．
One review
said,
Micaya’s festival challenges us “to reconsider just how diverse and embracing hip hop can now be
．
”
Indeed, Micaya brings out the best in dancers, and has given San Francisco one of its finest festivals
．


（
1
）
What is the passage mainly about
？
________
A. The creativity of hip hop
．

B. The characteristics and the history of Dance
﹣
Fest
．

C. The best instructor of hip hop
．

D. The unique Riles and the challenge of Dance
﹣
Fest
．
．


（
2
）
Hip
﹣
hop dancers are more likely to be chosen for Dance
﹣
fest if they cannot only dance skillfully but
also________
．

A. dance on the outside of the box
B. give up drinking alcohol before dancing
C. handle social problems with their dance
D. show their technical dance skills in theaters
．



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（
3
）
By “dubious reputation” in the last paragraph
，
the author means hip hop back then________
．

A. was forbidden in public
B. was considered something bad
C. received too much attention
D. lacked creativity and competition
．


（
4
）
What can be concluded about Dance
﹣
Fest
？
________
A. It is a competition for hip hop dancers
．

B. It is a dance festival for various dance forms
．

C. It is successful in popularizing hip hop
．

D. It is better respected than other dance festivals
．



1
．
Admission and School Policies
4
．
Fees
The enrolment of a prospective pupil to the
School Fees are listed on the Fee Schedule and subject to
School is subject to the School’s Admissions and
variation from time to time
．

A full term’s tuition is payable
Entry policies and other policies and procedures
for any term during which the pupil is in attendance
（
including those relating to discipline and
irrespective of the number of days attended
．
If tuition fees
curriculum
）
as modified by the School from time
have not been paid, they shall remain due and payable and
to time
the Refundable Deposit shall be used to pay the tuition fees
and the parents / guardians remain responsible for the rest
．

2
．
Withdrawal by Parent / Guardian
The School reserves the right to exclude a pupil where
Parents / Guardians shall give a minimum of 6
tuition or other fees are not paid in full by the due date
．
The
weeks written notice of withdrawal from the
School
．
Notice received during a school holiday will
School may also keep back any information, pupil reports or
be considered to have been received on the first day
property in such circumstances
．

of the following session
．

3
．
Refundable Deposit
5
．
Termination by the school
On the offer of a place at the School, the
The school may terminate this agreement when
Refundable Deposit becomes payable
．
This is to
permanent exclusion or removal is required
．
The School
secure enrolment at the School until the termly or
shall not take such action without good cause and full
consultation with parents / guardians and the
annual fees have been paid
．
The Refundable
Deposit is refundable, and shall be without interest
pupil
．
Parents / guardians have the right to appeal to the
and without taking into account changes in
Orbital Education International Schools Development Officer
exchange rates
．

on a decision to permanently exclude a pupil
．



（
1
）
The passage can most probably be found in the part “________”
in a schools admissions booklet
．

A. Application Procedures
B. Terms and Conditions
C. Frequently Asked Questions
D. Acknowledgement and Declaration
．


（
2
）
What can be learned about tuition fees
？
________
A. Tuition fees are usually paid after pupils gel their school reports
．

B. Tuition fees can be paid according to the number of days attended
．

C. There fundable deposit can be used to pay the tuition after the due date
．

D. A pupil may be removed from school if part of his tuition fees is overdue
．
．


（
3
）
It can be inferred from the passage that________
．

A. a pupil can withdraw from the school as soon as his guardian gives a written notice
B. there fundable deposit should be paid after the pupil begins study in the school
C. both the school and the guardian can determine the pupils place in the school
D. the school’s admissions and entry policies remain the same all these years
．


Data centres and smart
﹣
phones will be the most damaging information and communications technologies
（
ICT
）

to the environment by 2040,
according to new research from W Booth School’s Lotfi Belkhir
．

At the end of winter term in 2014, Lotfi Belkhir was approached by a student taking his Total Sustainability and
Management course who asked,
“W
hat does software sustainability mean?
” The Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Associate Professor at the W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology didn’t have an answer
．

Belkhir teaches students to think creatively about sustainability tools that can be applied to their ventures
．
But
his tools, at the time, mainly applied to hardware, not software
．

The
student’s question inspired Belkhir’s latest research on the global emissions footprint of information and
communications technology
．

Belkhir, along with Ahmed Elmeligi, a recent W Booth graduate and co
﹣
founder of HINT
（
Healthcare Innovation
in Neuro Technology
）
, studied the carbon footprint of consumer devices such as smart
﹣
phones, laptops, tablets, desktops as well as data centres and communication networks as early as 2005
．
Their
findings were published in the Journal of Cleaner Production
．

Not only did they discover that software is driving the consumption of ICI, they also found that ICI has a greater
impact on emissions than we thought and most emissions come from production and operation
．


“For
every text message, for every
﹣
phone call, every video you upload or download,
there’s a data centre
making this happen
．
” Belkhir explains
．
’ Telecommunications networks an
d data centres consume a lot of energy
to serve you and most data centres continue to be powered by electricity produced by traditional fuels
．

It’s the
energy consumption we don’t see
．

Among all the devices, ti*ends suggest that by 2020, the most damaging devices to the environment are smart
﹣
phones
．
While smart
﹣
phones consume little energy to operate
．
85% of their emissions impact comes from
production
．

A smart
﹣
phone’s chip and motherboard
（芯片牙口主板）
require the most amount of energy to produce as
they are made up of precious metals that are mined at ahigh cost
．
Smart
﹣
phones also have a short life which
drives further production of new models and an extraordinary
﹣
amount of waste
．

Belkirhas made policy recommendations based on his findings
．


“Communication and data centres have to go under renewable energy now
．
The good news is Google and
Facebook data centres are going to am on renewable energy
．
But there needs to be a policy in place so that all
data centres follow
．
Also
．

It’s not sustainabl
e to have a two
﹣
year plan for smart
﹣
phones
．
”


（
1
）
The story between Lotfi Belkhir and his student in 2014 was mentioned to________
．

A. explain the importance of software sustainability
B. illustrate the inspiration for Belkhir’s latest research

C. reveal the damaging impact of ICT on the environment
D. show Belcher’s student’s creativity and critical thinking
．


（
2
）
One reason why smart
﹣
phones may be the most damaging devices of all to the environment by 2020 is
that________
．

A. they are more precious than other devices
B. they drive the greatest consumption of ICT
C. they are frequently replaced by new models
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D. they need large amounts of energy to operate
．


（
3
）
To reduce the emission of ICT
，
Lotfi Belkhir suggests that________
．

A. longer plans be made to create renewable data centres
B. sustainable materials be invented to produce smart
﹣
phones
C. policies be established to advocate everlasting smart
﹣
phones
D. green energy be used to operate communication and data centres
．


（
4
）
What is the main idea of the passage
？
________
A. ICT does greater harm to the environment than thought
．

B. Software can do irreversible damage to the environment
．

C. Software is more damaging to the environment than hardware
．

D. ICT will have the greatest impact on the environment by 2040
．

Section CDirections
：
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.



A
．
But setting up the aeroponic farm was not easy
．

B
．
The government wants to greatly expand this percentage
．

C
．
Many of the commercial aeroponic systems are relatively costly
．

D
．
Aeroponics
，
however
，
does not require traditional farm work or much land
．

E
．
Growing with aeroponics is not difficult and its benefits far outweigh any disadvantages
．

F
．
It could make a big difference in places where huge amounts of land have been made unfarmable
．


Growing Food from Air in Nigeria
A group of farmers in Nigeria is using a technology
﹣
based method to grow crops from mist
（水汽）
in the
air
．
The method
，
known as aeroponics
，
does not involve soil
．
Instead
，
plant roots hang in the air
．
The
roots take in nutrients from a watery mist
．

Aeroponics is not well
﹣
known in Nigeria
，
but farmers there are working to make the technique more popular
．
（
1
）
________
Biochemist Samson Ogbole is popularly known as Nigeria’s smart farmer
．
He and his team are growing crops
without soil at the technology
﹣
based farm they started three years ago ill Abeokuta
．
Ogbole says they are on a
campaign to end seasonal food scarcity in Nigeria
．

“Because we are the ones controlling everything that the plant
requires
，
we are not depending on seasons
．

So it’s no longer seasonal farming
．
It is just farming anytime of the
year
，
meaning we can plant anytime of the year
，
and we can harvest anytime of the year
．
”

（
2
）
________ It required financing of more than
＄
180
，
000
．
And some people in Abeokuta were very much
against this non
﹣
traditional method of farming
．
It took a lot of effort to change peopled minds about aeroponics
．

In Nigeria
，
about 30 million hectares of farmland is being used
，
instead of the 78.5 million hectares required for
food security
．
In the north
，
only 49 percent of the land is fertile
，
a situation that worries traditional
farmers
．

（
3
）
________ Nutrients for the plants are controlled by a recycling system
，
greatly increasing
productivity
．

Philippines is director general of Nigeria’s National Agricultural Seeds Council
．
He says the government welcomes
new farming methods
．
Ojo noted that with aeroponics
，
farmers can quickly increase planting materials
．
So
，

his group strongly supports the technology
．

The agricultural industry represents about 40 percent of Nigeria’s economy
．

（
4
）
________ For now
，
most
farmers lack the technical knowledge to increase productivity
．
They also need access to high
﹣
quality seeds to
guarantee better harvests
．
Technologically skilled farmers like Samson Ogbole are offering a new way forward
．

y Writing

Directions
：
Read the following passage
．
Summarize the main idea and the main point
（
s
）
of the passage in no
more than 60 words
．
Use your own words as far as possible
．

Giving Thanks
This is the season for taking the time to reflect on what we’re thankful for in life
．
Spending that time with friends
and family to give thanks is what makes the holidays so special
．
But why should we limit it to just a few weeks in
the years
？
Gratitude is a muscle we should strengthen year
﹣
round to make us healthier
，
happier humans and
leaders
．

Emmons
，
through his research
，
found that grateful people reported feeling healthier
，
both mentally and
physically
．
Specifically
，

those who were grateful were 25 percent happier than those who weren’t
．
In the
workplace
，
well
﹣
being is a crucial topic when it comes to preventing employee burn
﹣
out and promoting
engagement
．
Beyond the research that shows that employees who are shown that they are appreciated arc more
productive by 50 percent
，

caring for your employees’ well
﹣
being is simply the right thing to do
．
Providing
programs that support managing life’s everyday challenges
，
offering fitness classes orimplementing flexible work
schedules are just a few things that
，
when paired with gratitude
，
can lead to more productive
，
engaged and
happier working professionals
．

Working in an ever
﹣
evolving
，
fast
﹣
paced industry
，
I am surrounded by ambitious people who are always
striving for more and better
．
Gratitude challenges yon to reflect in the moment instead of always thinking about
the future
．
It starts by paying atte
ntion to what’s going on in your life
，
and that true self
﹣
awareness is a key
ingredient to being successful in your career
．

Gratitude is a powerful tool for strengthening relationships
，
both at work and in your personal life
．
People who
express their gratitude tend to be more willing to forgive others and therefore able to create long
﹣
lasting
connections
．

The old saying goes “It’s never too late to say you’re sorry
，
” but the same is true of gratitude
．

That’s a gift worth
celebrating 365 days a year
．

V. TranslationDirections
：
Translate the following sentences into English
，
using the words given in the
brackets.

< br>出于好奇，杰克向村民们打听了这座城堡的历史．
（
curiosity
）
________


我们最好分析一下公司最近几年发展减 缓的原因．
（
analyze
）

________
________


人人都该意识到，减少人类活动对环境的负面 影响是很有必要的．
（
it
）

________


我决心已定，无论你怎么劝我，我也不会同意放弃这个通过夜以继日的努力工作才获得的机 会．
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however
）

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VI. Guided Writing

Directions
：
Write an English composition in 120
﹣
150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese
．

第
7
页

共
18
页

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第
8
页

共
18
页