1、上海市届高三高考最后冲刺卷二英语试题含答案上海高考英语最后冲刺卷二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 questions will be spoken only once. Afte
2、r 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. She doesnt like the photos taken in Britain. B. The weather affects the color of the photos. C. She feels sorry that she loo
3、ks a little grey. D. Bad weather spoils her trip to Britain.2. A. 200 dollars. B, 100 dollars. C. 300 dollars. D. 600 dollars.3. A. At a nursery. B. In a hospital. C. At a police station. D. In a library.4. A. In April. B. In May C. In June. D. In July5. A. He will read it on Saturday. B. He will le
4、nd it to Sandy first. C. He will lend it to Jane first. D. He will keep the paper until Sunday. 6. A, He is talking with someone. B. He is on the phone. C, He is in the middle of a trip. D. He is engaged now.7. A. Husband and wife. B. Franks friends. C. Teacher and student. D. Clerk and customer.8.
5、A. The woman would rather stay at home. B. The woman would like to travel alone C. The woman has been to Asian countries D. The woman doesnt like Sri Lanka.9. A. It cost too much money. B. It destroyed the environment. C. It will bring huge profit. D. It is very luxurious.10. A. They should buy a sm
6、aller table B. They dont need any new furniture. C. The new table is not a good match for the dining room D. Ifs unreasonable to buy a new house for a dining table.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked some questions on t
7、he 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 through
8、 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Uses of different smoke alarms. B. The best location of smoke alarms. C. Smoke alarms in the home. D. The installation of smoke alarms.12. A. The engineer. B. The detective. C. The home owner. D. Anyone.13. A. All the smoke alarms. B. Battery-powered smo
9、ke alarms C. Photoelectric smoke alarms. D. Hard-wired smoke alarms.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Because that was his first night at sea.B. Because he had nothing to do but wait.C. Because his watch was very annoying.D. Because he didnt know who will save him.15.
10、 A. Annoyed. B. Depressed. C. Anxious. D. Disappointed.16. A. To throw away his watch into the sea. B. To put back his watch into his pocket.C. To find out where the airplanes were. D. To wait patiently until rescue comes.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. In a li
11、brary. B. In a bookstore.C. In a classroom. D. In an office.18. A. The bookstore has sold out the book.B. The book is not used for any course at the university.C. The professor did not order enough copies of the book.D. The bookstore does not carry the book.19. A. It is a newest computer science boo
12、k.B,He needs the book for his assignments.C. The book was written by Professor Kayne.D. The professor needs the book for the course.20. A. Save a copy of the book for him when it comes in.B. Order more copies of the book within a week.C. Call the computer store across the street.D. Find another book
13、store that sells the book.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 t fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word； for the other blanks, use
14、 one word that best fits each blank. Mystery of the White Gardenia (栀子花）(Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12, a white gardenia was delivered to my house. No card or note came with it.) One month before my high-school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. My feelings ranged f
15、rom grief to abandonment, fear and (21)_ (overwhelm) anger that my dad was missing some of the most important events in my life. I became completely uninterested(22)_my upcoming graduation, the senior-class play and the prom (班级舞会）.But my mother, in the midst of her own grief, (23)_not hear of my sk
16、ipping any of those things.The day before my father died, my mother and I (24)_(go) shopping for a prom dress. Wed found a spectacular one, with yards and yards of dotted Swiss in red, white and blue, (25)_ made me feel like Scarlett O Hara, (26)_ it was the wrong size. When my father died, I forgot
17、 about the dress. My mother didnt. The day before the prom, I found that dress in the right size draped majestically over the living-room sofa. It wasnt just delivered, still in the box. It (27)_(present) to me - beautifully, artistically, lovely. I didnt care if I had a new dress or not. But my mot
18、her did. She wanted her children to feel (28)_(love) and lovable, creative and imaginative, filled with a sense (29)_ there was magic in the world and beauty even in the face of adversity. In truth, my mother wanted her children to see (30)_ much like the gardenia lovely, strong and perfect with a f
19、eeling of magic and perhaps a hit of mystery. My mother died ten days after I married. I was 22 years old. That was the year the gardenias stopped coming.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word mo
20、re than you need.A. topic B. flourished C. arguably D. eventually E. repeated F. eventsG. shares H. individual I. influenced J. appeals K. literary Poetry is a kind of writing in which the sound and meaning of groups of words express ideas or emotion in addition to the experiences or strong feelings
21、 the writer 31_. Unlike most other forms of writing, poetry is often written in lines, rather than paragraphs. Poetry also sounds different from other forms of writing, often using rhythm and rhyme to create an interesting sound when read aloud. Poetry catches the attention of a reader because it 32
22、 _ to both emotions and senses. Sound is 33 _the single most important aspect of any poem. The sound that any poem. The sound that any given word makes, or the sounds that come from specific groups of words used together, are what make poetry so unique as a form of writing. A typical story or report
23、 does not focus on the sounds that each 34_ word makes when read. But poems generally contain few words, so it is important that each word plays a role in making an impact on the reader. Rhythm is the flow of sounds created by successive words in a poem. When you read a poem you can often hear this
24、35_ pattern,or “beat,” in the sounds. This is called meter. Some of the oldest and best-known poetry in the world came from Ancient Greece. As far back as 700 BCE, poets there recited their work at public 36_ and religious ceremonies, the great epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer came from
25、 Greece. The Greeks eventually 37_ Roman poets, such as Virgil, who wrote the Aeneid 30 BCE. In medievaltimes, poems such as Beowulf, The Divine Comedy by Dante, and The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer were written. Religion and romance became the 38_ of choice for many poets at that time. Poetry 39_ ev
26、en more during the Renaissance period of history, an era of many great cultural achievements. This was the period during which Shakespeare, the most well-known poet, was making his mark! Needless to say, a trend had started. Poetry has continued to grow and change as a form of 40 expression in modem
27、 times,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. When a human infant is born into any other community in any part of the world, it
28、 has two things in common with any infant, provided neither of them has been damaged in any way either before or during birth. Firstly, and most obviously, new born children are completely 41_. Apart from a powerful capacity to draw attention on their helplessness by using sound, there is nothing th
29、e new born child can do to 42_his own survival. Without 43_ from some other human being or beings, be it mother, grandmother, or human group, a child is very unlikely to survive. This helplessness of human infants is in marked contrast with the 44_ of many new born animals to get to their 45 within
30、minutes of birth and run with the herd within a few hours. Although young animals are certainly in 46_ ,sometimes for weeks or even months after birth, compared with the human 47_,they very quickly develop the capacity to 48_themselves. It is during this very long period in which the human infant is
31、 totally 49_on the others that it reveals the second feature which it 50_with all other undamaged human infants, a capacity to learn 51_. For this reason,biologists now suggest that language is “species specific” to the human race, that is to say, they consider the human infant to be genetically 52_ in such a way that it can 53_ language. This suggestion implies that just as human beings are designed to see three-dimensionally and in color and just as they are designed to 54_upright rather than to move on all fours
