1、届上海市徐汇区高三下学期学习能力诊断二模英语试题word版2018届上海市徐汇区高三下学期学习能力诊断（二模）英语试题（满分140分，考试时间120分钟） 2018.4I. Listening Comprehension Section 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 conversatio
2、ns and the questions will be spoken only 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. Worried and frightened. B. Relaxed and happy.C. Quite embarrassed. D. Dee
3、ply ashamed. 2. A. Bill has never used a calculator. B. Bill can work better without a calculator. C. Bill is working with a calculator. D. Bill needs a calculator for this work.3. A. To cut his jeans short. B. To go on a diet.C. To wear fitted clothes. D. To buy a pair of jeans.4. A. Having an inte
4、rview. B. Filling out a form. C. Talking with a friend. D. Asking for information.5. A. Put her report on his desk. B. Read some papers he recommended. C. Mail her report to the publisher. D. Improve some parts of her paper.6. A. Make some coffee. B. Meet the woman at the library.C. Continue to read
5、. D. Go out with some friends.7. A.Themanshouldbuyadifferentmealticketeverymonth.B. Buyingthemealticketwontsavethemanany money.C.It is better for the man to pay for each meal separately.D.Thepriceofamealmay vary frommonthtomonth.8. A. Shes upset that she missed the television program.B. She doesnt t
6、hink the television program was funny.C. She doesnt like talking about television programs.D. She watched the television program at a friends house.9. A. He doubts the womans words. B. He hasnt read the novel yet.C. He enjoyed reading the novel a lot. D. He is not interested in the novel at all.10.
7、A. The talks havent started yet. B. They have come to a general agreement. C. The talks havent achieved much. D. The talks broke down and went no further.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each o
8、f the passages and the conversation. 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.Questions 11 thro
9、ugh 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. They learn singing and dancing. B. They attend outdoor music festivals.C. They work on the farm for charity. D. They volunteer to work for others.12. A. On the beach. B. In a park. C. On a farm. D. In a stadium.13. A. It is run on a profit-making basi
10、s. B. It has achieved growing success.C. Fans can have free lunch there. D. Only superstars are invited to perform.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. The number of refugees is increasing sharply. B. Most refugees cannot get necessary services. C. Many refugee children
11、cannot receive education. D. More children cannot afford to go to university.15. A. No host nations want to change education systems. B. It is impossible to find so many extra teachers. C. Parents cant afford to send their kids to school. D. The refugee population grows but theres not enough money.1
12、6. A. The necessity of education.B. The prohibition of child labor.C. The victims of armed conflicts. D. The living conditions of the poor.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. It has started a week-long promotion campaign.B. It has just launched its annual anniversa
13、ry sales.C. It offers regular weekend sales all the year round.D. It specializes in the sale of mens suits.18. A. Price reductions for its frequent customers.B. Gift cards for customers with any purchases.C. Free delivery of purchases for senior customers.D. Price adjustments within seven days of pu
14、rchase.19. A. Mail a gift card to her. B. Allow her to buy on credit.C. Credit it to her account. D. Give her cash directly.20. A. It has already been sold out. B. It will be sent to the woman by mail.C. It is not available for the moment. D. It is one of the items on sale.II. Grammar and Vocabulary
15、Section 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.Traveling Frog St
16、imulates ReflectionA free mobile game about a traveling frog has become a hit in China, (21)_ being available only in Japanese. Called “Tabikaeru: Travel Frog”, the main character of the game is a frog that goes on adventures around Japan. Players collect clovers(四叶草) that grow in the frogs garden (
17、22)_ _ they can use them to buy supplies for the frogs journeys. In turn, the frog sends players souvenirs and snapshots from its travels. Users cannot control when the frog chooses to go on its adventures.While news of the games appeal among mobile phone users on the mainland was first reported on
18、by local media outlets last week, its popularity hasnt decreased in any way since: “Travel Frog” on Monday was still ranked first on a list of the most (23)_(download) games from Apples app store in China. It is being widely discussed on social media, (24)_ users post photos of their frogs adventure
19、s.Behind the craze is Japanese game developer Hit-Point, which was previously best-known for creating the popular cat-collecting game “Neko Atsume”. Even though (25)_ is difficult to pinpoint what has driven interest among mainland users in “Travel Frog”, local media outlets reported that the games
20、slow nature was part of its charm. The game was popular as it “tapped the trend among younger generations in China to search out Zen-like activities”, China Daily said, (26)_(add) that those users were taken with its “Buddha-style gameplay”.But not everyone is thrilled about “Travel Frog”. In a post
21、 on social media platform Weibo last week, the state-run Peoples Daily suggested that people (27)_ aim to enrich themselves and “avoid being a lonely frog-raising youth”.As an indication of the popularity of the “Travel Frog”, Apple has already had to remove from its store an app that appeared to be
22、 the Chinese version of the original, the South China Morning Post reported. That version of the game, which (28)_(create) by a developer called Song Yang, charged users 30 yuan ($4.74) to download the game. On Monday, another free-to-download app available on the app store claimed it offered strate
23、gies and guides in Chinese that players could adopt (29)_(improve) gameplay. While Hit-Point has not responded to inquiries about (30)_ it intends to develop versions of the game in other languages or not, the company did put out an English update for “Neko Atsume” in 2015. Section BDirections: Comp
24、lete 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. A. alarming B. properties C. revealed D. invasive E. rescue F. instrumental G. households H. document I. concerned J. amateur K. initiativesBefore science became
25、 professionalized in the 19th century, _(31)_ naturalists were collecting information and helping us understand the natural world. A 2009 study found that nearly 50% of UK _(32)_ feed wild birds. The National Trust has more than 5 million members, and 60,000 active volunteers helping to protect the
26、countryside as well as historic _(33)_. Now, with our environment arguably under greater threat than ever and species declining at a(n) _(34)_ rate, volunteers are once again at the forefront of efforts to limit the damage.Volunteers and enthusiasts can be powerful drivers for big changes. On the Is
27、le of Man, more than 8,000 people (nearly 10% of the population) are involved in regular weekend beach cleans. At one recent event, 123 volunteers turned up and removed 183 bags of litter in just a couple of hours. Thanks to _(35)_ such as this, the island shares Unesco biosphere reserve status with
28、 the Galpagos, Yellowstone in the US, Uluru in Australia, and hundreds of other sites.Recreational divers are making a real difference underwater too. They monitor the spread of _(36)_ species, and record how native species respond. Divers also _(37)_ levels of marine litter and other human impacts.
29、 Volunteer divers have played an important role in collecting information about marine conservation zones. Volunteers have also made a vital contribution to the conservation of basking sharks. The work of a citizen science Basking Shark Project in the 1980s and 90s was _(38)_ in getting these sharks
30、 on the protected species list in the UK, while satellite tagging _(39)_ the first recorded transatlantic crossing by a basking shark.Volunteers and enthusiasts can be powerful drivers for big changes. No one can know better, or care more about, our most special places than the people who live in th
31、em and give up their free time to look after them. As a group of divers and _(40)_ residents who lived on the shores of the bay, they took their campaign on to national and international stages and continue to inspire people who might otherwise feel powerless when faced with threats to the places that matter to them.III. Reading 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.Deliberate practice refers to a sp
