1、高三一模届崇明区高三英语一模崇明区2021届第一次高考模拟考试试卷英 语 (考试时间120分钟,满分140分。请将答案填写在答题纸上)I. Listening ComprehensionSection 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 conversations and the questio
2、ns 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. At 5:50 p.m. B. At 5:40 p.m. C. At 6:30 p.m. D. At 7:20 p.m.2. A. In a bank. B. In a cinema
3、. C. In a snack bar. D. In a grocery store.3. A. The coffee used to taste better. B. Hed rather drink something different. C. The coffee tastes the same as before. D. Hes surprised the woman drinks coffee.4. A. Look for more information. B. Ask for more time to finish their plan. C. Leave their plan
4、 unfinished. D. Finish their plan with the material available.5. A. Stay in the dormitory. B. Ask for a cut in her rent. C. Move into an apartment. D. Pay more attention to her privacy.6. A. The man saw Emma wearing the sweater. B. The sweater is very common. C. She seldom borrows clothes from Emma.
5、 D. She did wear the sweater yesterday.7. A. The people to attend the meeting. B. The procedures for the meeting. C. The time to hold the meeting. D. The place for the meeting.8. A. The concert has already begun. B. The woman neednt go to the box office. C. Hes already got a ticket for the woman. D.
6、 The newspaper has no information on the tickets.9. A. She will drive Johns car to the airport. B. John can give her a ride to the airport. C. She has cancelled her flight on Tuesday. D. John can attend the meeting on Tuesday.10. A. He went to see the dentist a week ago. B. The womans toothache will
7、 go away by itself.C. The dentist was fully occupied last week. D. The woman should have seen the dentist by now.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of them. The passages and the conversation
8、 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. A dance teacher. B. A TV pr
9、ogram. C. A ballet company. D. A summer camp.12. A. Dance teachers. B. Poor young people. C. Talented dancers. D. Creative young people.13. A. Training skills. B. Learning methods. C. Self-confidence. D. Financial knowledge.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Legos plan
10、 to rent bricks out. B. Legos plan to produce less complex sets. C. Legos plan to invest in a new field. D. Legos plan to develop sustainable materials.15. A. Dealing with lost bricks. B. Finding enough raw materials. C. Reducing carbon emissions. D. Employing suitable technicians.16. A. Its complex
11、 and unrealistic. B. It can appeal to more children. C. Its eco-friendly but challenging. D. It can promote non-plastic bricks.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. A suitable location for a party. B. The safety rules for swimming. C. A good means of swimming safely.
12、 D. The activities for the birthday party.18. A. Aggressive swimmers. B. Lack of lifeguards. C. Uninteresting activities. D. Potential bad weather.19. A. To bring some alcohol. B. Not to swim alone. C. To spend longer in water. D. Not to eat before swimming.20. A. Swimming can be totally safe with f
13、ull consideration. B. The man gives priority to safety when making plans. C. The party will be cancelled due to certain factors. D. The woman is better at swimming than the man.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage cohe
14、rent 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.Geography Makes a Silent ReturnIn many ways geography is the forgotten science. Even the word “geography” tends to
15、 make people think of students (21) _ (label) maps in social studies class. But that hasnt always been true. Before the internet, the world was a mysterious place. In many cases, people didnt really know (22) _ existed a few miles from home. Studying geography offered people a way to learn about the
16、 world.Geography, (23) _ (define) as the study of Earth, has always had a focus on maps. But mapping hasnt always been easy. In the days before satellites, mapmaking required years of dangerous and difficult work. But mapping also meant a chance at adventure and fame.Geography became the subject of
17、explorers. People were eager to hear about the new things and places (24) _ geographers had studied. National Geographic is a great example of this interest. For more than a hundred years, the magazines stories and pictures (25) _ (tell) people about our exciting world.Technology has changed the way
18、 people think about geography. Travel is now easy. The internet makes information simple (26) _ (find). We trust our phones to take us (27) _ we want to go. Even National Geographic has expanded beyond traditional geography, but that doesnt mean geography has become (28) _ (important).While some app
19、s are obvious examples of modern geography in action, geography remains important in more subtle (不易察觉的) ways, too. Geography, which helps house hunters, solves public health issues, and determines good locations for new businesses, (29) _ (use) to plan communities as well.Like traditional geographe
20、rs, modern geographers study many different topics. That makes them well-suited for many different jobs and industries. Today, geographers often have titles like “urban planner” or “data analyst”. And the world is noticing (30) _ number of graduates with degrees in geography is also growing.Maybe it
21、s time for you to discover the forgotten science again.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. customaryB. distinguishC. eliminationD. equallyE. ex
22、haustF. fierce G. focusH. gloryI. happily J. juniorK. notableA Tennis Tournament (锦标赛) with TraditionToday, July 2nd kicks off tenniss major event: The Championships, Wimbledon, more commonly known as just Wimbledon. Held in London at the All England Club, it is the oldest tennis tournament in the w
23、orld. Over its long history, the tournament has developed traditions which help to 31 it among sports events. During the tournament, players must follow a dress code and compete wearing all-white clothing. This allows the competitors to stand out 32 among those dressed in the tennis clubs official c
24、olors of dark green and purple. Wimbledons most 33 tradition, however, is that all matches are played on outdoor grass courts. In fact, Wimbledon is the only major tennis tournament still played on grass. Several of the courts at the All England Club are only used for two weeks a year, during the ch
25、ampionships. For Wimbledon players, its the honor of a lifetime to play the game they love on the tennis worlds center stage. In addition to the 34 and recognition for the winners is the annually increasing prize money the champions take home. Wimbledon consists of five main events with several 35 e
26、vents and invitation events. Men and women, or gentlemen and ladies as theyre called at Wimbledon, compete in singles and doubles matches. There is also mixed doubles, where one man and one woman make up a team. Events are mostly single 36 tournaments. Only the gentlemens, senior gentlemens and ladi
27、es invitation doubles are round-robin (循环赛) tournaments.During the 14 days of 37 competition, nearly 500,000 people will attend the event, including members of the royal family. On occasion this has included the Prince of Wales and Her majesty the Queen. One of Wimbledons past traditions required pl
28、ayers to bow toward the tournaments honored guests. Some players still 38 observe the tradition even though the players are no longer required to do so.As the players compete, the tennis fans also participate in another tournament tradition by consuming the 39 strawberries and cream.With the tennis
29、worlds 40 now set on Wimbledon, dont miss the opportunity to catch this much-loved sporting event.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
30、 context.In the United States, there have been no deaths from commercial airline accidents since 2013. In fact, for decades, there has been a general 41 trend in the number of accidents per departure.Complex systems are more likely to suffer from failures, but commercial aviation (航空) seems to be a(
31、n) 42 . Since the 1960s, U.S. commercial aviation has become significantly more complex, and yet, flying has become safer. What lies behind this remarkable trend is a handful of smart approaches to 43 . Here are two of them.1. Teach people to speak upand to listenA common error during airplane accid
32、ents used to be the 44 of first officers to question the captains poor decisions. When the captain was flying the airplane, he was hard to challenge, and his mistakes went 45 .All this began to change in the late 1970s with a training program known as Crew Resource Management (CRM). The program revo