1、届上海市静安区高三二模考试英语试题word版2019届上海市静安区高三二模考试 英语学科试卷 考生注意: 1. 考试时间120分钟，试卷满分140分。 2. 本次考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。所有答題必须涂(选择题)或写(非选择题)在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。 3. 务必在答题纸上填写准考证号和姓名，并将核对后的条形码贴在指定位置上。 I Listening Comprehension II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A 10% Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks
2、 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. When Jennifer Lawrence tripped on her way to accept her best actress Oscar one year, her
3、 pink princess-like Dior dress _21_(capture) in all its glory. The unscripted moment became hot topic throughout social media. That bonus air-time for a single dress at one of the worlds global events is priceless for the likes of Dior, one of the _22_(influential) fashion houses in the luxury marke
4、tplace. Success on the red carpet can earn exposure and profits for luxury brands for years _23_(come). The red carpet, which will be televised live before Academy Award ceremony, presents a great opportunity for a designer to reach an audience that expands _24_the fashion setting. The Lawrence dres
5、s received about 40 million mentions on various social media. One way of estimating the monetary benefits of having a standout dress on the red carpet is to compare how much a brand would otherwise spend on commercial advertising during the same time. _25_Lawrence had only 75 seconds of solo camera
6、time for her Oscar acceptance speech, Dior had to pay more than $4 million for a commercial spot of the same duration on similar occasions. And this didnt include the time _26_(devote) to Lawrence and her dress on the pre-show televised red carpet. Lawrence, 23, had an advertising contract with Dior
7、. _27_the groups deal with Lawrence affected its sales was clearly stated in its annual financial report. That year, the group clothing sections profits _28_(total) 165 million euros, up 26 percent from the previous year. - 1 - Jimmy firm, introducing publicity _29_success stories include Heston, th
8、e founder of a dominated that the Oscar today red carpet is believes Choo shoes and designer Saab to Hollywood, by established luxury brands. Finding it much more difficult to compete with big brand names to rising _30_(bet) on promising many young designers turn to dress super stars on big events,
9、stars, expecting an overnight success if the young stars rise to sudden fame. 21. was captured 【答案】22. most influential 23. to come 24. beyond 25. Although 26. devoted 27. How 28. totaled 29. whose 30. betting Section B. word chosen from the box. Each word can in each blank with a proper be used onl
10、y Directions: Fill once. Note that there is one word more than you need. For several decades, various types of artificial intelligence kept shocking the world. Robots could _31_ people in highly competitive games and then quickly destroyed their human competitors. AI long ago mastered chess, the Chi
11、nese board game Go and even the Rubiks cube, which it managed to solve in just 0.38 second. Now machines have a new game that will allow them to _32_ humans: Jenga, the popular game in which players _33_remove pieces from an increasingly unstable tower of 54 blocks, placing each one on top until the
12、 entire structure would _34_. A newly released video from MIT shows a robot developed by the schools engineers playing the game with surprising accuracy. The machine is equipped with a soft gripper(夹子), a force-sensing wrist and an external camera, allowing the robot to detect the towers _35_ the wa
13、y a human might do Unlike in purely recognitive tasks or games such as chess or Go, playing the game of Jenga also requires mastery of physical acts such as pushing, pulling, placing, and arranging pieces. It must _36_ interactive physical operation, where you have to touch the tower to learn - 2 -
14、how and when to move blocks. Imitating it is rather difficult, so the robot has to learn in the real world, by working Science with the real Jenga tower. Recently, a relevant research was published in the journal Robotics. Researchers say the robot demonstrates that machines can learn how to perform
15、 certain tasks through actual touching instead of relying heavily on visual _37_. That physical _38_ is significant, researchers say, because it provides further proof that robots can be used to perform _39_ tasks, such as separating recyclable objects from landfill trash and assembling consumer pro
16、ducts. In a cellphone assembly line, the felling of any component is coming from force and touch rather than vision. To become an accomplished Jenga player, the robot did not require as much repetitive practice as you might imagine. Hoping to avoid reconstructing a Jenga tower thousands of times, re
17、searchers developed a method that allowed the robot to be trained on about 300 games. Researchers say the robot has already begun facing off against humans, who remain _40_ playersfor now. 【答案】31. I. 32. D 33. B 34. K 35. E 36. A 37. J 38. F 39. C 40. G III. Reading Comprehension Section A(15分) Dire
18、ctions: 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 of phrase that best fits the context. From the nations earliest days, farming has held a crucial place in the American economy and culture. Farmers play an important
19、 role in any society, of course, since they feed people. But farming has been particularly _41_ in the United States with intensified attention from civilians and government as well. Early in the nations life, farmers were seen as exemplifying economic _42_ such as hard work, perseverance, and self-
20、sufficiency. Moreover, many Americans, particularly immigrants who may have never held any land in the country, found that owning a farm was the _43_ to enter the American economic system. They were immediately playing a part in the countrys economy. - 3 - The American farmer has generally been quit
21、e successful at producing food. Indeed, sometimes his success has created his biggest problem: the agricultural sector has suffered periodic explosions of overproduction that have _44_ prices. When the government have to step in and _45_ the worst of these events. American farmers owe their ability
22、to produce large yields to a number of factors. For one thing, they work under _46_ natural conditions. The American Midwest has some of the richest soil in the world. Rainfall is _47_ over most areas of the country; rivers and underground water permit extensive irrigation where it is not. Increasin
23、g use of high-quality _48_ also have contributed to the success of American agriculture. It is not unusual to see todays farmers _49_ plows or harvesters. One farmer can manage large lands of farms. Fertilizers and pesticides are commonly used although some environmentalists _50_ it. Computers track
24、 farm operations, and even _51_ technology is utilized to find the best places to plant and fertilize crops. US agriculture is among the most advanced in the world. Farmers still fight with forces beyond their control, _52_. Despite its generally benign weather, North America also experiences freque
25、nt floods and droughts. Changes in the weather give agriculture its own economic cycles, often _53_ the general economy. When negative factors hit farmers, calls for government assistance are particularly intense. In the 1930s, for instance, bad weather, and the Great Depression combined to push far
26、ms over the edge into a(n) _54_ situation. The government responded with _55_ agricultural reforms - most notably, a system of price supports, whose significance toward the large-scale campaign lasted for many years. 41. A. valued B. accessed C. implemented D. illustrated D. requirements C. obligati
27、ons 42. A. regulations B. virtues D. substitute B. implication C. reward 43. A. shortcut D. refunded B. margined 44. A. maintained C. depressed D. smooth out 45. A. take over B. cover up for C. come up with D. visible 46. A. varied B. favorable C. extreme D. acid 47. A. moderate B. predictable C. ti
28、mely D. landscape 48. A. labor B. investment C. chemical D. executive 49. A. complicated B. flexible C. accessible - 4 - 50. A. criticize B. recall C. evaluate D. identify D. process B. mobile 51. A. medical C. space D. additionally B. in all C. however 52. A. for example D. applied to B. unrelated
29、to 53. A. subject to C. reduced to D. feasible 54. A. vague B. desperate C. isolated D. permanent B. traditional 55. A. struggling C. sweeping 【答案】41. A 42. B 43. A 44. C 45. D 46. B 47. A 48. A 49. A 50. A 51. C 52. C 53. B 54. B 55. C Section B(24分) Directions: Read the following three passages. E
30、ach 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. (A) After some blood tests, Dr Stubs stood before me, a tall man, b
31、ut short on personality and sporting a cold expression. You have systemic lupus. he said matter-of-factly.Lupus, he continued, is an auto-immune disease and .” I remember certain details but mostly I remember him talking about children. “Children are no harm. But childbirth would jumpstart additional symptoms that could be life threatening. You already have two kids anyway.”
